Cadet150 Residential Camp For Gold Duke Of Edinburgh's Award
150 specially-selected teenage cadets from all over the UK leave Portsmouth on 12th August on board RFA Argus, bound for Dartmouth in Devon
. The cadets, who are all working towards their Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will be staying at Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth for a week as the residential section of the Award.
This unique camp is part of Cadet150, a year-long celebration of the 150th anniversary of the UK's cadet movement.
The cadets will spend 24 hours on board Royal Fleet Auxiliary Argus, the Royal Navy's aviation training and casualty receiving ship, living alongside her crew as she travels from Portsmouth to BRNC where the Royal Navy has been training its officers since 1863, the same decade that saw the birth of the cadet movement.
Once at BRNC the cadets will undertake a series of challenges and tasks designed to teach teamwork and group management. Modules studied will include trust and confidence, leadership and military information. They will also have the opportunity to go sailing and powerboating on the River Dart, to try out motorcycling and enjoy sports competitions and singing contests in the evenings.
As well as contributing towards their Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award, it is hoped the cadets will gain accreditation for the Level 2 Award in Team Leading from the Institute of Leadership and Management.
The residential week will conclude with a formal parade and prize giving in front of VIP guests, followed by a ceilidh.
The camp will involve 150 members of the Army Cadet Force, Sea Cadets Corps, Air Training Corps and Combined Cadet Force, aged 16-18, each working towards their Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
A spokesman for the Cadet150 said: "The aim of this exciting venture is to provide a challenging environment in which cadets can develop their leadership, teamwork, self-reliance and inter-personal skills in situations outside their normal experience.
"We are very grateful to the Royal Navy for providing the world-class facilities both on board RFA Argus and also at BRNC Dartmouth to enable this unique camp to take place".
The Gold Award camp, which takes place from 12 to 19 August, is one of over 150 events taking place at national and regional levels to mark the 150th anniversary of the UK's cadet movement - one of the oldest and most successful voluntary youth organisations in the world.
Today it numbers 131,000 young people, led by 25,000 adult volunteers, in well over 3,000 sites the length and breadth of the country.
The year of celebrations launched on February 17 when 26 cadet ambassadors had an audience at Buckingham Palace with HM The Queen, patron of Cadet150, and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.
The main commemorative event for Cadet150 took place on 6 July when almost 2,000 cadets paraded down the Mall before His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, then joined friends, family and VIP guests in the grounds of Buckingham Palace for a garden party.
Cadet150 expeditions are taking place to locations as diverse as Lesotho, the Himalayas, Nigeria, the Italian Dolomites, Peru, the USA and Kenya. Cadets will also be planting 150,000 trees in partnership with the Woodland Trust.
The Cadet150 anniversary year will conclude with formal tributes during Remembrance weekend in November.
by: Stella Manson
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