The Army Cadets’ own charity
ACCT UK
The Army Cadet Charitable Trust (ACCT UK), formerly known as the Army Cadet Force Association (ACFA), is a national youth charity dedicated to improving the life chances of young people through access to Army Cadets.
They also develop the youth leadership and training abilities of adult volunteers in the Army Cadets. They believe that opening up opportunities to every young person to learn new skills, build confidence and develop friendships through Army Cadet’s activities will inspire young people to achieve their life ambitions.
ACCT UK also employ many permanent staff which run many non-military parts of the Army Cadets including, music, pipes and drums, first aid, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and other services such as marketing and communications and cadet digital services.
Buildings and Administration
RFCA
The Reserve Forces and Cadets Association (RFCA) are key in the running of the Army Cadet Force. They provide and maintain all permanent detachment units and many weekend training centres across the UK.
They also provide each county professional support staff who carry out the day-to-day administration of the county HQ from applications to kit ordering and issue.
Improving our shooting
Cadet Council for Rifle Shooting
CCRS runs marksmanship training to adult volunteers to allow increased knowledge to be provided in marksmanship to our cadets. They also run a selection of annual cadet competitions between the individual services.
They are also responsible for 3 international rifle teams: the UK Cadet Rifle Team (Under 17), the British Cadet Rifle Team (Under 18 and known as The Athelings) and the Great Britain Under 19 Rifle Team.
Support to adventure
The Ulysses Trust
The Ulysses Trust is a key sponsor of many outdoor challenge and adventure expeditions which cadets take part in. The key support from the charity reduces the cost to cadets of these incredible events and allows all cadets to take part in incredible adventures which help to build key attributes such as confidence, resilience and self-awareness. They very much support our mission by ensuring no one misses out on activities due to their financial situation.
Gaining Qualifications
Cadet Vocational College (CVC)
Cadet Vocational College, formally known as CVQO was setup in 2001 to provide formal vocational qualifications to cadets and adult volunteers across all of the cadet forces.
The qualifications which are offered are accredited by Pearson BTEC, City & Guilds and ILM. It takes what is taught in the cadets and shown through qualifications which employers with recognise and understand the value of more simply than stating cadets across a CV. These are widely recognised qualifications.