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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit Manchester

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit Manchester for a day of engagements on Friday 14th October 2016.

The day began with a visit to The National Football Museum, housed in Manchester’s iconic Urbis building. The Duke and Duchess will first attend a reception with some of the brightest and best young Mancunians, who are making a difference to their communities. They will then take a tour of the museum, which aims to explain to fans and non-fans alike how and why football has become ‘the people’s game’, a key part of England’s heritage and way of life.

Next, The Duke and Duchess went to Manchester Town Hall, and attended a ceremony at the Cenotaph to lay commemorative paving stones honouring Manchester’s six Victoria Cross recipients as part of the First World War Centenary campaign.

The Duke and Duchess also visited The National Graphene Institute at The University of Manchester. Where they saw the University’s world leading research facilities and applied technology before visiting the site of the new Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD) currently under development where they helped to seal a time capsule within the building’s foundations. The new development aims to build on the city’s science and engineering heritage by providing world class academic facilities.

The day will concluded with a visit to Francis House, a hospice which provides care for children and young adults with life-limiting conditions. The hospice was opened in 1991 by Diana, Princess of Wales, and is this year celebrating its 25th Anniversary. The Duke and Duchess will tour the facilities, meet families and volunteers, and officially open Francis House’s new Lodge facilities.

The Duke of Cambridge at a reception for the Kennedy Memorial Trust held at Buckingham Palace

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The Duke of Cambridge attends a reception for the Kennedy Memorial Trust in celebration of their 50th anniversary.

During the reception His Royal Highness will met a selection of guests, including recent participants of the scholarship, and make a short speech.

The Kennedy Memorial Trust was established in 1964 to create and maintain a British memorial to President John F Kennedy.  Funds raised through a public appeal created a living memorial in the form of an annual scholarship programme enabling British citizens who are also graduates of British universities to study at Harvard University or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The Kennedy Memorial Trust sent the first Scholars to the USA in 1966. Some notable alumni are Lord King of Lothbury, Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield, the Rt. Hon David Miliband and Rt. Hon Lord Waldegrave. There have been 512 Kennedy Scholarships awarded to-date. The Queen and The Duke ofEdinburgh dined with President Kennedy and his wife, Jackie at Buckingham Palace in June 1961.

Newsbeat host DofE 60th Anniversary Gold Award Presentation at St James’s Palace

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A group of BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat reporters hosted a special Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) Diamond Anniversary programme at St James’s Palace, in the presence of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh.

Four Newsbeat reporters, all of whom have achieved a DofE Award, will feature as guest presenters during an afternoon ceremony to celebrate 280 young people from across the country receiving their Gold Awards. The reporters will meet young people and learn about their journey to achieve a DofE Gold Award through five sections – volunteering, physical, skills, expeditions and residential.

 Last year, DofE participants dedicated 3.5 million volunteering hours across the UK. There will be a special focus on volunteering and stories will be told on The Royal Family’s social media channels throughout the day – Facebook @BritishMonarchy, Twitter @RoyalFamily and Instagram @TheRoyalFamily.Newsbeat will host a Facebook Live which can be followed at www.facebook.com/bbcnewsbeat.

The Duke of Edinburgh has attended over 500 Gold Award Presentations since the DofE was founded in 1956. HRH has previously described the Award as “do-it-yourself growing up kit”.

The Queen visits the Corps of Royal Engineers at Brompton Barracks in celebration of their 300th anniversary

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Her Majesty The Queen, Colonel-in-Chief of the Corps of Royal Engineers, visited the Corps of Royal Engineers at Brompton Barracks in celebration of their 300th anniversary.

Her Majesty will enter the barracks through the Crimean War Memorial Arch, where she will proceed to inspect 140 troops and view examples of heavy specialist equipment used by the Corps of Royal Engineers. After the parade, The Queen will meet military personnel from the Corps of Royal Engineers.

Her Majesty last visited the Corps of Royal Engineers at Brompton Barracks in 2007.

The Duke of Cambridge presents the MOD Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Awards 

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The Duke of Cambridge will presents the Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Awards during a ceremony at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

The Duke presented the Awards to organisations from across the UK who have supported members of the Armed Forces and their families through offering training, work placements and employment. The Duke will then meet some of the individuals who have been supported.

The Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) was launched in 2014 by the Prime Minister to recognise employer support for the wider principles of the Armed Forces Covenant. The Scheme encompasses bronze, silver and gold awards for employers that pledge, demonstrate or advocate support to Defence and the Armed Forces community. This includes the Reserves, Service leavers, Armed Forces veterans, the wounded, injured and sick, Cadets, military spouses or partners and their families.

To date 25 organisations have been given the ERS Gold Award, and a further 22 will receive the award at this event.

 

The Duke of Cambridge visits a ‘ Step into Health’ military employment programme

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The Duke of Cambridge will visit a ‘Step into Health’ military employment programme as part of a day focusing on veteran employment at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital 

The Duke of Cambridge will spent 12th October focusing on work to provide employment opportunities for military veterans. Ahead of His Royal Highness’s previously announced attendance at the MoD Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Awards, The Duke will visit a Step into Health programme at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital. His Royal Highness will gain further insight into the programme and meet some of its current participants and graduates.

