Corporate supporters
This year’s Armed Forces Day has seen growing support from companies and organisations across the UK offering discounts on varied services and products. This is primarily to Armed Forces personnel and their families as a thank you from the communities they live in.
Aerial Extreme have four High Wire Adventure parks. Whether you’re a novice adventurer or a serial adrenalin junkie, the courses are guaranteed to exhilarate you; consisting of a variety of challenging obstacles culminating in a breathtaking finale
For the weekend of June 26th and 27th Aerial Extreme are halving the price of tickets for all serving Armed Forces personnel and up to four friends and family. To get the discount one of your group must bring a valid Armed Forces ID card.
To book call 0845 652 1736 and quote ARMED FORCES DAY or just go to the site on the day. www.aerialextreme.co.uk
Boston Hannah International has produced the official Armed Forces Day tribute publication.
The magazine, which is on sale in WHSmith shops across the country, includes articles highlighting the roles of the Armed Forces, and the contributions of our Veterans, Reserves and Cadet Forces.
Many other supporters are featured in the magazine - click here to view the complete magazine.
British Speedway remains one of the popular motorsports in the country with three domestic leagues, its own Speedway Grand Prix and an annual entry into the Speedway World Cup.
The British Speedway Promoters Association is offering Service Personnel and their families’ free admission to meetings during the Armed Forces Day celebrations. As a member of the Armed Forces you can take your family along to one of the race meetings, just turn up and present your military ID card on the door for free entry.
British Speedway Armed Forces Day venues and dates:
Elite League: Swindon June 24, Ipswich June 24, Coventry June 25, Lakeside June 25, Peterborough June 25, Wolverhampton June 28, Belle Vue June 30, Poole June 30, Eastbourne July 1
Premier League: Birmingham June 23, Sheffield June 24, Edinburgh June 25, Scunthorpe June 25, Berwick June 26, Rye House June 26, Newcastle June 27, Workington June 27, Redcar July 1, Somerset July 2, Glasgow July 4.
National League: Plymouth June 25, Dudley June 29, Isle of Wight June 29.
Forces Mobile is a mobile phone company that supply mobile contracts from all of the service providers; its run by a group of business that have come together to Support Our Forces - in its simplest form there are some 30m personal mobile phones in the UK and, for every time someone buys a mobile phone contract through the Forces Mobile website, Support Our Services will make a £10 donation to some of the best UK Services charities.
Founding Director, Rick Harrington says “we are so proud to be associated with Armed Services Day; as someone from the services I am really pleased that we are making a difference and we are very excited about the future and developing a business built around former service personnel. On our website you’ll find all of the latest handsets and all at High Street prices – and if you buy your mobile phone through us you can help support great charities such as SSAFA and FAB”.
If you or any of your friends or family are looking to buy a mobile phone now or in the near future then simply visit their website, scroll to the bottom of the homepage and click on Forces Mobile.
The Defence Discount Directory offers discounts and benefits to the Defence community in its widest sense all year round. Regulars, reservists, veterans, Cadets, MOD civil servants and families together make up a group of over 10 million people.
Over 1700 discounts and benefits are available at: www.forcesdiscounts-mod.co.uk
National Express train companies, National Express East Anglia (NXEA) and c2c are proudly offering serving members and veterans of the armed forces up to 1,500 complimentary train tickets for travel to an Armed Forces Day event between Monday 21 and Sunday 27 June in the East Anglia region where both NXEA and c2c operate train services.
Serving personnel and veterans can register for a ticket at: www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/forcesday or www.c2c-online.co.uk/forcesday
The North Norfolk Railway’s Poppy Line runs between Sheringham and Holt, along a scenic route named by The Sunday Times as Britain’s best full-size heritage railway. On June 26th, a mix of steam and vintage diesel trains provides a 45 minute service; on June 27th there are four steam services. Refreshments are available at the three Victorian stations of Sheringham, Weybourne and Holt; and there is the William Marriott Railway Museum at Holt Station.
The railway is offering a free family ticket (for 2 adults + 2 children, or 3 adults + 1 child) to all serving members of the armed forces, on presentation of a valid ID/warrant card at any of the three stations, on June 26/27. The tickets are hop-on, hop-off, allowing people to explore the nature walks on Kelling Heath and Sheringham Park, or the towns of Sheringham and Holt, between trains. Public pay car park at Sheringham, railway pay car park at Holt Station (just off the A148 at High Kelling, a mile from Holt town)
The website for further information is www.nnrailway.co.uk, and the number to call is 01263 820 800.
Servicemen and women on operations around the world will have the chance to talk longer on the phone to their family and friends as part of a special Armed Forces Day offer.
Armed Forces personnel deployed on operational duty who top up their Paradigm phone card between now and Friday 25 June will get 10 per cent additional talk time.
Paradigm has been responsible for the provision of WelComE (Welfare Communications Everywhere) services to the UK MoD since September 1999.
Visit www.paradigmsecure.com/our_services/welcome_services for more information.
TalkTalk, the biggest provider of broadband to Britain’s homes, is getting behind British Armed Forces Day on the 26th June by giving away a year's FREE broadband to those in the Armed Forces and their families through an exclusive promotion. As well as getting free high speed broadband for 12 months, Armed Forces personnel will benefit from a call package that include free evening and weekend calls to any UK landline. It's no problem for those who have already got broadband: TalkTalk will help with the switchover process so that they can start saving money straight away.
The promotion is available for a limited time only via
http://broadband.talktalk.co.uk/armed-forces
Zephyr is the official supplier of Armed Forces Day flags. The Northamptonshire-based company is the UK largest in-house manufacturer of flags.
Zephyr Sales Manager, Simeon Skey, says: “We are extremely proud to be supplying Armed Forces Day flags this year. We felt it only right that we offered our services to such a fantastic national day which honours the achievements of British service men and women.”
You can get your flag as well as bunting or even a whole party pack here: www.armedforcesday.org.uk/Party-packs.aspx
If your organisation would like to offer its support, you may like to simply carry the Armed Forces Day logo on your website like www.uniformdating.com have done. If you want to do a little more, please get in touch: samantha.newman350@mod.uk