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·19 January 2011

The Spring 2011 edition of the Training Course Leaflet is now published.

Please note the new course charges from April 2011.

The current training course leaflet is available in the Resources page of this site

·14 January 2011

The Hampshire County Council Duke of Edinburgh's Award website is up and running!

• 10 February 2011

DofE for All - training

Hampshire County council has secured a grant which is geared towards providing training and resources for DofE Leaders to be well equipped to cater for all participants with additional needs. Training will be provided before the end of the March. Training Advert  126kb

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Plea for DofE Trainers

Crookhorn College are in need of 2 extra DofE Trainers to assist in guiding their participants through their practice 30-31 April 2011 (3 bronze and 1 silver team). Obliging DofE Trainers can either meet the Coordinator at school in Waterlooville and travel by minibus to the New Forest or meet them there. We can refund travel expenses and will provide breakfast, dinner and obviously cover camping costs. Contact: sarah.stafford@crookhorn.hants.sch.uk

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Mountain Leader & Walking Group Leader courses

Having completed the DofE Expedition Trainer/Supervisor Course and spent a season or two building up your experience you may decide you want to broaden your personal expertise and also the expedition areas you can offer to young people, both at Silver and Perhaps eventually Gold!  The WGL (Walking Group Leader) or the summer ML (Mountain Leader) would be the next step for you!  Please discuss with your local Field Officer. HCC courses

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Residential Opportunity

Cathedral Camps  637kb

Mid-Wales taster for DofE Trainers

Wanting a tailored guide to show you around the main DofE-friendly sites in Mid-Wales, with a DofE discount??? - Then please click here  639kb

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Welcome Pack – price increase May 2011 onwards

Nationally the prices of Welcome Packs have been given a price-rise to the following:

   >Bronze - £14

   >Silver - £14

   >Gold - £20

Hampshire County Council will be adopting this change from the 1^st bank holiday in May. Any payments that come into the office after this bank holiday which are using the old prices will be returned. We will be reminding in future News!

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Volunteering Opportunity – The Berry Theatre, Hedge End

Details  21kb & Application Form  17kb

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South-East DofE Regional office admin post

Job Description (Windsor)  62kb - Interviews late February

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National eDofe Survey

“eDofE is now 18 months old and a significant development is on the way for May 4^th. Before this upgrade we are keen to know exactly what you think about eDofE is trying to do…The results of this survey will help us to better understand how to communicate information about eDofE to you and is a chance for you to give us feedback. The survey will only take five minutes. Follow this link to complete it online: www.dofe.org/go/Survey thank you for your help and support."

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New Forest Open DofE Centre at Avon Tyrrell activity centre

Brand new Open DofE Centre  594kb opening in the New Forest!

• 13 March

*Important HCC DofE office notification*

The DofE Office will be moving early in April to Winchester…

Clarendon House
Monarch Way
Winchester
SO22 5PW

….. We will be joining offices with the rest of the Outdoor Education, PE & Sport Team.  You will appreciate that this has come at an already busy time for us as the expedition season starting and many approvals arriving; presentation events in several of the local areas; together with a service that is constantly growing and the numbers of enrolments and approvals always increasing.  All the DofE team are endeavouring to ensure that our move and service pressures do not impact too greatly upon the service we deliver to all our Centres and Leaders.  However, we would really appreciate your understanding as we meet the challenges facing us for the next 6 weeks or so. We are planning to close the DofE office most of the w/c 4th April, therefore you may prefer to hold any non urgent correspondence enrolments/approvals and send them in to the new office from 11th April onwards, rather than risk something getting buried in a removal box!

It is important that approvals for expeditions occurring before 1st June are sent in to the Rookwood Office asap, to ensure they are processed prior to the move...

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Approval Forms

We have already started the busy expedition season with numerous approval forms and Evolve approvals flooding into the office.   

It is important that everyone respects the amount of time approvals need for processing, particularly when there are several queries involved.  It would be much appreciated if you :

• double checked your forms before you send them to prevent us needing to raise minor queries

• continue to refer to your protocols and guidance notes

• adhere to the required 8 weeks notice (any forms received after this period may not be processed and the trip will have to be postponed)

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DEADLINE for Expedition Training Course applications

With the office move - we need the time to process the applications and send out the delegate packs to eligible Leaders with enough time before the course.

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Toynbee Sch need Trainers!

