43 (Wessex) Brigade's presentation to the Influence Conference, May 2014. Presented by Brigadier Piers Hankinson.

1. The Army Reserve
‘WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP’
Brigadier Piers Hankinson MBE
Commander 43 (Wessex) Brigade

2. Defence in the South West
Cornwall
Devon
Gloucestershire
Bristol
Somerset
Dorset
Wiltshire
Isles of Scilly
Channel Islands
 37,000 direct full time jobs
 £9bn of £36bn Defence Expenditure
 38,800 Armed Forces Personnel +
dependants
 17,200 Civil Servants
 45,000 buildings in 90 establishments
 4000 service leavers per year
 11000+ young people are cadets

4. Integrated
Force
112,000
82,000 30,000
Reserve
Regular
Army

5. Regenerating the Reserve
The Offer to Employers
 Balancing the Proposition
 Developing a new
relationship
 Improving communication
 Developing mutual benefit
The Offer to Army Reservists
and their families
 Improve the Reserve
Experience – high quality
training
 Value the individual:
 Career Structures
 Pay
 Leave
 Pension
 Bounty
 Healthcare
 Welfare Support
A British Army Reservist
on current operations

6. What employers say……………
Tom Bradford – Royal Mail:
“Their skills and team work are major plusses for our business
where individuals who can think for themselves, make
decisions and act upon them are key to success. Companies
pay large sums of money to develop these skills.”
Guy Voice – Senior Project Manager BT:
“His reservist experience enables him to bring wider skills to the
business….I’m confident too, that if I ask him to do things, he
will do them well. Reservists bring an additional approach to
learning and working with people from different
environments.”
Mark Wilson – Leicestershire Constabulary:
“Their communication skills are top drawer – their experience
and training needs to be acknowledged back in their
workplace.”