Welcome to A Coy SURREY ACF.
Welcome to the official web site of the Army Cadet Force in East Surrey. The aim of this website is to provide up to date information of events, unit locations, contact details and any other information useful to the cadets and adult staff of A Coy (Surrey) ACF or the public in general. It is hoped that the content will be updated on a regular basis.
Where Is A Company?
A Company is one of five companies that make up Surrey ACF, and is situated in the East corner of Surrey. There are five detachments in A Company, spread between the county boundaries of Kent and West Sussex. Some detachments are situated in busy towns, whilst others are of a more rural nature, but all offer the same opportunities to the cadets. For more details of the locations of our detachments, see Detachment Locations.
If you want to know what A Company is up to, check out the Events Page.
Click here for contact details for A Company (Surrey) ACF.
What is The Army Cadet Force?
The Army Cadet Force is the army's voluntary youth organisation for young people between the ages of 12 and 18. It has been successfully helping young people in their development for over 125 years. It is one of the country's leading youth organisations, and is run on military style guidelines so a certain amount of discipline is to be expected. There is a standard training syllabus (Army Proficiency Certificate ACF) that the Cadets follow, additionally many other courses and activities are available to them. The training syllabus consists of four progressive levels, and each level's training consists of Drill, Skill at Arms, Map Reading, Fieldcraft, Shooting, First Aid, Physical Training and Citizenship Training. Various additional courses are available to the cadets depending on their interests and skills, and in addition to the training syllabus, we also operate the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme (which is closely linked to our training syllabus). You can read more about Army Cadet Force training here.
Cadets can take part in many adventurous activities such as watermanship, hill walking, abseiling & rock climbing, and there are opportunities to take part in sporting events and competitions up to national level. If you want to find out more, find out where your nearest unit is, See Detachment Locations
For units in the rest of the country, visit the County Website web site.
The Army Cadet Force has a Charter which can be found can here.
There is some useful information for Parents & Guardians here.