April 2nd 2013

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Bonjour! Ca va? London team members Kirsty and Jo are raising sponsorship to help disadvantaged young people take part in the DofE by cycling from London to Paris this May. If you would like to sponsor them in their endeavours to help make sure the reach of the DofE is extended as widely as possible across the capital, please do so via their JustGiving pages here: 
http://www.justgiving.com/KirstyYoung90 (Kirsty) 
and here: http://www.justgiving.com/jomarieamand (Jo). 

Ça plane pour moi!

Oh, and don't forget to return the quiz at the bottom to Jack.Kirby@DofE.org for another exciting prize!

Let's get statistical 

As that time of year approaches please make sure all your Awards awaiting approval are signed off and any new participants are created on eDofE prior to 31st March 2013 (Sunday).  Awards approved and new starts allocated after this date will not be counted in this reporting year.  It is imperative that we capture the correct figures for work carried out in this year to help us to better understand the support needed for our network and direct our resources to best effect. Details on the Annual Statistical return will be sent to DofE Managers in the coming weeks. Awards submitted for approval after April 19th will be signed off by your Award Verifier.

Open Residential 

All Gold Award participants are welcome to apply for our open residential to the Gambia in the October half term. It will involve cultural exploration, purposeful work and volunteering with schools. The residential will cost £1150.00 per person all included except lunch costs and drinks. To book or for more information please contact Kirsty.Young@DofE.org and please distribute this flyer to your participants.  

Participants seeking expeditions 

Two male participants in Sutton require a Bronze practice expedition to run April, May or early June. They will have completed their expedition training before going on the practice. Please contact  Sarah.Alderman@sutton.gov.uk if you can assist. 

A female participant from St Gregory's Catholic Science College requires a Silver practice prior to her assessed expedition in July. Please contact her leader Neil Rossiter at  nrossitersgs@gmail.com if you can assist.

Everest event 

The RGS and the Himalayan Trust are celebrating the 60 year anniversary of the first ascent of Everest with a special talk on Wednesday May 29th. The theme is Lasting Legacy which the DofE is a part of - the expedition team Leader went on to set up the DofE Charity. Trustees Debra Searle and David Hempleman-Adams are both speaking. Please see here for further info.

Jobs

The latest vacancies with the DofE are online  at http://www.latestvacancies.com/DofE/ and lately include an Events Co-ordinator and Partnerships Manager positions both in London and an Operations Officer position in the South East Region.

Available training

DofE London is offering lots of training including Expedition Assessors Accreditation Scheme, Introduction to the DofE for Leaders, BEL Level 3 Assessment Course and Expedition Supervisors Training. See here for full details and how to book. 

Please be aware the London Regional Office are not offering BEL Training Courses. 

eDofE Training

Kirsty will be running free beginners eDofE training for those with little to no experience of eDofE approximately every six weeks on the following dates:

* 1st May (PM)
* 17th May (AM)
* 11th June (PM)
* 29th July (PM)
* 11th September (PM)

Jack will be running free intermediate eDofE training for those with some experience of using the system but would like a refresher every ten weeks on the following dates:

* 26th April (PM)
* 26th June (PM)
* 4th September (PM)

Attendees' names and email addresses should be sent to the appropriate
tutor at either Kirsty.Young@DofE.org or Jack.Kirby@DofE.org.

Quiz! 

1. Who is cycling to Paris to raise money for disadvantaged participants?
2. From which school is the Silver participant who is seeking a practice
Expedition?
3. Which regional office is seeking to employ an Operations Officer?

Until next time!