Security for the future: In search of a new vision
May 2016
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Army Recruitment: Comparative cost-effectiveness of recruiting from age 16 versus age 18
September 2014
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Engage: the Military and Young People
June 2014
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A short film made by Headliners and ForcesWatch, 2014
Why does the military have a 'youth engagement' policy and why is the government promoting 'military ethos' within education? What is the impact of military activities taking place in schools? ForcesWatch have been working with the charity Headliners and a group of young people in London to produce this short film which explores these questions and gives teenagers the opportunity to voice their reaction to the military’s interest in their lives.National polls show growing public support from raising UK army recruitment age
October 2014
A nationwide poll conducted in July 2014 by Ipsos MORI on behalf of the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd found that 78 per cent of respondents who expressed a view thought the minimum enlistment age for the Army should be 18 or above. Just 14 per cent of respondents thought the minimum age should be 16 (as it currently is) or less.
An identically worded poll conducted in April 2013 by ICM found 70 per cent of respondents who expressed a view thought the minimum enlistment age should be 18 or above, with 20 per cent supporting 16 or younger.
See data from 2018.
Engage: the Military and Young People – discussion points
2014
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Gender & Militarism: Analyzing the Links to Strategize for Peace
2014
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How did Britain let 250,000 underage soldiers fight in WW1?
2014
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Peace Education Network
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Teach Peace pack
revised 2016
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ForcesWatch submission to Defence Select Committee inquiry on Military Casualties
March 2014
ForcesWatch's submission to the Defence Select Committee inquiry on Military Casualties draws on our research published in The Last Ambush.
Presentations from the Militarisation in Everyday Life in the UK conference
November 2013
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Camouflage Kids: How the military affects young people’s lives
November 2013
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Journeys in the Spirit: Quakers and the military
June 2013
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The Last Ambush? Aspects of mental health in the British armed forces
October 2013
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Militarisation in everyday life in the UK
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