As an aside. I think the new SMS log in page is much clearer now post SMS up issue today.
You cant make these things too clear in my opinion and this is just right to help everyone less familiar.
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Is there any plan for SMS announcements to utilise the Text Message function in Gov Notify? Or if the 250,000 limit is an issue, what about the possibility for units to add their own Gov Notify Key into Bader.
Is that not just the free limit? You have to pay for any texts above that amount?
correct.
I like this idea. 
In theory there is nothing stopping individual units registering for the service now that everyone has a gov.uk email.
Was there ever anything stopping people? I’m pretty sure units already have their own accounts.
Yeah we have one.
Yep, looks like you’re correct! [https://www.gov.uk/performance/govuk-notify/government-services](http://This list) shows all users. A quick search through for ‘cadet’ or ‘sqn’ shows many already in use.
Indeed, I set one up right at the beginning.
It’s fiddly. Had there not been the intention to include announcements in SMS/CP I might have bothered to write a front end using the API. But I didn’t.
With a couple of minor tweaks they could improve their web front end immeasurably and I submitted these suggestions to them. Though, I don’t hold much hope - they’ll be low priority with most users I’m sure having their own access via the API.
We have created a demonstration video for the new Announcements feature in SMS and Cadet Portal which is available now on RAFAC Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/455921863.
Further information on Announcements is also available on the Bader Hub.
If you have any questions, please ask!
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Apologies for the thread resurrection!
I don’t suppose anyone happens to know if the plan to allow cadet portal to email cadets when they are added to an announcement, has been carried out yet?
As an aside, am I correct in thinking they get email notifications when an event is cancelled?
I recall @james_elliott saying a while ago that greater integration with Gov.Notify will be included in future developments.
Cool, ta. I wasn’t sure if that had happened yet or not!
So as I understand it, at the moment, the only way a cadet will know that an event has been cancelled, or a unit stand down notification has been issued, is if they log onto cadet portal?
Cancelled event
Units stand down announcements
Are both already emailing notifications
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Fantastic, thank you!