Leigh Wootten

Joined 2017 Leigh was born in Walsall and has lived in this area of the Midlands all her life. Leigh gained various qualifications to support her career path, including A-levels, a HND in Art and Design and a BA (Hons) in Visual Communication.Leigh then went on to complete her PGCE at Birmingham Uni in 2010.Since

David Di Lorenzo Gothard

Joined 2018 David is a former Royal Marines Commando and joined the corps in 2003. During his time in the Marines he served 2 years in a Armed Forces Careers office, where he trained potential candidates to pass the PRMC (Potential Royal Marines Course). David was able to raise the pass rate from 44% to

Nathan Millward

Joined 2021 I joined the army in 2012 at 17 years of age. I served for 6 years in the Rifles. I completed my AAPTI course and served as a Regimental PTI for 4 years alongside normal soldiering. When I left the Army I knew health and fitness was the journey I wanted to go

Leighanne Bell

Joined 2018 Leighanne Bell has been teaching Functional Skills for 15 years in various locations such as HMP service and previously worked for City and Guilds as an examiner, marking English exams from Level 1 and Level 2. Leighanne is married with 3 children; 1 daughter, who has just turned 21 and is training to

Lee Smith

Joined 2018 Joined MPCT in 2018 after a 13 year career in the Coldstream Guards Motor Platoon/Rifle Platoon as a Forward Observer achieving the rank of Platoon Sergeant. Relocated back to Durham before starting work for MPCT in South Shields. Aim for the next year is personal development, getting involved in the new centre South

Joshua Jones

Joined 2021 I joined the Royal Marines back in July 2015, when I was 20 years old and served for 5 years. I reached the rank of L/cpl in my previous role before leaving in July 2020. During my time in service, I travelled all over the UK, from Inverness to Cornwall and abroad including

Nick Maunders

Joined 2018 I Joined the Army at the age of 16 where I had a 10 year career serving with 1st The Queens Dragoon Guards. During my time in the Army I was based in Germany and was fortunate enough to be deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 and 2011 and various deployments to Canada and

Craig Hepburn

Joined 2018 Craig began his army career in 1989, training at Sir John Moore Barracks, Winchester Hants. After passing out Craig’s first posting was with the Second Battalion ‘The Light Infantry’ based in Tidworth, where he joined the Machine Gun platoon. The battalion served in Tidworth for another three years, which in that time two

Connan Cuthbertson

Joined 2018 Connan was born in Sunderland, England, and joined the Parachute Regiment from leaving school at 16. He started his career at AFC Harrogate and went on to pass Parachute Company (Pcoy) at the age of 17 as one of the youngest recruits to pass para selection. Connan served with the 2nd Battalion the