armed forces cadets – volunteers now and for the future
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POPPY SCOTLAND VOLUNTEER GATHERING
GLASGOW AND LANARKSHIRE BATTALIONARMY CADET FORCE
MAJOR DEREK COULTER23rd April 2016
ARMY CADET FORCE?
A youth organisation Sponsored by the Army Encourage cit izenship
Progressive training syllabus
Cadet in the community
WHAT IS A CADET
Physical Characteristics:• Age: 12 to 18 yrs • Build: “The Growing
Years”: range from small & lacking strength to fully grown adult
• Gender: Boys and Girls: 1/3 cadets are female
• Ethnicity: Wide range reflects local population
What we do
WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO
WHO CAN WE HELP
Yip Even these guys……..
GLASGOW & LANARKSHIRE BATTALION AREA
GLASGOW AND LANARKSHIRE
1 HQ – Cambuslang – 8 full time staff
23 Detachments and Pipes and Drums Detachment
550 cadets
120 CFAVReserve Forces and Cadets Association (RFCA)- Responsible for the general administration/staff/facilitiesArmy Cadet Force Association (ACFA)- Promotes the ACF activities- Operating body for DofE and provision of NVQs
SCOTLAND AREAS
SCOTLAND
• 8 Bn HQs
• 220 Detachment locations
• Ta centres
• Schools
• Community halls
• Stand alone cadet centres
• 5000+ cadets
SCOTLAND
Glasgow and Lanarkshire - Gilbertfield Rd Cambuslang, Glasgow G72 8YP
West Lowland - Fusilier House, Seaforth Road Ayr, KA8 9HZ
Lothian and Borders - Drumshoreland House, Broxburn, West Lothian, EH52 5PD
1 Highlanders - Gordonville Road, Inverness-Shire, IV2 4SU
2 Highlanders - Rocksley Drive, Boddam, Aberdeenshire, AB42 3BA
Argyle and Sutherland Hldrs - Hartfield House, Bonhill Road, Dumbarton, G82 2DG
Black Watch - Queens Barracks, 131 Dunkeld Road, Perth, PH1 5BT
Angus and Dundee - Barry Buddon, Carnoustie, DD7 7RY
• RSM Chris Keel
• Collected now for 6 years with the ACF
• Supermarket collections during the week
• Poppy Saturday in Glasgow
• Used this to gain my APC 1&2 star and DofE Bronze
• Ran a project within my School around The poppy Appeal with Sgt Arran Brown
THE CADET EXPERIENCE
• Drum Major Morgan Danks
• Collected now for 4 years with the ACF
• Use the Poppy collections for my cadet in the community and APC 1 & 2 star
• Look forward to collecting every year
• Use the collecting for my Duke of Edinburgh bronze award
• P&Ds detachment always Man the garden of remembrance on George Square on Poppy Saturday
THE CADET EXPERIENCE
2/3 nights before remembrance weekend
Collect on the Saturday
Parade on the Sunday at our local parade
George Square to Knightswood Baptist church
Lay wreaths
Carry lord Provosts wreath
THE CADET COMMITMENT
Been col lect ing now for 37 years
Took over as Poppy Scot land Coordinator for the ACF in 2005
Started col lect ing as a 10 year old cadet 1978
Lay the Poppy Wreath at George square on behalf of the ACF
THE ADULT EXPERIENCE
2005 raised £10,200 collecting on Poppy Saturday2015Over 400 cadets collecting in Glasgow and LanarkshireRaised over £22,000 in Glasgow alone all lanarksire cash is
counted by legions and various poppy volunteersCovered 12 super stores with over 150 cadets mid week
2016
We can do even more……..
JUST ASK
WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED
THE AGREEMENT
Working together to improve the lives of our Veterans
POPPY SCOTLAND VOLUNTEER GATHERING
GLASGOW AND LANARKSHIRE BATTALIONARMY CADET FORCE
MAJOR DEREK COULTER23rd April 2016