Step into Health is an initiative created by the NHS in conjunction with The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Walking With The Wounded. The programme provides a pathway from the military into the many career opportunities in the NHS. The NHS is the largest employer in Europe with in excess of 300 different career paths available, half of which are non-clinical.

Open to all Service Leavers and Veterans and their spouse or partner, Step into Health recognises the inherent skills gained in the armed forces and supports their journey into the civilian workplace. The programme creates individual work placements of up to 4 weeks that allow participants to explore the various career opportunities available in the NHS. For example, graduates of the programme have secured roles in areas such as catering, administration, management, communications and maintenance as well as roles in one of the clinical services.

In 2014 Step into Health ran its first pilot with the Norfolk & Norwich University Trust. 78% of those veterans who completed a work placement went on to either secure

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh attend an awards ceremony at the Royal Academy of Arts 

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The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh attended a reception and awards ceremony at the Royal Academy of Arts. The Queen, Patron of the Royal Academy, will present awards to five individuals who have made a national contribution as practitioners or educators in the fields of visual arts or architecture. The awardees have been nominated by five Royal Academicians, including Fashid Moussavi and Grayson Perry.

The Queen will also be presented with a small bronze replica sculpture of one of the oak trees in Windsor Great Park, which is being produced by Factum Arte to commemorate her contribution to the arts in the year of her ninetieth birthday.

During the reception, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh will meet Royal Academicians, artists and supporters, as well as representatives from the Royal Academies of Dance, Dramatic Art and Music.

The Duchess of Cambridge visits the Netherlands

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Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge visited The Netherlands on 11th October for a day of official engagements in The Hague and Rotterdam.

On arrival, The Duchess of Cambridge was pleased to have the opportunity to pay a courtesy call on His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands at Villa Eikenhorst.

The Duchess then visited the Mauritshuis in The Hague for the exhibition ‘At Home in Holland: Vermeer and his Contemporaries from the British Royal Collection’. The 22 works selected for this exhibition are some of the finest 17th-century genre paintings by Dutch artists in the Royal Collection. The 22 works have been loaned from the British Royal Collection to the Mauritshuis where they will be on display from 29th September 2016 until 8th January 2017. The Duchess will tour the gallery’s permanent collection before visiting the exhibition, meeting children taking part in the gallery’s learning programme, and attending a short reception with museum supporters.

Next, The Duchess attended the British Ambassador’s Residence in The Hague, where Her Royal Highness has convened a roundtable discussion on the themes of addiction, intervention, family and mental health. The discussion brings together professionals from renowned Trimbos Institute in The Netherlands, with two UK charities of which The Duchess is Patron, Anna Freud Centre for Children and Families and Action on Addiction.

Her Royal Highness then travelled to the neighbouring city of Rotterdam to see Bouwkeet, the social Makerspace of Bospolder-Tussendijken. This is a new community focussed initiative in the centre of an economically deprived district which provides a creative design and technology workspace. Local residents can use the facilities, and ‘pay’ by sharing their skills with others, providing education, skills and positive role models within the community. The centre works with local schools to bring young people in the area into workshops, where they learn to design, create and build their own projects.

The Duke of Cambridge attends reception for 100 Women in Hedge Funds

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The Duke of Cambridge, Patron, 100 Women in Hedge Funds’ Philanthropic Initiatives, attended a reception and Gala Dinner in aid of SkillForce at Middle Temple. His Royal Highness made a short speech and networked with a selection of guests.

The Duke of Cambridge became patron of 100 Women in Hedge Funds’ Philanthropic Initiatives in 2009 and, in 2012, The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry joined The Duke to become joint patrons.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry celebrate World Mental Health day

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry will celebrate World Mental Health Day with a special Heads Together event at County Hall and The London Eye on the Southbank, London, on 10 October. This year’s theme for World Mental Health Day focuses on the importance of ‘psychological and mental health first aid for all’.

Their Royal Highnesses spoke at an upbeat reception with the charities that are a part of the Heads Together campaign. They met with people who have received help from a relative, colleague or friend in crucial moments in their lives and the person who provided that support. They are interested in learning about the kind of support that helps and what information is available for people who might find themselves in a situation where they need to help someone or to direct them to professional services. These are issues Their Royal Highnesses are exploring with the Heads Together Charity Partners for possible future projects.

Following the reception, The Duke and Duchess and Prince Harry will continue the celebrations by taking a ride on the London Eye with some of the people who have been kind enough to share their mental health first aid experiences.

Later that day, the London Eye will light up in purple in support of World Mental Health Day, joining other buildings around the world that will be doing the same and connecting Heads Together with the worldwide movement to end stigma around mental health. For more information on the ‘light up purple campaign’, set up in memory of Canadian teenager Amanda Todd, visit http://lightuppurple.com/

Guests at the County Hall reception will be able to take a photo with a message thanking someone for being #Thereforme at photo booths set up by Heads Together corporate partner Dixons Carphone and The Mix, one of the eight Heads Together Charity Partners. The photos will be posted online and on the website being set up for the campaign.

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