Hiya Graeme,
A big....
Good to have you here.
For the benefit of those who aren't already aware, you may contact your nearest Armed Forces Careers Office (AFCO),
by email or phone directly, wherever you live in the UK on the following link, (Manchester included):
UK National AFCO Contact details to book a presentation or ask specific advice, as Graeme has outlined.
Alternatively you may book yourself a free presentation at your local AFCO by ringing 03456 07 55 55, wherever you live in the UK, between 09:00 and 21:00.
AFCOs are located nationally as follows:
North East
Darlington, Hull, Hull, Leeds, Middlesbrough, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sheffield.
North West
Carlisle, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, St Helens,
East Anglia
Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, Norwich, Peterborough,
Midlands
Birmingham, Coventry, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Luton, Nottingham, Oxford, Shrewsbury, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton,
Wales
Cardiff, Swansea, Wrexham
South East
Bournemouth, Brighton, Canterbury, Chatham, Guildford, Ilford, London, Portsmouth, Reading, Southampton
South West
Bristol, Exeter, Gloucester, Plymouth, Redruth, Taunton,
Scotland
Aberdeen, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness.
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Some AFCOs, Manchester in particular, are provisionally offering presentations out of normal working hours on a locally arranged basis.