Major Derek Coulter, Glasgow and Lanarkshire Battalion ACF. RSM Chris Keel (cadet). Drum Major Morgan Danks (cadet). Support from local cadet forces is critical to Poppyscotland. Major Coulter along with some cadets will talk about their experiences of collecting for the Scottish Poppy Appeal and talk about ways to make the most of the partnership.

1. POPPY SCOTLAND
VOLUNTEER GATHERING
GLASGOW AND LANARKSHIRE BATTALION
ARMY CADET FORCE
MAJOR DEREK COULTER
23rd April 2016

2. ARMY CADET FORCE?
A youth organisation
Sponsored by the Army
Encourage citizenship
Progressive training syllabus
Cadet in the community

3. 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

4. What we do

5. WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO

6. WHO CAN WE HELP
Yip Even these guys……..

7. GLASGOW & LANARKSHIRE
BATTALION AREA

8. GLASGOW AND LANARKSHIRE
1 HQ – Cambuslang – 8 full time staff
23 Detachments and Pipes and Drums Detachment
550 cadets
120 CFAV
 Reserve Forces and Cadets Association (RFCA)
- Responsible for the general administration/staff/facilities
 Army Cadet Force Association (ACFA)
- Promotes the ACF activities
- Operating body for DofE and provision of NVQs

9. SCOTLAND AREAS

10. SCOTLAND
• 8 Bn HQs
• 220 Detachment locations
• Ta centres
• Schools
• Community halls
• Stand alone cadet centres
• 5000+ cadets

11. 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

12. • 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

13. • 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

14.  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

15. Been collecting now for 37 years
Took over as Poppy Scotland
Coordinator for the ACF in 2005
Started collecting as a 10 year
old cadet 1978
Lay the Poppy Wreath at George
square on behalf of the ACF
THE ADULT EXPERIENCE

16.  2005 raised £10,200 collecting on Poppy Saturday
 2015
 Over 400 cadets collecting in Glasgow and Lanarkshire
 Raised over £22,000 in Glasgow alone all lanarksire cash is
counted by legions and various poppy volunteers
 Covered 12 super stores with over 150 cadets mid week
 2016
 We can do even more……..
 JUST ASK
WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED

17. THE AGREEMENT
Working together to improve the lives of our Veterans

18. POPPY SCOTLAND
VOLUNTEER GATHERING
GLASGOW AND LANARKSHIRE BATTALION
ARMY CADET FORCE
MAJOR DEREK COULTER
23rd April 2016