Welcome
Welcome to sccheadquarters.com, the official Training and Administration resource website for the Sea Cadet Corps.
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Anti-Bullying Policy Statement
2008 Insurance Renewal Questionnaire
The 2008 Insurance Renewal Questionnaire is now available for download here
Child Protection Policy and Guidance Document
The new 2007 SCC Child Protection Policy has been updated and is available here
TS Pelican – Adventure of a lifetime
If you fancy an adventure there is an exceptional opportunity to sail the tall ship Pelican. TS Pelican will sail from Weymouth in the last week in September bound for the Caribbean. More details are given in the website www.adventureundersail.com on the maiden voyage page, but this is an 11 week voyage with many ports of call en-route.
The Pelican is a very exciting new tall ship rebuilt by Commander Graham Neilson who ran the Astrid. As the ship is leaving during the last week in September and if you are interested in joining you need to make the decision before the end of August.
There are 30 training berths and trainees must be 17 years old or more. Cost for those under 25 is £4000 (assistance may be available in deserving cases) and the best trainees will be given the opportunity to remain with the ship free of charge through the winter, flying home in March.
Questionnaire Feedback
Information on the recent survey can be downloaded from the document below. Please note, Section E from Page 61 is part of the research undertaken by MSSC and looking at a more external focus.
2006 Training Review
Feedback
Supporting Seafarers 2007
Memorandum of Understanding
On 5 March 2007 The Marine Society & Sea Cadets signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Defence. The documentation can be read here.
The grant in aid from the MOD to the MSSC in 2007/8 will amount to circa £8.4 million
ASCRs
The following electronic guides are available in ASCRs:
The Boatswins Call Handbook
SCC Child Protection Policy
Guide to completing Sea Cadet Unit Accounts Click
here to go there now
College of The Sea
The Marine Society College of the Sea is a Learning & Skills Council funded college with a remit to promote and facilitate distance learning opportunities amongst those who go to sea professionally.
Founded as part of the Seafarers Education Service in 1936, it has encouraged, enabled and educated generations of seafarers from both the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy.
Since the merger between The Marine Society and the Sea Cadets in 2004, the services of The Marine Society College of the Sea have become available to all who work with the Sea Cadet Corps. It is a wonderful facility there to be used - please make the most of it!
The Marine Society College of the Sea has partnership arrangements in place with many organisations including the Royal Navy, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Merchant Navy Training Board, Nautilus UK, The Open University, National Extension College, Middlesex University, London University as well as employer companies, numerous training providers and professional bodies.
Get yourself a degree on the MSSC!
Notably for the Sea Cadet Corps, the College of the Sea has teamed up with The Open University to offer an exciting opportunity for SCC adults to gain a recognised and worthwhile qualification in youth work by means of distance learning. On offer is a Foundation Degree in Working with Young People. And what's more The Marine Society & Sea Cadets is offering scholarships to cover costs!
www.ms-sc.org/oufd
All courses and services offered by The Marine Society College of the Sea are designed with seafarers in mind. That means they are ideally suited for study by distance learning at sea or for study at home.
So whether your interest lies in bumping up your GCSE/A Levels, undertaking a short course to improve report writing, or getting a degree - you ought definitely to find out what's on offer!
www.mscos.ac.uk