ACCT UK Awards

The ACCT UK Excellence Awards recognise cadets and Adult volunteers in sport, first aid, music, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and community service. Cadet and adult volunteer winners in each category are presented with a trophy at a prestigious awards ceremony. Deserving nominees receive the ACCT UK President’s Certificate.

Excellence nominations are also reviewed for the medals of the British Citizen Award, the League of Mercy and other external award programmes.

More about the Excellence Awards and how to nominate.

ACCT UK’s Praiseworthy Action award scheme recognises cadets and adult volunteers who render help and assistance to the general community (including other cadets and Adult volunteers). This includes minor incidents, life-saving situations and other real life emergencies.

Nominees can receive the ACCT UK National Praiseworthy Action Certificate and for exceptional service the higher level Meritorious Action Certificate. ACCT UK also support nominations to other bodies including the Royal Humane Society.

Download the Praiseworthy Action nomination form.

The Royal Humane Society awards to cadets and adult volunteers include the Resuscitation Certificate, Commendation, Testimonials in Parchment and Vellum, and the Bronze Medal.

The Society also award the President’s Medal for the most outstanding act by a young person in the previous year. Since it was instituted in 2018, army cadets have been bestowed with four of the six awards made.

ACCT UK can support nominations to the Royal Humane Society where relevant. Email awards@acctuk.org, or submit a nomination for Praiseworthy Action in the first instance.

The British Citizen Award is open to UK citizens. It recognises exceptional endeavour in business, healthcare, the arts, the community or education.

Nominating someone is simple and free. Successful nominees will be honoured at a prestigious ceremony at the Palace of Westminster. By putting forward deserving candidates, we ensure that your outstanding contributions are celebrated. Army cadets have been included in the medal winners in all ten years the British Citizen Award has been in place.

Find out more about the British Citizen Award categories here.

How to nominate for the BCA:
Use the Excellence Award nomination form (download here) and return the completed form to awards@acctuk.org.  It will also be considered for the ACCT UK Excellence Award and the President’s Certificate.

The League of Mercy Foundation sponsors a medal for awarding cadets, known as ‘The League of Mercy’s Distinguished Community Service Medal for Cadets’ (the youth medal). The youth medal was instituted in 2021 when one medal was awarded. Four medals were awarded in 2022, three in 2023 and one in 2024.

Criteria for the youth award includes:

• A single conspicuous act of bravery or the saving of life (no minimum service requirement for this category).
• Courage in dealing with very severe personal adversity over a period of at least 30 months of cadet service.
• Outstanding service to the community which has made a real difference, especially concerning the care of the sick, the injured, the elderly, the disabled and the vulnerable, during a period of at least 30 months of cadet service.

Over its first three years army cadets have received nine Distinguished Community Service Medals for Cadets from the League of Mercy.

Find out more about the League of Mercy’s Distinguished Community Service Medal for Cadets.

How to nominate:
Use the Excellence Award nomination form (download here) and return the completed form to awards@acctuk.org.  It will also be considered for the ACCT UK Excellence Award and the President’s Certificate.