Alternative Organisations
Some schools recognise that pupils may not wish to participate in CCF activities and so alternative organisations exist, such as the Community Service Organisation, which allows pupils to volunteer to help in hospitals, schools, and charity work.
Other activities often on offer are:
- Life-saving
- Duke of Edinburgh's Award
- First Aid
A few other schools make CCF attendance voluntary (like Stamford School (largest voluntary CCF contingent in the UK))- this tends to reduce numbers compared to compulsory contingents, but potentially results in a more uniformly dedicated membership that responds well to training as well as CCF activities many CCF's also offer the chance for RYA, NICAS, BTEC and Duke of Edinburgh qualifications on top of their CCF training programmes.
Some of the voluntary CCF schools also run the other options such as community service.
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