CCF Cadets at Snow Camp

"Snow Camp is a national youth charity that uses snowsports to drive social mobility.  It operates a three tier programme.  The entry stage is First Tracks, a two day course at a local dry slope or indoor snow facility.  The intermediate stage is Graduate, this takes place over six Saturdays or Sundays in the autumn term.  The final stage is Excel, this runs at weekends in the spring term and culminates with a week in the mountains.

In 2022 a group of cadets from Tile Cross Academy, the Cadet Expansion Programme (CEP) component of Solihull School Combined Cadet Force (CCF), were funded by the Ulysses Trust to undertake First Tracks.  Two of these cadets then continued through Graduate and on to Excel.  Both cadets are either looked after or previously looked after and receiving free school meals and the pupil premium. Their parental contribution was fully funded by generous grants from the Ulysses Trust and the West Midlands Cadet Welfare Fund.

Cadet Lance Corporal CG chose the snowboarding route whilst Cadet SN followed the skiing route. Their week in the mountains was spent in Andora and for CG it was his first time abroad."

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