The Royal Navy Presentation Team begins its latest tour early next month, with a programme of around 100 dates and a total audience of 15,000 people at venues across the country.

This year’s revised presentation has been endorsed by the Navy Board, and the official tour launch will be at the Haberdasher’s Hall in London on September 3 in front of a select audience of 150.

Led by Cdr Ross Thoburn, the RNPT provides an entertaining and thought-provoking presentation on a wide range of issues, often eliciting lively discussion of defence policy, current operations and people and equipment.

Their aim is to promote an understanding of the role of the Royal Navy using a 30-minute fast-moving multi-media presentation to explain what the Navy is doing, its plans for the future and how it provides value for money.

As part of Assistant Chief of Naval Staff’s Reaching Out to the Public initiative, the team, which is based at RAF Northolt at Ruislip in Middlesex, aims to influence more than 34 million members of the public through regular exposure in the regional and national media and on the Internet.

Bespoke presentations at no cost can be created for educational establishments, clubs, corporate or business organisations and associations such as ex-Service groups, Rotary, Lions and Women’s Institutes, with the package tailored to the size and predominant age of the audience.

The RNPT will appear at the following locations in September and October: Elgin, Fort William, Oban, Great Malvern, Warwick, Stafford, Bradford, Huddersfield, Sheffield, Sutton Coldfield, Abergavenny and Aberystwyth.

For more details on events, or to receive an invitation to a presentation, telephone 0208 833 8020, email the team at rnpt@gtnet.gov.uk or see the website www.royal-navy.mod.uk