On the weekend of 30 April and 1 May they have 5 teams out and only 2 qualified expedition trainers available.

Please contact s.hindle@toynbee.hants.sch.uk

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2 Trainers plea

Two Trainers required, one must be female, for both expeditions:

Practice 9/10 April & Assessed 21/22 May, Bronze level in the New Forest.

Please contact 077887 45462 or email at kev.message@googlemail.com

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Gold Assessed Expedition Place needed!

A young man who missed his team's Gold practice but went on an assessed expedition on Exmoor which he used as his practice. If anyone can offer him a place on a Gold assessed expedition please contact Terry Brinnen at terr01@lineone.net .

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Bronze Assessor needed

The exped is around the east meon area, expenses can be covered, wed 20th april….please contact rob.nash@hants.gov.uk

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Winchester DofE participant comes to strangers aid!

http://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/winchester/8438318.Schoolgirl_saves_man_collapsed_in_a_Winchester_street/

...also featured on the DofE website!

http://www.dofe.org/en/content/cms/Latest_news/DofE_participant_sav/DofE_participant_sav.aspx

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Fundraising made easy

EasySearch

Are you one of the 6.4m people that use a search engine every day? Did you know you can raise money for Hampshire DofE Youth Forumwhile you search?

http://hampshiredoeyf.easysearch.org.uk combines the results of several search engines such as Yahoo!, Bing and Ask to ensure you can always find what you’re looking for. But the fantastic thing is that EVERY TIMEyou search, half a penny is raised forHampshire DOfE Youth Forum.Search just 15 times a day and you can raise around £25 a year for us…

EasyFundraising

Have you heard about easyfundraising yet? It’s the easiest way to help raise money for Hampshire DofE Youth Forum!If you already shop online with retailers such as Amazon, M&S, Argos, John Lewis, Comet, Vodafone, eBay, Boden and Play.com, then we need you to sign up for free to raise money while you shop!

So how does it work?
You shop directly with the retailer as you would normally, but if you sign up to http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/hampshiredoeyf for free and use the links on the easyfundraising site to take you to the retailer, then a percentage of whatever you spend comes directly to us at no extra cost to yourself.

How much can you raise?
Spend £100 with M&S online or Amazonand you raise £2.50 for us.£100 with WH Smith puts £2.00 in our pocket and so on. There's over 2,000 retailers on their site, and some of the donations can be as much as 15% of your purchase.

Save money too!
easyfundraising is FREE to use plus you'll get access to hundreds of exclusive discounts and voucher codes, so not only will you be helping us, you’ll be saving money yourself.

Why not  create an account in the name your DofE Centre and see your funds grow?

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Calling all young cooks and writers!

The Guild of Food Writers has launched its popular competitions to find the country’s best young cooks and food writers of 2011. Named CookIt! and WriteIt!, the two annual competitions attract hundreds of entries.

CookIt!

This year’s theme for CookIt! is ‘In for the Skill?’ and young cooks are being challenged to demonstrate their talents in the kitchen by creating a delicious and imaginative main meal and dessert. The dishes don’t have to be complicated but must be completely original and show creativity and skill in the kitchen.

CookIt! is supported by Gold Top milk, and the competition is open to children aged 10–14 years. Six finalists will be chosen to attend a cook-off in London in June 2011 at BBC Good Food magazine’s kitchens. The finalists efforts will be judged by an esteemed panel of judges, which will this year include Diana Henry, award winning food writer for The Sunday Telegraph.

All finalists will receive exciting prizes with the main winner going on a family holiday to a working Jersey dairy farm.

The closing date for entries is Thursday 28 April 2011.

To find out more and to download your entry form  http://www.gfw.co.uk/campaign-details.cfm?ArticleID=49

WriteIt!

For asp

iring food writers of the future the WriteIt! competition is a must! Open to students aged 18 and under, the competition invites pieces of around 1,000 words – fiction or non-fiction – on any food related subject. It could be as simple as a descriptive piece based on a person or place that inspired an interest in food; or a report of a visit to a restaurant, market or food shop; or a campaigning article about a food subject; or a short story with a food theme.

The judges this year will be food writers Bee Wilson, Matthew Fort and Karen Barnes, editor of Delicious magazine, are looking for a real passion and understanding of the chosen subject.

The lucky winner will receive a laptop.

The closing date for entries is Friday 13 May 2011.

