The awards, which took place on Wednesday, 11 September at the National Memorial Arboretum, are now in their 10th year and continue to recognise employer support for the wider principles of the Armed Forces Covenant.

The scheme encompasses bronze, silver and gold awards for the employers that pledge, demonstrate or advocate support to Defence and the Armed Forces community.

This includes the Reserves, Veterans, Cadet Force Adult Volunteers, Cadets, and military spouses or partners.

The winning West Midlands organisations are spread across all regions and come from a wide range of sectors including construction, local government, healthcare, technology and more.

This year’s winners are:

Herefordshire: Herefordshire's Veteran Support Centre, Origin8tive Limited, Precision Technic Defence Ltd

Shropshire: Approved Care and Support Ltd, Dodd Group Limited, Donnington & Muxton Parish Council, Dulson Training Ltd, Laurel Group Limited, Model Events, Oakengates Town Council, Shropshire Chamber of Commerce, The Essential Expert Limited

Staffordshire: Belvoir Stafford and Stone (OAJ Limited), Blue Cube Portable Cold Stores Limited, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, Tamworth Borough Council

Warwickshire: Alliance Medical Ltd, Coventry City Council, Driving Academy Global Limited, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, Godiva Ltd, Manufacturing Technology Centre Limited, My Trusted Wills and Estate Planning LLP, South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust, Wigley Investment Holdings

West Midlands: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Birmingham Youth Sports Academy, Jonathan Lee Recruitment Limited, MAC Surfacing Limited, Modality Partnership, PLT Training Limited, Rider Levett Bucknall UK Ltd, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, Workspace Technology Limited

Worcestershire: Assure Technical Limited, Karndean Designflooring

Regional Employer Engagement Directors for West Midland RFCA Darren Knight, Philip Sinclair and Cat Suckling said: “Many congratulations to all of this year’s winners. It is a pleasure to able to work with each one in order to achieve their goal.

“We understand how much work each winner puts in and we thank them, on behalf of the Armed Forces community, for the effort they put in. 

“They are all well-deserved winners and we look forward to continuing to work with them.”

The lunch time event was held in Aspects at the iconic National Memorial Arboretum, a fitting place for such awards to be presented.

Guests were welcomed to the event by representatives from some of the local Royal Naval Reserve, Army Reserve and Royal Air Force Reserve units and the event concluded with a short Act of Remembrance at the Armed Forces Memorial.  

Click here to find out more about the Employer Recognition Scheme or contact the employer engagement team on wm-ee@rfca.mod.uk