Regular Forces Employment Association

Regular Forces Employment Association is a charity and was founded in 1885. It changed its legal status in 1997 to a company limited by guarantee, but retained charitable status and adopted the trading title 'RFEA Limited'. It is a member of The Career Transition Partnership (CTP), which is a partnership between the Ministry of Defence and Right Management, who are global career development and outplacement specialists. The Directorate of Resettlement represents the Ministry of Defence, and is responsible for Tri-Service resettlement policy and for the delivery of resettlement services through the partnership.

The objectives of RFEA Ltd is to assist Service leavers and ex-regular Servicemen and Servicewomen to find employment throughout their working life, right up until they retire and to offer employers access to staff they can rely on.

If you find it difficult to get the job you seek, or your job does not work out, help is available. You should contact your nearest RFEA Employment Consultant and discuss your job search with them. They can give you :

	Access to Right Job, the on-line job searching facility that enables you to search for vacancies on the CTP database via the web and apply directly to the employer. If you have lost your Right Job password or changed your e-mail address, contact your RFEA Employment Consultant or Regional Resettlement Centre (RRC). Not all Service leavers will need to go to the resettlement centre, the RFEA caters for those Service leavers that have been out of the Services for two years or more at which point CTP have nothing further to do with them
	Job search assistance including links to employers, regional employment information and employment fairs.
	Help and advice when applying for jobs.

If you registered with CTP prior to discharge, you should have been notified of the job finding service. If, however, you have heard nothing from the CTP (including the RFEA), or you have not yet registered then please make contact with the nearest RFEA office to you.

For further information about the RFEA visit their website by using the following link www.rfea.org.uk.

For those living in Derbyshire the address and contact information can be found below :

RFEA Limited
TRBL Derbyshire County Offices
Saxon House
Heritage Gate
DerbyDE1 1NL

Dave Donovan - Employment Consultant and Branch Manager
Telephone : 01332 208901
Facsimile : 08700 940795
Mobile : 07852 287789
Email : rfeaderby@ctp.org.uk