To find out more and to download your entry form http://www.gfw.co.uk/campaign-details.cfm?ArticleID=23

Notes to Editors

The Guild of Food Writers

The Guild of Food Writers, the professional association of food writers and broadcasters in the UK, has over 380 authors, columnists, freelance journalists and broadcasters amongst its members.

For more information about the Guild of Food Writers or the competition please contact the administrator of the Guild of Food Writers, Jonathan Woods, jonathan@gfw.co.uk. www.gfw.co.uk

You can follow the Guild on Twitter: twitter.com/guildfoodwriter.

• 27 April 2011

HCC DofE Office News

Carrie Shearing has left on her 2nd journey of motherhood last Wednesday - we wish her well for baby number 2!

This means that The DofE office will be understaffed until a maternity cover applicant is employed.

Therefore, please be aware that we will be back to one admin officer. We will endeavour to cope with the workload, but we will appreciate your patience during this time.

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Plea for a Silver assessed expedition place

If anyone has room on a Silver assessed exped around 6th May for an 18yr old female with immaculate references then

please contact Paul: 01252 688310

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Plea for DofE Trainers: Practice Bronze 21-22 May

Brockenhurst College are short of HCC DofE Trainers for their 21-22nd May exped - please contact the DofE County Office if you can lend a hand!

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HCC DofE Residential Opportunity

HCC are putting on some great Gold Residential opportunities open to all. We are trying to cater to a wide range of audiences from the summer of 2011 onwards. The first we have to offer is a Earth Wind and Fire! Please see the attached poster

earth_wind_and_fire_poster.pdf  204kb

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Recommended Equipment online store

An HCC Trainer has recommended the following store, with a quote of £67 for trangias with gas burners.

www.mapandcompass.co.uk

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Sea Voyages for Gold Residential

"See here for the full voyage programme, with prices, dates, details and latest availability: http://www.oytsouth.org/booking-form/booking-voyage-2011.asp. You can also look here for our big summer adventure: http://www.oytsouth.org/availability/tall-ships-2011.asp - not only the Tall Ships race series but some exciting voyages either side. Contact the office http://www.oytsouth.org/contacts.asp with enquiries or to make a booking."

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Landeez - All Terrain Wheelchairs Available for Hampshire based sites to loan (for FREE)

Details of Landeez product

Hampshire County Council has purchased 15 All Terrain manual wheelchairs as part of the Aiming High for Disabled Children Programme.

These have been purchased to help increase accessibility to out of school activities in the outdoors/countryside.

We have had a number of these out and about at sites and so far feedback has indicated that they:

·Go over tree roots and mud with ease

·Travel well on sand

·Travel well over grass

·Travel easily over gravel

·Travel over pebbly beaches (can provide a bit of a work out when pushing up slopes!)

·Easy to store

·Low maintenance

·Easy to manoeuvre

·Easy to break down

·Easy to put together

·Kids see them as fun to use

·Work well on snow!

·They can be hosed down if they get mucky

·Are made from Marine Grade steel so can be used in and around fresh and salt water (and in the rain!).

Note that they are not 'self propelling' - someone will need to push the person in the chair. These can provide a much more user friendly solution than expecting people to use their standard wheelchairs on our sites. And it means that everyone can enjoy the ruggedness of the outdoors.  

At the moment we have 6 available for sites to have for a trial period e.g. a month or more. This presents a number of opportunities:

·They can be loaned to customers to use on your site to increase accessibility.

·Staff can 'have a go' to see what it's like to move around your site in a wheelchair, exploring the overall physical accessibility.

If you would like to take up this offer please contact either Pat Jenner (pat.jenner@hants.gov.uk) to discuss and I will look to deliver them to you where possible. Happy to talk through and demo how they go together etc. The website above also provides loads of information and details.

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DofE Photos plea

We have realised we have quite a low stock of 'DofE' photos to use on publications, website etc.

If anyone would like to forward any suitable photos, then please do!

We will credit where possible.

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• 4 April 2011

DofE Moving Office reminder/update

Please be reminded that the County DofE Office will be on the move this week from the Rookwood Centre, Eastleigh to Clarendon House, Winchester. Contact numbers will be confirmed soon, but in the meantime – email is the best way to contact the office. Phone numbers will be transferred soon and as you can imagine -  we will not be at our desks the majority of this time, We will be attempting to update as much of our documentation as possible to the new contact details – please do let us know if we miss anything!

