Seventeen year old Cadet RSM Karl Matley was recently presented with four Gold DofE sectional certificates by the Commandant, Colonel Kevin Connor. L/Cpl Darren Newman also received three Gold sectional certificates. Karl said, “I did my residential in Canada with the Army Cadet Force for 6 weeks in 2008 on a shooting & coaching course. I have completed all the necessary training to do my expedition and have gained a place on the Cadet150 trip to Bavaria in September.”


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There is some continuing confusion about the badge illustrated here, which is advertised in the DofE Shop catalogue as a Cadet badge. This is NOT the ACF / CCF brassard badge - these continue to be a different (less expensive!) pattern and should be purchased from Cadet Kit Shop.
For brassard badges in CKS Catalogue, click here

With most of the available places on the Bavaria Gold Expedition trip already bagged, any member of the ACF wishing to participate will have to be quick about it. For a fabulous Gold expedition experience, click the link below ..
For more info, see the bottom left hand box of this link

Just a reminder that bids for a place on the prestigious Cadet150 Residential at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth are due in by MONDAY 22nd FEBRUARY. Don't miss out by missing the date. Your County Headquarters have the details, distributed on 2nd November 2009. For an APPLICATION FORM, go to DOWNLOADS and find the Word document
See more information here

The Spring mag is now out, with an emphasis in this edition on the Physical section. Click below to go to the download on the DofE website, and see how to order your own copy, if you haven already done so
Click here for the Spring 2010 magazine

Please note that due to a temporary glitch in the system, eDofE is not able to cope with recording the Expedition section. All training activity in this section should be recorded in the Keeping Track booklet, which is in the Welcome Pack, for eventual uploading into eDofE (hopefully within 4 - 6 weeks)

Sam Bennies Powerpoint presentation from the Conference last November at CTC Frimley Park can be found at the foot of the Downloads page of this website. This may be useful to those rolling out eDofE in the County, and of interest to anyone about to be involved.

The updated In Action Together DVD entitled The DofE Adventure Starts Here which was released in November is now available for download from the website.
Click here or go to Downloads page

We are delighted to report that Lt Col Roberta Turkington, DofE Advisor for ACFA Northern Ireland, has become a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the New Year Honours List in recognition of voluntary service to the Duke of Edinburgh's Award in Northern Ireland.


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Cadets of Alloa Detachment, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Bn ACF, have organised a shoebox collection on behalf of Rotary International as part of their Volunteering programme for their Silver award. The cadets organised the detachment to fill shoeboxes with presents for disadvantaged young people in Romania. Our picture shows the cadets being thanked by a member of Alloa Rotary Club.


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Students on the latest Area Commanders course show off their personal copy of the most up to date version of our In Action Together booklet on their visit to RMA Sandhurst. Special thanks go to SO2 Publications, Major Ken Molyneux-Carter who has arranged for the booklet to be professionally published. For your own personal copy, go to Downloads


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Lt Col Mike Gerrish has put together notes to summarise the discussions and information provided on the Expedition Section at the recent DofE Conference at Frimley Park, and are for the particular attention of all County DofE Officers, and the DofE rep for those CCFs working through the ACFA. They will be of interest to all those involved in DofE expeditions with cadets. (For a Word version of forms, go to Downloads page)
See the update here