492 (Solihull) Squadron ATC | Air Cadets | Training Syllabus

Cadets helping
with a local event

Citizenship 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 Wg 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.

"Citizenship Training" (2003). Retrieved 05 March 2004 from The Air Cadet organisation Website Web site:
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