Enrolments and completed submitted awards

- with the Royal Visit we are a little behind, but we will be dedicating all our time we have this week to clear the majority of these.

Expedition Supervisors Course (Burgate)

- We are now no longer accepting provisional bookings. The final delegate list will be confirmed 8th April and confirmation packs will follow shortly after.

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Two trainers required urgently – Bronze overnight training weekend.

Toynbee School are 2 Trainers short for a 30 April – 1 May 2011 venture – any takers? Please contact  s.hindle@toynbee.hants.sch.uk

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Participant looking for a place on a Silver Practice – mid April

A male participant cannot make their planned Silver Practice mid April - can anyone accommodate a space on their Silver Practice???

Then please contact Brookfield ODC - dofe.brookfield@gmail.com

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DofE Silver Trainer required 6-8 May, South Downs

To help with a Silver DofE practice expedition in the South Downs (near East Dean) with Alton College.

Male or female but they need to be a Silver trainer

please contact Chris.golby@hants.gov.uk if you can help

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DofE Assessors needed for Bronze Expeditions - 2-3 July, North Downs

2 Bronze teams for Salesian College

2 Bronze teams for Wavell School

Both groups on 2-3 July, and based in the Bentley Copse area of the North Downs, just south of Guildford, in Surrey.

please contact Chris.golby@hants.gov.uk if you can assist.

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Residential Opportunity - Cathedral Camps

As mentioned in the 10 February News update. Dates are now available on the following website: http://www.cathedralcamps.org.uk/progloc.htm

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Join the Hampshire DofE Youth Forum! (participants)

Enjoy making new friends? Enjoy doing what YOU want to do? Then the Hampshire DofE Youth Forum sounds like just the thing for you…

Who are we?

We are a group of young DofE participants from across Hampshire, from starting Bronze to finishing Gold.

What do we do?

What don’t we do is more the question? We do pretty much anything we can, and if we’re not doing something, then we will push it so we can! We have been involved in eDofE Feedback, giving presentations at presentation evenings, helping run the Gold Presentation evening in Hampshire, putting on a BBQ for DofE Participants, help run leader expedition training and of course the general running of the forum and much more… Not mentioning meeting the ACTUAL Duke of Edinburgh.

Why join us?

Why not? You can meet new people, explore things you might never of before.. for example, have you ever thought of meeting the Duke? I bet not. Have you ever thought of changing a leaders expedition training course? I think not.

You will have a once in a life time experience with us, we guarantee it, just go on our website and read a blog post from a member that has just moved onto to University.

What do we want from you?

Simples, all we want is your enthusiasm and ideas.

We are currently in desperate need of a new writer, they would be in-charge of writing blog posts, writing articles for newsletters across Hampshire, and proof reading general documents.

How to join?

Simples, just send us an email saying you are interested to Youth.Forum@dofe.hants.gov.uk or via our Twitter or our Facebook page.

General Questions…

Where are our meetings? All over Hampshire, if you have a place we can host it for free, we will come to you.

Can I get my travel expenses back? Bring us a receipt and get your money back.

When are the meetings? We have one every month, alternating between a Monday and Wednesday. Do I have to attend them all? It would be nice, but when you can’t - just pop us an email and it will be fine!(:

Many thanks,

Jack Tracy

JackDanielTracy@gmail.com

Youth.Forum@dofe.hants.gov.uk

Check out our website! : http://hampshiredoeyouthforum.uphero.com/

• 9th May

eDofE 2day shutdown - IMPORTANT!

6/5/11 The HCC DofE office took a phone call from the South-East Regional office. Official confirmation will be forwarded by the regional office soon, but we wish to notify you in advance.

In the wake of the long awaited re-development/upgrade of eDofE, please be aware of the following:

• There is a planned shutdown of the whole of eDofE 16-18th May 2011

• When you log in from 19th May onwards you will be asked to confirm your details before proceeding.

• All alerts received prior to 1st April will be deleted - so please check all your alerts before 16th May!

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Silver Participant needs to complete the training Syllabus before May!!!

Please contact Sarah chandlersforddea@googlemail.com if you can accommodate a Silver Participant during your Silver Training. They have someone that needs to complete the training syllabus before their practice!

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Bronzer Trainer required: 25-26 June 2011

Bronze trainer for an assessed exped on the 25th - 26th June.
Contact Jo: tucker_jo@hotmail.com or 07814880672

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Bronze Participant needing to complete his practice before July can you help?

