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I have m play athe role Adult volunteers play a vital vital role amazingfriends friendswho whowill willbebefriends friends Adult volunteers play a vital role the Army amazing Adult volunteers play avolunteers vital role in in Army amazing friends who will be frie amazing friends who will be frien for the Army Cadet Cadet Force Force –– acting acting forlife. life.I Iam amaahappy, happy,outgoing outgoing Cadet Force –in acting as role models for the Cadet Force – acting role models for the as role as models for person but my peak anormally, happy, outgoing person norm a happy, outgoing person normal for the the cadets cadets and and person normally, butam amatat my peak teaching young people all of when I do anything with the ACF” cadets and teaching young people all sorts cadets and teaching young people allsorts sorts teaching young people all sorts of when I do anything with the ACF” peak when I do anything wi mymy peak when I do anything with skills from from fieldcraft, skill at arms he skills fieldcraft, skill and atand arms hesays. says.Philip’s Philip’sACF ACFtraining trainingand and skills from fieldcraft, skill arms ofof skills from fieldcraft, skill atat arms says. Philip’s ACF training and e says. Philip’s ACF training and exp and adventurous training through experience has also benefitted his and adventurous training through experience has also benefitted his adventurous training through music and adventurous training toto music and to musicthrough and career prospects - helping him toto prospe also benefitted career prosp also benefitted hishis career to music and first first aid. aid. As As well well as as career prospects - helping him the satisfaction of young job and giving first aid. well as the satisfaction of seeing secure first aid. AsAs well assatisfaction the satisfaction seeing the of seeing seeingof young secure job interviews and giving him to secure job interviews an him tointerviews secure job interviews and people achieve achieve what they never him people what they never himpractical practicalexamples examplesofofcoaching coaching young people achieve what they never thought young people achieve what they never thought practical examples of coaching practical examples of coaching an thought possible, volunteers also and mentoring skills to talk about thought possible, volunteers also and mentoring skills to talk about possible, volunteers also have the opportunity with possible, volunteers also have the opportunity have the the opportunity recruiters. He isisabout now skills talk with recruite skills toto talk with have opportunity to to learn learn with recruiters. Heabout nowin inthe therecruiters new skills, gain qualifications and ofofsigning for the learn new skills, gain qualifications and makeprocess toto learn new skills, gain qualifications and make new skills, gain qualifications and process signingup up for the upup the process of signing th the process of signing forfor the make new new friends. Army Cadet City make friends. Army Cadet come Cityand andGuilds GuildsLevel Level4 4Award Awardinin new friends. Army Cadet Force volunteers come new friends. Army Cadet Force volunteers Level 4 Award in Leadership an Level 4 Award in Leadership and M Force volunteers come from all Leadership and Management, volunteers come from all Leadership and Management, from sorts of backgrounds and those with through from allall sorts ofForce backgrounds and those sorts of backgrounds and thosewith the ACF’s partnership with through the ACF’s partnership through the ACF’s partnership wiw sorts of backgrounds and those through the ACF’s partnership with with military experience excel educational charity CVQO, military experience excel in helping to deliver the military experience excel in helping to deliver with military experience excel theeducational educational charity CVQO, educational charity CVQO, whic CVQO, which in helping to deliver the broad which is just one ofcharity the many in helping to deliver the broad which is just one of the many the broad range and military subsidised the broad range ofof adventurous military range ofadventurous adventurousand and military vocational training vocational the many subsidised vocationa the many subsidised t range of adventurous and military subsidised vocational training themed activities the cadets love. courses on offer to volunteers. themed activities the cadets love. themed activities the cadets love. on offer to volunteers. on offer to volunteers. themed activities the cadets love. courses on offer to volunteers. Philip Kendrick was in the Royal Philip Kendrick was in the Royal Engineers for HELPING YOUNG Philip Kendrick was in the Royal Engineers Philip Kendrick was in the Royal for Engineers for 18 years (five years Engineers for 18Ordnance years (five years HELPING years (five 33 Explosive Ordnance PEOPLE 1818 years (five years atat 33 Explosive Ordnance atyears 33 Explosive Disposal TOYOUNG DEVELOP HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE TOTO D at 33 Explosive Ordnance Disposal PEOPLE the TO best DEVELOP Regiment, five years as a Combat However and most Disposal Regiment, five years as a Combat Disposal Regiment, five years as a Combat However the best and most un However the best and most uniq Regiment, five years as a Combat However the best and most Engineer and eight years as an unique part about being in the Engineer eight years as an unique partinabout being inseeing the being in ACF, according being the ACF, according toto PhP Armouredand Engineer) and served ACF, according tothe Philip, is Armoured Engineer) served ACF,the according to Philip, is seeing on Operations in Iraq,and as well as how cadets benefit: “As a how the cadets benefit: “As a v how the cadets benefit: “As a vol on Operations in Iraq, as well as how the cadets benefit: “As a volunteer it has given me immense given me immense pride watch given me immense pride watchin volunteer it has given me immense pride watching the cadets achieve pride watching theovercome cadets achieve and overcome some achieve and some ofof th and overcome some of theirachieve own and overcome some always of their own problems. The cadets problems. The cadets always su problems. The cadets always surp problems. always surprise meThe withcadets their effort, their effort, commitment and sp their effort, commitment and spir surprise me withspirit their effort, commitment and and the commitment andis spirit best thing is thing that I get to and be part ofto best is that I the get pa best thing that I get to bebe part thatsense I get of be part of it.best There is aisreal family, is a real sense of family, friends isthing a real sense ofto family, friendshi it. There isequality a real sense of family, friendship, and inclusion and inclusion within the Army and inclusion within the Army CaC friendship, equality and inclusion within the Army Cadets.” Philip within the Army Cadets.” Philip would encourage others toothers join would encourage others join would encourage toto join a as volunteers: “Youothers can’t teach would encourage to join “You can’t teach experience and “You can’t teach experience and, experience and,“You with can’t the right as volunteers: teach attitude and willingness lear attitude and willingness learn attitude and willingness to right learn toto experience and, with the how the ACF works as a youth attitude andas willingness to organisation, learn works as a youth works a youth organisation, I’d organisation, encourage any how the ACFI’d works as a youth former soldiers to join up. ” former soldiers to join up. ” former soldiers to join up.” organisation, I’d encourage any
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