Military Career Inspiration Day - Sandown 2026 | Sandown Park Racecourse
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Military Career Inspiration Day (Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force)
Join us at
Sandown Park Racecourse
for a day filled with insights and information about military careers! Whether you're considering joining the armed forces or simply curious about military life, this event is for you. Meet current and former military personnel, learn about different roles, and get inspired to pursue a career in the military. Don't miss this opportunity to get a firsthand look at what a military career entails. See you there!
Be the Best Be Inspired!
From working with horses to operating advanced equipment, dog handling to AI programming, from drone piloting to being a military musician, the Armed Forces provide unparalleled opportunities for career and personal development.
We are offering you the opportunity to see all the military has to offer at Sandown Park at our Military Career Inspiration Day (MCID). It is run in collaboration with the Grand Military Day when the Armed Forces come together and where their riders enjoy some of the non-work opportunities available to them and compete for the Gold Cup in front of their patron, HRH Princess Royal.
We invite you to join us at the MCID to hear from our motivational speakers and our Patron and see what is in a military career for you. You will hear from serving soldiers, get hand on the kit, use simulators and see the opportunities the Military provides its people at play from football to para-gliding to horse racing.
Come and see us if….
You are at school in Year 10-14 or in higher education,
You think you might want a less traditional career path, or
You need inspiration.
For the schools.
The Career Inspiration Day is a free curriculum enrichment event. Held during term-time and coinciding with a military raceday. It will provide an excellent insight into the professional and personal development opportunities offered by the military and shows off the ceremonial aspects of military service. Subjects covered will include apprenticeships, educational qualifications, roles, trades, sport, adventurous training, travel and more besides.
It is appropriate for people with a wide range of backgrounds and interests. It will meet the needs of pupils studying vocational qualifications (the Army alone has 13,100 in its apprenticeship programme at any one time) or those doing A Levels, or undergraduate degrees. Your students will find something here that will inspire, inform or interest them.
Our programme includes inspirational speakers, interactive equipment displays, and real soldiers talking in their own authentic way about representing what the Military has to offer, at work and at play.
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Purchase tickets on Eventbrite you will receive an email nearer the time, to capture your nominal role, at this time all tickets can go under one name.
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