Cadet Training

Citizenship Training

cadet projectCitizenship Training. This training area should help to raise the status of ATC units in their local community by a positive contribution by cadets and should give cadets an awareness of community problems.

The 3 methods used to achieve these objectives area:

a. Visits to Local Organisations.
b. Practical Help.
c. Discussions.
 

a. Visits to Local Organisations.

Examples of visits and talks on their role are:

  • Local government from county to parish level
  • Fire, police and ambulance services
  • Hospitals, hospices and care homes
  • Water and electricity authorities
  • River, harbour and airport authorities
  • Mountain rescue and coastguard services
  • Forestry commission

b. Practical Help.
Assistance can be direct to the community or by improving the environment. In all cases, agreement by the appropriate authority for the work to be undertaken must be obtained and there must be no compulsion for cadets to take part.

Examples are practical help to charitable organisations looking after, for instance, the sick and aged and projects locally, such as improving derelict ground or a disfigured beauty spot.

c. Discussions.

Discussion and debate should be internal, at Sqn or Wing level, and should address a community problem eg local development issues.

Care should be taken in selecting topics to which all cadets can contribute and avoiding contentious matters of a political, racial, religious or sensitive nature.

  

 
 

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SGT D Chapman