This is the official Twitter Account of Col Mike White, Commandant of Northumbria Army Cadet Force - all views shared are my own - He/him🏳️🌈
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined June 2019
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Another busy and cracking weekend on the patch
JCIC, 1 & 2 * - AT on the water superbly delivered by our Sea Cadet Friends, Healthy Minds, EFAAW and Another engagement event supporting our local community and the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - thank you to our amazing Volunteers and cadets you continue to be awesome.
Our dear and much loved friend WO2 (RQMS) Rob Aldcroft received the highest honour from Blyth Town Council last night as he was granted the Freedom of the Town.
43years of service to the Army Cadets not only in Blyth, but across the nation. Blyth also showcased Rob’s determination to make sure children and young people had the best.
The final training session with a little bit of heat added for authenticity - clearly they smashed it and will no doubt do the Army’s Cadet Force proud in July when they take on the 108th Nijmegen Marches.
Another busy week on the patch
Exercise Merlin manoeuvre
LL T&W presentations
W Coy weekend
3 *shooting
Promotions
STEM Robotix competition
Reunion and time to reflect
Senior staff interviews
National football
RAFAC dinner night
Band practice
Aging out 😔
Northumbria you are outstanding - thank you
Fantastic to be invited to the Army 🏳️🌈 conference lots of amazing likeminded people with wonderful stories and information
Col Mike White ACF JP DL (he/him) retweeted
Remembrance Services & events were attended by 220 Cadets & CFAVs from across Z Coy, the reverence, respect & pride shown by these young people & CFAVs was truly humbling, the spirit of remembrance shone brightly. I'm so very proud. Lest We Forget.... @ColCadetsArmy @comdtnacf
No tricks…just treats as Northumbria ACF cadets achieve
National Cadet Music Camp
Cadet Norrington awarded ‘Best Cadet’ in Foundation Band.
CSgt Middleton Senior Cadet Bandmaster
9️⃣ of Northumbria’s finest passed their SCIC
CSM Budge completed his Master Cadet
4 smash their gold practice exped
Congratulations to all
Col Mike White ACF JP DL (he/him) retweeted
6 years of badgering, blackmail & tears (mine!) to get these participants to the finish line for their Gold awards, 4 on exped & 1 on SCIC, so close 🤩 I can see the palace 🤣 @ACFADofE @ColCadetsArmy @OCXCoyNACF @NACF_WALL
Col Mike White ACF JP DL (he/him) retweeted
❤️🌈Why not wear something yellow today in support of @YoungMindsUK #HelloYellow campaign...show our @ArmyCadetsUK young people they are both alone 🥰
@AC_INCLUSION @CFHealthyMinds @ArmyCadetsHQ @ArmyCadetsHoW @ArmyCadets2NI @1NIACFENGAGE @CFHMLD @ArmyinNI @BritishArmy
This #WorldMentalHealthDay, we are saying #HelloYellow together with @marksandspencer to show young people they are not alone with their mental health.
This is for every young person who is feeling anxious, lonely, burned out or struggling to cope. To every young person who is scared to reach out. This is for you. No matter what you are going through, you are not alone.
To take part:
1/ Wear yellow
2/ Post a photo or video on your social media (tag us at @youngmindsuk/ @marksandspencer and use #HelloYellow)
3/ Donate £2 by tapping the link in our bio
4/ Spread as much joy and kindness as you can
We’ll be posting your photos and videos on our feed and stories throughout the day. Let’s make #HelloYellow bigger and brighter than ever before 💛
ALT Group of people holding a banner that reads "You are not alone," surrounded by yellow balloons, wearing yellow outfits, and celebrating enthusiastically.
Col Mike White ACF JP DL (he/him) retweeted
Inviting all CFAVs and cadets to join us for the first National meeting of Army Cadets MULTICULTURAL NETWORK
Bringing together all our members through diversity & inclusion of faith, race and ethnicity! Check out the programme and Link on Westminster : 25/1129052
🕖: 1900hrs
Col Mike White ACF JP DL (he/him) retweeted
Did you know there are 138,000+ #Cadets and nearly 28,000 CFAVs in the UK? They’re building leadership, teamwork & resilience — skills valued by AFC signatories.
With the new school year starting, it’s the perfect time to show your support:
🔗 gov.uk/government/collection…
Col Mike White ACF JP DL (he/him) retweeted
@ArmyCadetsUK provide opportunity for young people to develop teamwork and leadership skills in safe & positively challenging environments. It’s a privilege to observe how they learn and grow into capable, resilient and thoughtful individuals #positivechange #greatestpotential
Young people worldwide are agents of change, playing a key role in the achievement of the #GlobalGoals.
On Tuesday’s #YouthDay, join us in celebrating the determination, ideas and leadership of young people as we pursue a better world. un.org/en/observances/youth-…
June and July have been a little busy ACIE 2025 🇬🇧 ✅
Pride London 🌈 ✔️
Cadet musical spectacular 🎶 ✅
Nijmegen 2025 🇳🇱 ✔️
Visiting an adult FAAW course ⛑️ ✅
Pride Newcastle 🌈 ✔️
Now time for 🍷 ✅ ✅ ✅
A fantastic effort by all concerned Northumbria you should be very proud of what you have accomplished- thank you one and all for making this experience happen and I know it will be a life long memory for not only our young people but also for our more mature members, safe travels tomorrow and see you all soon
Col Mike
A special shout out to Major Will Matthews sorry I missed you thanks for supporting Northumbria
ACIE 25 - That’s a Wrap
Lots of hard work, determination and commitment from all involved - a special shout out to the home team who under promised and over delivered - thank you - your awesome!
🇱🇻 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 landed
🇬🇧 team home save 🏴 eta 22.00
🇮🇳 🇵🇱 🇦🇺 in ✈️
Last man!
