Council Devotes Webpage To Armed Forces Event Details

Monmouthshire County Council has established a form on its website to allow the armed forces community to publicise information about its events. The form may be found at: ‌​‌​‌​​​‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌‌​​

http://www.monmouthshire.gov.uk/armedforces and consists of an interactive calendar and easily accessible fields to place details. ‌​‌​‌​​​‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌‌​​

The council signed up to a covenant with serving and former members of the armed forces working and residing in Monmouthshire in October 2012 and since then has worked to develop a bond. A fruitful relationship has developed and both parties have taken a number of mutually-beneficial steps. Among these are the creation of a large body of useful information on the council’s website and steps taken to support Afghan translators who had been employed by the British armed forces. ‌​‌​‌​​​‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌‌​​

The county’s communities are also been beneficiaries. One example is Monmouth’s skate park and BMX pumptrack established with the help of a £69,000 Tri-Service Armed Forces Community Covenant Grant scheme. ‌​‌​‌​​​‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌‌​​

The council’s Armed Forces Champion, Councillor John Prosser said: “I’m sure that this website facility will be very useful for armed forces personnel and their families as well as the community generally. A number of interesting events are planned – including an armed forces stakeholder day in Usk this September – and I hope that our events page will become an indispensable source of information.” ‌​‌​‌​​​‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌‌​​