19 May By Royal invitation….
60th Anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh Award
As part of the 60th anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh Award, Mr Smith and I were invited to a garden party at Buckingham Palace on Monday 16th May. This event was a Gold Award Presentation for over 1,000 gold award holders. It was a real honour for both of us, it was a beautiful day and the grounds of the palace which were looking beautiful.
We had the ex Royal Correspondent, Jennie Bond in our group, and she gave a fantastic motivational speech to the award recipients. We also spotted a number of other celebrities including Dr Christian Jessen, Phillip Schofield, Sally Gunnell, Steve Backshall, David Seaman and Ainsley Harriot, who were presenting the awards to other groups. HRH the Duke of Edinburgh spoke to both myself and Mr Smith about our students who had completed their gold expedition by canoe. Also to my delight I discovered towards the end of the afternoon an ex-student from Jo Richardson Kayla Fenn (who completed bronze and silver award at Jo Richardson), who was receiving her gold award having completed it with The Vibe Youth Centre.
Congratulations to Kayla!
Ms Montague
D of E Manager
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