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Following on from the 2012 London Olympics, the JOIN IN TRUST and that cool dude, Eddie Izzard are encouraging us to embrace the spirit of the Olympic legacy.  He’s the comedian that’s recently done the ’Eddie […]

Great that we’re in the “brown area” on the East Coast of Scotland.  Check out the Third Force News website for more information.

I bumped into David Gilmour at the Digital Scotland 2013 Conference on Wednesday 22nd May and he asked how Beth and the group were getting on with their EduBuzz blog and web pages.  I confirmed that Beth had […]

We happened to catch Lewis and William in the East Lothian Courier helping their fellow Oxfam volunteers as well as school colleagues at their Oxfam’s IF Campaign stall at Knox Academy.  They both volunteer at […]

Evening camp fires are happy occasions on DofE expeditions but have you ever wondered, “What is a flame?”  Check out one of the videos from the “FLAME CHALLENGE” from last year’s Annual Competition; the […]

On Tuesday 26th March 2013 we were invited along by Jennifer Purves, our DofE Awards Officer to the DofE Offices in Musselburgh to meet  Jennifer Wright from DofE Philadelphia and Margaux Simmons from Dunbar […]

I have to confess to being a little surprised that Samuel Smiles is not made more of in the town of Haddington.  He was a prodigious biographer, historian and  journalist who published that most famous of […]

We saw Charlotte in the East Lothian Courier today along with the all girl Knox Academy team, Engage East Lothian after they came 3rd in the Young Enterprise Challenge Awards.  Well done Charlotte and Engage […]

Check out David Gilmour’s great video of the floods in Haddington.  I helped repair the wheel at the Poldrate Mill for my DofE Bronze volunteering.

I happened upon the book, “Finding your way without a Compass“ by Harold Gatty.  Being a DofE Community Leader, I felt I needed to gain a little knowledge of navigation and perhaps branch out and learn more over […]

Check out the Green Team events taking place in and around Edinburgh and the Lothians.  Note the superb RESIDENTIAL WEEK taking place on Aaran in the grounds of Brodick Castle. For more details check out the Green […]

This is a great place to consider doing your Volunteering Section for your Gold DofE.

Three great learning websites to help with your studies and make learning fun:
Khan Academy:  https://www.khanacademy.org/
Academic Earth: http://www.academicearth.org/
Memrise: http://www.memrise.com/

The Arab Spring is all in the news but there is a Silent Spring going on.  My dad gave me this great leaflet from the Soil Association about mankind’s destruction of one of nature’s most important golden little […]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!  And…… it’s onto Gold…..

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

On Thursday 23rd August 2012 the group undertook their Silver Presentation in front of  invited guests: Award’s Officer Jennifer Purves, parents, friends and siblings.  The Group Expedition Leader for Loch Awe was […]