Unfortunately he missed his planned practice due to illness and needs to get another practice in before his assessed 2-3 July.

Please contact: nigel.barlass@kingsdofe.co.uk if you can provide a place on one of your practices!

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Volunteering Opportunities in Winchester Museums - DEADLINE 30th May 2011

Are you looking to develop your skills in a friendly environment? Winchester Museums can help you find your direction and gain valuable experience for your Duke of Edinburgh Award. If you enjoy learning about history and talking to people, you should consider joining the front-of-house team at Winchester Museums.

Winchester Museums are presently recruiting more front-line volunteers to support our dynamic programme of events and exhibitions. You could play a vital role working alongside the paid staff in the galleries, talking with visitors and answering questions with knowledge you build up over time—gaining valuable experience you can use to build your CV.

Our team is made up of enthusiastic and friendly people from all ages and walks of life, who choose their own hours and take advantage of the training provided.

If you’re looking to gain new skills, give something back to the community and put your time to good use, consider applying to join the team at Winchester Museums.

For more information and to find out how to apply for these volunteer roles, please email Winchester City Council Human Resources at hrrecruitment@winchester.gov.uk. Please remember to mention what award level you are working towards.

• 3 June 2011

HCC DofE office update

Carrie (part-time HCC DofE admin officer) has been graced by a baby boy, Joshua, mid-May!

The maternity cover for her role has been confirmed and will hopefully be appointed in the near future.

In the interim - please aware that we are understaffed, but are attempting to keep any delays to a minimum.

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Hampshire CC Gold Residential

Earth, Wind & Fire!  204kb 8-12 August 2011

"The residential is based at our mountain centre in the Brecon Beacons. We will get out into the surroundings to be inspired by the beauty and grandeur of the outdoor environment. We will practice yoga and meditation every day to experience how the practice of yoga can increase our intuition and creativity."

Please see the booking form  82kb, info letter  60kb and programme  80kb for more details and to apply! (deadline for deposit - end of June)

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Places available on Hampshire Open Silver Practice Expedition

If you have a young person that needs to complete a Silver practice expedition we have some places available on Hampshire Open Silver Expedition programme.

This would be a walking expedition in South Downs 29-31st July.

The young person would need to have their initial training signed off by their DofE centre.

If this is of interest please contact Chris Golby chris.golby@hants.gov.uk or 07540 238241 for more details

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Plea for a female minibus driving DofE volunteer

The County Open Gold programme needs a female driver for their assessed expedition, 22-28 July 2011

Please contact Craig wiith any offers craig.lindsay@hants.gov.uk

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Plea for Gold Assessment place

A young man from Havant College had to use his planned Assessed on Exmoor as his Practice due to missing his planned Practice. Does anyone have available places on their Gold Assessed expedition for him?

If you can help, please contact Terry Brinnen, terry01@lineone.net

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Plea for 2 Bronze Assessed expedition places

Two places are required for two girls from mid July to the end of this years expedition season.

Please contact Martin if you can help, KingM@stswithuns.com

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Expedition paperwork reminder!

Please note that…

• all trips must have a complete set of staff medical forms in addition to forms for young people.

• Base contacts can not be close family members

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Hampshire DofE Youth Forum questionnaire

The Youth Forum are currently running a questionnaire about their website. Please could you spare two minutes to fill in this short online questionnaire and pass it on to your participants to do it. The site is... http://tinyurl.com/3lpbkac Remember, YOUR views are important to us.
Thanks,
Jack Tracy - Hampshire DofE Youth Forum Webmaster

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Voyages for young people in 2011 with Ocean Youth Trust (Gold Residential)

Berths available on the following voyages:

