The red/white official street signage that guides people towards Cadet Centres…where do they come from? Is it RFCA, local authority, MoD or who?
And who initiates the requirement?
wilf_san
ours was Black/White - RFCA arranged with the Highways Authority for our borough
Red & white - I organised it through our local authority. Best £75 the Sqn ever spent in terms of recruitment/visibility, but that was 13 years ago!! Probably a bit more expensive now. Don’t get fobbed off by a black & white!
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It will be the Highways dept. of your Local Authority you need to speak with - go direct.
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Exactly what we did and it didn’t cost us a penny.
Interesting thread. After a lengthy argument and trying to find the right people, our highways agency rejected the application and said they wanted to reduce the amount of signage on said street - a letter of appeal has gotten us nowhere. I plan to wait a year or two and hope staff churn will mean we find someone more sympathetic
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£125 to our LA Highways department who fitted us nice Red & White MOD ones. We had to have a “Cadet Forces Centre” label as they refused our initial “Air Training Corps” one incase the Army cadets wanted one too…
When some chav smashed up the sign the Council replaced it FoC… with a standard Black one which, according to a Councillor, is “more in keeping” with the character of the town.
Councillor is talking out of their hoop. MoD signs have to be red. It’s in the big book of road sign regulations and voice loots can’t change that!
Whilst our RFCA are not exactly QRA (in any sense) I shall try putting this through their CoC first, rather than to the LA roads dept. At least for first sortie.
Intrigued as to the range of national experiences. But somehow not surprised…!
wilf_san
Why, it has nothing todo withRFCA? All they will do is try and speak to your local highways team, get it wrong, over cost it and make a hash of it.
I’ve been quoted £500 for two red/white signs through the LA which RFCA would ultimately have to commission for the work.
RFCA not willing to pay under any circumstances - that’s despite us being hidden in the back of a housing estate and there are proven difficulties in finding us.
I chat with a local councillor and or local MP seems to be in order. Get the OC and Chairman onto it. The Chairman would be better avoids the OC getting directly involved in anything remotely / potentially seen as political.
Do a bit in the local paper, picture of cadets looking lost (shouldn’t be too difficult to get one of them) getting a bit of unfavourable publicity for the council (adversely affecting local youth organisation) and RFCA should do the trick.