Car Park Marshalling by Cadets is to cease with immediate effect.
Background
Although current policy may allow car park marshalling by cadets as a mechanism for charity fundraising this has to be assessed against any risk to cadets and car park users that may arise.
Having reassessed the risks to young people when engaging in such activities and the potential for wider MOD liabilities to arise it has been determined that the risks are not to be tolerated.
ACP300 and ACTO 10, will be amended to reflect this clarified position.
Not received on email, not received via announcement, not listed on sharepoint.
Speculating but could it be that thereâs been pushed back by certain regions to clarify & phase in rather than a sudden yank & as such it is not a current HQ policy as yet?
First step any regions would do is collate the events being effected & send the list back to HQ. No new events permitted but certain existing ones permitted on a case by case by
There might even be a rationale that MoD central has dictated that they events are no longer to be indemnified putting this in the same category of bouncy castles rather than an instant stop.
Until itâs shared as an IBN on sharepoint itâs not a policy change. Someone said is was due to be posted by the end of yesterday thatâs 24hrs later suggesting things occurring behind the scenes.
I donât think it would be a full reversal but it maybe a fast phase out.
Not doubting the providence of your email but itâs not official policy yet.
We complain that there mish-mash comms in RAFAC but what if this time itâs because the regions are fighting our corner?
My interpretation of that, trying to think from the viewpoint of todayâs RAFAC leadership, is that the RAF donât want to be dragged into litigation about damage to cars and allegations that cadets contributed to an accident. As car parking doesnât benefit the RAF or contribute to Astra, the risk outweighs any benefits.
They are either ignoring or more likely donât understand the benefits at a Sqn level. Itâs not just fundraising, itâs contributing to the community, itâs giving cadets (and staff) real leadership and teamwork experience, itâs practicing communication with the public and radio skills.
Pulling out of our local car parking event that weâve done for 30+ years, with only a few daysâ notice, is going to hammer our reputation locally
Good denizens of the ACC community, Is this just another twist in the spiral? A potential high value income stream denied to Squadrons, which will have a knock on effect upwards and an effect on the cadets downwards.
The big problem with this is that CWCs who by fund-raising including the use of car parking activities will have a shortfall in relation to the support that they may be able to offer cadets who have family financial difficulties. IIRC up thread that their CWC income was ÂŁ1500 from car parking which is a lot of support to cadets, in particular if other areas are difficult to access. .
Where I live the RAFAC has already retreated into the nicer areas of Liverpool and the surrounding areas where the majority are far more affluent, but that doesnât say that parents in these areas donât have difficulties, just that they maybe less likely.
Then there are other incidentals such as supporting the use of an SOV or computer upgrades or the purchase of AT equipment.
Fund-raising is hard enough at the best of times, in particular as the RAFAC is competing for the same money available against a lot of other âcharitableâ entities, but this has just made it even harder.
That wording is very specific in terms of cadets, not all of us. There are already plenty of examples of activities in ACP 300 that are indemnified for CFAVs only.
Then you donât know what you are missing, I could disparage London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds in the same way. I lived in London for a year and Manchester on and off for 20 years, two of the biggest 1mt targets that I wouldnât miss.
