01/03/2026
Over recent weeks, a significant number of RAF Air Cadet (RAFAC) squadrons across the North West have been temporarily unable to parade following updated national guidance from RAFAC on electrical inspections (EICR) and the associated repair and approval timescales. This has meant that multiple facilities are currently paused while essential works are assessed or completed.
We know how important weekly parades are, and we recognise the impact this has on cadets, volunteers, families and local communities.
Our purpose at the NW RFCA is clear:
We champion Defence in the North West through people, estates and funding.
When challenges arise, our role is to focus on what we can do to support our cadet forces and help them keep moving forward.
Behind the scenes, our Estates Team has been working tirelessly to:
โข assess and prioritise repairs
โข identify buildings that can be reopened quickly
โข support squadrons needing temporary moves
โข secure shortโterm hire venues where appropriate
โข coordinate shared spaces with other cadet forces
Some sites require more extensive work, and in those cases we are working closely with local Wings to ensure squadrons can continue parading safely in alternative locations.
We remain fully committed to enabling every affected squadron to resume normal activity as soon as possible. Progress is ongoing, and squadrons will return to their usual locations as works are completed and approved.
Thank you to our volunteers, staff and cadet families for your patience, flexibility and resilience. We will continue to share updates as work progresses.
*๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด.
