CVQO is a UK education charity offering a broad range of vocational qualifications, designed to recognise the work undertaken by young people and adult volunteers within youth organisations.

Charity summary

Young people and adult volunteers who are members of youth and cadet groups in the UK learn a wide variety of skills that are often transferable to higher education and the workplace. CVQO 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 Sea cadets are members of a sea cadet corps, a formal uniformed youth organisation for young people with an interest in waterborne activities and or the national navy. The organisation may be sponsored in whole or in part by the navy or a naval s ...

(SCC) *

Army Cadet Force The Army Cadet Force (ACF), generally shortened to Army Cadets, is a national youth organisation sponsored by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence and the British Army. Along with the Sea Cadet Corps and the Air Training Corps, the ACF mak ...

(ACF) *

Air Training Corps The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a British volunteer-military youth organisation. They are sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Air Force. The majority of staff are volunteers, and some are paid for full-time work – including C ...

(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, and normally includes Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force sections. Its aim is to "provide a ...

(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 Gosport. * VCC Training Centre. Base ...

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 bands plus a training wing – the Royal Marines School of Music at HMS ''Nelson'' – and its ...

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 the name of a number of affiliated organisations in different countries which teach and provide first aid and emergency medical services, and are primarily staffed by volunteers. The associations are overseen by the internat ...

* Police Cadets * Fire Cadets *

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

Boys' Brigade The Boys' Brigade (BB) is an international interdenominational Christian youth organisation, conceived by the Scottish businessman Sir William Alexander Smith to combine drill and fun activities with Christian values. Following its inception ...

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 youth organisations. Young people aged 13–18 and a member of a UK youth or community group 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 in the Community * 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 the most effective and efficient way. This concept is seen within the greater framework of a team, which is a group of interdependent individual ...

in the Community * BTEC Level 2 in Music for Practical Performance *

ILM Ilm or ILM may refer to: Acronyms * Identity Lifecycle Manager, a Microsoft Server Product * ''I Love Money,'' a TV show on VH1 * Independent Loading Mechanism, a mounting system for CPU sockets * Industrial Light & Magic, an American motion pic ...

Level 2 Award in Leadership and Team Skills * ILM Level 2 Award for Young Leaders * ILM Level 2 Award in Effective Team Member Skills * ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management Formally offered: * BTEC Level 2 in Public Services * BTEC Level 2 in Aviation Studies (

Royal Air Force Air Cadets The Royal Air Force Air Cadets (RAFAC) is a volunteer-military youth organisation sponsored by the Royal Air Force that manages both the Air Training Corps and RAF Sections of the Combined Cadet Force. The organisation is headed by a former ser ...

only) * BTEC Level 2 in Engineering (

only) * BTEC Level 3 in Public Services * BTEC Level 3 in Music * BTEC Level 3 in Sport

For adults

Adult members of staff, and Staff Cadets of the Air Training Corps, can also receive the following qualifications from CVQO: * BTEC Level 3 in Education and Training * BTEC Level 3 in Music (Performance) * ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management * ILM Level 4 Award in Leadership and Management * ILM Level 5 Award in Leadership and Management * ILM Level 5 Certificate 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 ...

Licentiateship (in Leadership & Management) (Level 4 Award) * City & Guilds Afiliateship (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 CVQO Westminster Award

The CVQO Westminster Award is CVQO's annual search for the pick of its BTEC learners from across the UK. It runs from November to July, with the ultimate prize being a two-week trip to South Africa for the finalists - as well as lunch at the House of Lords in June and a selection event in Somerset in April. 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 distance to help someone.

External links

CVQO

References

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