{"id":80705,"date":"2017-04-12T09:47:07","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T09:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=f60e4c3df12e177884c62ab7ee0f36b3"},"modified":"2017-04-12T09:47:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T09:47:07","slug":"news-story-defence-minister-meets-teenagers-taking-part-in-pilot-army-supercamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=80705","title":{"rendered":"News story: Defence minister meets teenagers taking part in pilot Army supercamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The 60 teenagers mainly from local communities in Yorkshire were taking part in a pilot scheme to allow teenagers to learn about Army life by participating in a variety of fun but challenging tasks, including camouflage techniques and assault courses.<\/p>\n<p>Defence Minister Earl Howe, who met students from Keighley University Academy and Bradford Youth Services Group, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>These camps will educate young people and help the Army build close and long lasting ties with local communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">An incredible amount of work is being done to ensure these \u2018Supercamps\u2019 are a success and I look forward to seeing more of them taking place across the country.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The teenagers from local communities in Yorkshire were taking part in a pilot scheme to allow teenagers to learn about Army life. Crown Copyright\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/63208\/Supercamp2.jpg\"><\/div><figcaption>The teenagers from local communities in Yorkshire were taking part in a pilot scheme to allow teenagers to learn about Army life. Crown Copyright<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The two week pilot, which includes 290 students, is being run by 4th Infantry Brigade, the regional brigade for Yorkshire and the North East.<\/p>\n<p>Lt Col Mark Hunter, who is overseeing the camp, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This supercamp brings together people from all communities around Yorkshire, providing them with positive skills to take home leadership and team working skills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">It also provides them with an opportunity to learn about the different things that the Army does, and to know more about the Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Towards the end of his visit Lord Howe presented special certificates to students who took part in the supercamp and also met many of the course instructors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defence Minister Earl Howe has met teenagers at the Army\u2019s first \u2018Supercamp\u2019, a new initiative which is expected to roll out across the country later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}