Cadet Vocational College (formerly known as CVQO) is an education charity that provides vocational qualifications to members of uniformed youth organisations and their adult instructors.

Charity summary

Young people and adult volunteers who are members of uniformed youth organisations in the UK learn a wide variety of skills that are often transferable to higher education and the workplace. Cadet Vocational College offers qualifications that recognise these skills and provide tangible evidence of a learner's achievements. These skills include: leadership, team building, problem solving, communication, health and physical fitness, music, sport, social action, volunteering and community support. The charity works with a wide variety of educational establishments such as Pearson BTEC, City & Guilds and The Institute of Leadership and Management.

Partnership organisations

* Sea Cadet Corps (SCC) *

Army Cadet Force The Army Cadet Force (ACF), generally shortened to Army Cadets, is a national Youth organisations in the United Kingdom, youth organisation sponsored by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence and the Bri ...

(ACF) *

Air Training Corps The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a British Youth organisations in the United Kingdom, volunteer youth organisation; aligned to, and fostering the knowledge and learning of military values, primarily focusing on military aviation. Part of the ...

(ATC) *

Combined Cadet Force The Combined Cadet Force (CCF) is a youth organisation in the United Kingdom, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), which operates in schools, sub divided into Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army and Royal Air Force sections. Its aim is to ...

(CCF) *

Volunteer Cadet Corps The Volunteer Cadet Corps (VCC) is a national youth organisation managed by the United Kingdom's Royal Navy and sponsored by the UK's Ministry of Defence. The VCC comprises: * Headquarters VCC. Based at in Portsmouth. * VCC Training Centre. ...

Royal Marines Band Service The Royal Marines Band Service is the musical wing of the Royal Navy and an independent element of the Royal Marines. It currently consists of five Military band, bands plus a training wing – the Royal Marines School of Music at HMNB Portsmout ...

Royal Corps of Army Music The Royal Corps of Army Music (RCAM, widely known by its former acronym CAMUS) is a Corps of the British Army dedicated to the provision and promotion of military music. History The formation of the Corps of Army Music was triggered by a defen ...

(CAMUS) * Army School of Ceremonial Drumming Wing *

St John Ambulance St John Ambulance is an affiliated movement of charitable organisations in mostly Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries which provide first aid education and consumables and emergency medical services. St John organisations are primari ...

* Police Cadets * Fire Cadets *

The Prince's Trust The King's Trust (formerly the Prince's Trust) is a United Kingdom-based charity founded in 1976 by Charles III, King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) to help vulnerable young people get their lives on track. It supports 11-to-30-year-olds w ...

Boys' Brigade The Boys' Brigade (BB) is an international interdenominational Christianity, Christian youth organisation, conceived by the Scottish businessman William Alexander Smith (Boys' Brigade), Sir William Alexander Smith to combine drill and fun acti ...

Qualifications

For 13-18 year olds

CVQO offers a broad range of vocational qualifications that are designed to recognise the work undertaken by young people within uniformed youth organisations. Young people aged 13 to 18 and a member of a uniformed youth organisation can enroll with the charity to study for a CV and future-boosting vocational qualification. Currently offered: * BTEC Level 1 in Teamwork and Personal Skills for Uniformed Youth Organisations * BTEC Level 2 in

Teamwork and Personal Development Teamwork is the collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal or to complete a task in an effective and efficient way. Teamwork is seen within the framework of a team, which is a group of interdependent individuals who work toget ...

in the Community * BTEC Level 2 in Fire and Rescue Services in the Community * ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management

For adults

Adult volunteers can also receive the following qualifications: * City & Guilds Level 3 Award in Education and Training * ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management *

City & Guilds The City and Guilds of London Institute is an educational organisation in the United Kingdom. Founded on 11 November 1878 by the City of London and 16 livery companies to develop a national system of technical education, the institute has bee ...

Licentiateship (in Leadership & Management) (Level 4 Award) * City & Guilds Affiliateship (in Leadership & Management) (Level 5 Award) * City & Guilds Graduateship (in Leadership & Management) (Level 6 Award) * City & Guilds

Membership Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in ...

(in Leadership & Management) (Level 7 Award)

The Westminster Award

The Cadet Vocational College Westminster Award has been running for over 20 years and is the only competition in the UK open to all types of uniformed youth organisations. It is a prestigious annual competition designed to recognise and reward the most deserving of their BTEC Level 2 learners. The Award is intended to recognise the achievements of young people who are determined, always keeping their heads up and remaining positive through adversity; those who have overcome a personal challenge or gone the extra distance to help someone.

External links

Cadet Vocational College

References

{{reflist Educational qualifications in the United Kingdom British Cadet organisations Youth organisations based in the United Kingdom