The Armed Forces Day flag is flying above the City Chambers this week. It was raised on Monday morning at a short ceremony.
The procession consisted of Thomas the young piper from George Heriot’s School, Legion Scotland National Colours Geoff Williams and Sandy Henderson, one escort Graham Walter and Tom Douglas and Eddie Maley, who carried the flag.
The procession was met by the Lord Provost, Frank Ross who took delivery of the Armed Forces Day Flag which was then raised above the City Chambers.
The Flag Raising Ceremony is a national event to launch Armed Forces Day and Edinburgh’s involvement, as the city prepares for a packed day of events on Saturday 22 June to honour Armed Forces personnel past, present and future.
It will be a busy day on Saturday with Pride Edinburgh also processing from Holyrood up the Royal Mile to the Meadows. But here is the programme of events for Armed Forces Day
The day will be broken into two phases. Phase One will involve a Military marching parade from Charlotte Square marching through the southbound road of George Street towards St Andrew Square. Performing a Salute to the Maj-General and the Rt Hon Lord Provost and carrying on into St. Andrew Sq to be ‘halted and fell out’.
Phase Two will take place in St. Andrew Square, with Military Charity Stalls set up to raise awareness of services for the Armed Forces, Entertainment provided through musicians and singers as well as a beer tent from Tennents and the Royal Voluntary Service (catering) supplying refreshments and donated lager as a thank you.
1130hrs – RAF Pipes and Drums
1150hrs – Any Hawthorn
1220hrs – Stuart McLean
1250hrs – Becky McLean
1310hrs – Break
1330hrs – Ibeyemi Osinake
Compere – Mark MacKenzie (BFBS)
From 22 June for a month Projekt 42 will host an Armed Forces Training Challenge. Projekt 42 will run armed forces style workouts and challenges aimed at encouraging families, young adults and seniors in our community to come together, work together to complete tasks, get physically active and have some fun.
Projekt 42 recently became an accredited fitness centre. This means we can now deliver Level 2 Gym and Level 3 PT qualifications. As part of our work to grow employment opportunities in our community, we would like to create an avenue for ex-armed forces community members to become qualified personal trainers. As part of the Armed forces Day, Projekt 42 would like to launch their new fitness academy.
Details from sara.hawkins@projekt42.co.uk
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