Nottinghamshire Army Cadet Force

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This weekend our Senior Cadets took part in a TIBUA (Training In Built Up Areas) exercise at Whinny Hill on the Catterick Training Area.
While there some of our Adult Instructors had an opportunity to familiarise themselves with the principles of TIBUA to allow them to deliver similar exercises in the future.
What did you do this weekend?

2020 kicked off with our first Adult Volunteer training weekend at our Cadet Training Centre in Chilwell, Nottingham.
Our team ran an accredited First Aid at Work (FAAW) to re- qualify existung and qualify new Instructors so they can train Cadets safely.
We also ran out first Familiarisation course for Adults interesting in becoming volunteer Instuctors with a really diverse and keen group ranging from builders, farmers, parents, engineers, carers, students, roofers and e...x Regular and Reserve Soldiers.
2020 is a packed year with weekend camps, adventurous training weekends, music camps, foreign trips, sport and our key week nights training with Annual Camp in Thetford.
If you fancy something different, challenging, fun and, ultimately, rewarding that makes a positive difference to young people, contact us.
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What a year it's been for us at Notts ACF. This year alone:
314 Cadets and instructors joined our organisation.
171 Cadets and instructors were promoted in recognition of their leadership and other personal qualities.
... 454 "Star Passes" were awarded as cadets learned valuable skills taught by their amazing instructors.
2964 individual qualifications were gained by our cadets including nearly 200 relating to first aid.
3 Volunteers recieved the Cadet Force Medal in recognition of 12 years service to the ACF. 3 received the first clasp and 1 the second marking a further 6 and 12 years respectively.
3 Cadets completed a Duke of Edinburgh award with 56 enrolling in the programme.
Annual Camp 2019 saw 250 Cadets and 95 instructors travel to Wathgill, Catterick supported by 13 Regular and Reserve Soldiers.
A charity boxing match organised by our RSM raised £4,070.10 for Bassetlaw Hospice - and we wont forget that punch from Major Lawler any time soon.
40 female cadets joined in with "Exercise Sapper Cadet" to learn about roles in military and civilian engineering.
As part of the D-Day 75 commemorations 42 Cadets and 5 Instructors visited Normandy.
33 business learned about the value cadets add to the workplace at our engagement event in May.
For the 22nd year in a row our cadets helped Eastern Region to victory in the national Cross Country Championships.
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Another great weeknd at Beckingham for 140 Cadets fro A Company (Rifles) and D Squadron (ROYAL Lancers). Our Cadets got to do 1st Aid Training, Fieldcraft, Skill at Arms Training, Planning Exercise, Drill, Wargaming and the Assault Course. All 10 of our trainee Adult Instructors passed their Basic Instructors Course to. What a weekend in the Lincolnshire Countryside.

140 Cadets from A Company and D Squadron plus 47 Adult Volunteers have been on exercise at Beckingham in Lincolnshire today.
Covering subjects ranging from Fieldcraft to Instruional techniques for our ten me2 Adult Instructors. Despite the weather, having a good time!

Our Cadets and Adult Volunteers have been supporting Remembrance Events and the Poppy Appeal all over the County today and over the last few weeks. It has been great to see so many members of the Public supporting the Poppy Appeal and the many Parades of Remembrance, thank you. Lest we forget!

"When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow we gave our today". This weekend, we will remember them, not forgotten!

Following a successful week at Longmoor with Cadet Force Bands for the National Music Concentration Sgt Callum Walsh from Chilwell Detachment, A Company, was recognised as the best bugler on the 4 Star Cadre.
He was also appointed as the National Senior Bugle Major for Army Cadet Music!

Well done to our Cadets who came 2nd overall at the Regional Swimming Competition today where the Senior Boys came top of their category. 🏊🏻‍♀️🥈

Today was the Annual All Souls Day Ceremony of Homage and Remembrance at the Polish Air Force Cemetery in Newark. 397 Polish Airmen, Soldiers and Sailors are buried here and it is the largest Polish Military cemetery outside of Poland. The part that our Polish Allies played in WW2 is very significant and should be remembered, serving in all European theatres from the Battle of Britain right through Italy (Monte Cassino), D Day and the Battle of Arnhem and many more.
I had th...e privelege of meeting Konstanty Stazlszkiewicz, one of the few surviving members of 1 SBS (Independent Polish Parachute Brigade) who jumped at Arnhem, Operation Market Garden, in 1944. What a fine gentleman!
If you have never visited the Polish Air Force Cemetery in Newark, I would commend it to you. Beautifully kept and a fitting memorial to our friends who, far from home, gave their tomorrow for our today. Lest we forget.
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The #CadetPortal App is potentially hugely significant in enabling our cadets to see at a glance how they're progressing through the syllabus while allowing them to find out about upcoming activities.
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13 Cadets passed their Cadet Radio User’s Course today achieving a 2* Qualification and taking a step closer to their crossed flags badge and 4* Signals awards!
WELL DONE!

For the 22nd year in a row Nottinghamshire ACF's Cadets have helped Eastern Region to first place in the National Cross Country Championships.
Well done to Cpl Bunyan, Cdt Clifford and Cdt Wheatcroft who flew the flag for Notts today.
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If you are an Adult thinking about joining the ACF, we offer lots of great courses that will develop you and your skills. It's not all military based subjects by any means. This week, one of our volunteers is doing their British Canoe Union Paddle Sport Instructors Course at the Cadet Centre for Adventure Training (CCAT) in North Wales.
This will qualify him to coach /instruct groups of Cadets and Adults in Kayak, Canoe and Stand up Paddle Boards. It is a Nationally recognised qualification and is just one of many Instructor Courses (Climbing, Mountain biking, Mountain Walking) offered by CCAT.
So, if you like the great outdoors, have a passion for passing this on to the next generation and want to learn new skills and be paid to do it, find out more from Notts ACF.

B (MERCIAN) Company Cadets undertook the 2* Signals course this weekend, allowing them to use the All Arms Cadet Radio systems, well done to all!

Well done to Cadet Lance Corporal Fenton Killen (Worksop D) on your Two Star, Cadet Bredon Brewin (Clifton Det) on your One Star and Cadet Ellie Sanders (Ruddington Det) on your One Star. Just 3 of the 350 odd Cadets, whose certificates were signed tonight at County Heaqquarters, for achieving their Army Proficiency Sylabus Star passes on Camp and during the last 12 months. You don't get these for just turning up! Well done all. Commandant