Military college launches new Wigan training centre

Evolve Military College, which works with 16 to 24 years old ahead of potential services enrolment, has confirmed it will open the building in August.

Based on the Cricket Street Business park, it comprises of a completely refurbished facility with classrooms and exercise areas. It also offers state-of-the-art technology and is staffed entirely by former military personnel.

The college offers a unique course aimed at increasing young people's prospects of joining the armed forces and preparing them for life as a solider.

The intensive qualification covers different areas of military life and students gain a valuable insight through a progressive training programme. This fuses work experience, maths and English qualifications and military skills, values and standards as well as developing their physical health and emotional wellbeing.

The aim is they will be better equipped to face the military’s tough selection process and have transferable skills to aid them through their career.

For younger students, the firm also offers full-time and part-time courses to lay the foundations for life and employment.

The new Wigan campus comes hot on the heels of a fantastic 2019 for Evolve, which saw the opening of a new centres in Burnley and Bury. The business also won the Backing Young Bury category at the Made in Bury Business Awards for the second year in a row.

The college is also set to open a campus in Blackpool in August this year.

Andrew Emmett, managing director, said: “We are extremely excited to be able to offer our course to young people in Wigan. The students who come through our doors often need guidance to push them in the right direction and to channel their energy in a positive way.

"They arrive as young kids but complete the course as highly focussed young men and women with a real sense of self-worth and pride in themselves and their community.”

"The centre will hold an official opening event, subject to social distancing guidance, in the autumn."