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