20-25 June, 5 night, Southampton to Falmouth, £380pp, age 12-25 - 2 berths
26 June-2 July, 6 nights, Falmouth to Waterford, age 15-25, £445pp - 4 berths
2-11 July, 9 nights, Waterford to Greenock - Tall Ships Race 1, age 15-25, £645pp plus travel - 1 berth
11-23 July, 12 nights, Greenock to Lerwick, Tall Ships Cruise, age range 15-25, girls only, £840pp - 3 berths
30 July-7 Aug, 8 nights, Stavanger to Halmstad, Tall Ships Race 3, age range 15-25, £610pp - 1 berth
9-15 Aug, 6 nights, Halmstad to Cuxhaven, Baltic cruise, £455pp, age 12-25 - 3 berths
16-23 Aug, 7 nights, Cuxhaven to Ipswich, Homeward cruise, £510pp, age 12-25 - 4 berths
5-9 Sept, 4 nights, Southampton to Southampton, £305pp, age 12-25 - 8 berths
7-9 Oct, 2 nights, Southampton, £170pp - 12 places (full boat booking) available. Age 12-25.
10-14 Oct, 4 nights, Southampton to Southampton, £305pp, age 12-25 - 7 berths.
28-30 Oct, 2 nights, Southampton to Southampton, £170pp, age tbc - 12 berths.

Other spaces may crop up from time to time, so do please keep checking back. Please pass the dates around among your friends, and if anyone wants a small A4 poster with voyage availability to put on a school, college, youth club or sports club noticeboard, just ask and I'll let you have the latest version.

See here for the full voyage programme, with prices, dates, details and latest availability: http://www.oytsouth.org/booking-form/booking-voyage-2011.asp. You can also look here for our big summer adventure: http://www.oytsouth.org/availability/tall-ships-2011.asp - not only the Tall Ships race series but some exciting voyages either side. Contact the office http://www.oytsouth.org/contacts.asp with enquiries or to make a booking.

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Use of Hampshire Transport Management minibuses - refuelling

Please can all users be aware of the refuelling procedure regarding hire vehicles from Hampshire Transport Management.

With current high fuel prices, it is important that all users replace the fuel they have used. Failure to do this will result in the hire company refuelling at extortionate forecourt prices.

Please take note of the hire fuel recording sheet which is sent to all customers for completion upon confirmation of their order. Hampshire Transport Management would like to encourage the use of this as it will help to reduce and keep costs to yourselves to a minimum.

For more information please visit http://www3.hants.gov.uk/htm/htm-hire.htm or email htm.hire@hants.gov.uk

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Olympic Torch Bearer - nominations

The Olympics are looking for 8,000 truly inspirational people to be London 2012 Olympic Torchbearers carrying the Olympic Flame. You can nominate someone you know and they could have their once-in-a-lifetime moment to shine.

Please consider if one of your local volunteers, leaders or participants might be appropriate and nominate them via the following site:

http://www.london2012.com/olympic-torch-relay

The Torch will be visiting the following locations:

Brighton & Hove (16 July)
Dover (18 July)
Guernsey (15 July)
Guildford (20 July)
Jersey (15 July)
Hastings (17 July)
Maidstone (19 July)
Oxford (9 July)
Portsmouth (15 July)
Reading (10 July)
Southampton (14 July)

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Straight from the South-East Regional office:

eDofE Upgrade for Participants Leaders and Centre Co-ordinators - Launch date 19 May 2011

We will be launching a major update to the eDofE system for participants, Leaders and centre Co-ordinators on 19th May 2011.

As there is a significant migration of information from the current system to new eDofE, eDofE will be unavailable from 16th to 18th May to allow this to happen. The new eDofE will be launched on the 19th May.

Please do everything you can to action any outstanding alerts or approvals before the 16th May. We will be doing some house keeping prior to this and will delete old alerts prior to the 1st April on 13th May.

With feedback from users since the launch in 2009, we have vastly improved the user experience. The new eDofE will allow participants to quickly upload work and Leaders to check and approve it.

Main upgrades include:

1) New fresh look and feel

2) Evidence screen – work can be quickly uploaded and viewed

3) Messaging – quickly identifies users within your group or centre.

4) Permits editing/correcting/deleting work at any point before the level is approved by the OA

5) Leaders – alerts system now permits a quick overview of all submitted work

6) Leaders – participant overview allows you to see participant progress on their sections

7) Leaders – can now upload evidence and record expeditions on behalf of participants

8) New sub group functionality created

9) Easy to add and publish news stories

10) ‘Help’ function ensures participants query will be sent to their primary Leader and Leader/Centre Co-ordinator queries will be sent to their primary Operating Authority DofE Manager.

This upgrade will only cover participants, Leaders and DofE centre Coordinators. Operating Authority roles will be upgraded later in the year so

eDofE Managers and assistants will continue to work with the current design. They will see an upgrade to their interface in the autumn.

If you have any questions about this upgrade project, please contact your Leader or Operating Authority who have more detailed information.