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The best piece of advice Cyrus, a 24 year old Emergency Response volunteer from Dundee, received was from a retired firefighter who was a fellow volunteer: “In an emergency never run, always walk.”
Cyrus has volunteered with the organisation for nearly a decade, starting in Event First Aid in 2021 with a break for studying at university, however he returned to the organisation to help put his skills in to practice. Cyrus is now an operational team leader helping to deploy teams to assist in emergencies. As well as ensuring his team is well-trained, he also makes sure the kit and vehicles are maintained and ready for deployment. During the pandemic Cyrus, and his team, were kept busy responding to the appalling winter weather assisting nurses to visit homes for administer Covid-19 vaccinations and transporting community careers to their workplaces.
Volunteering for the British Red Cross has helped Cyrus gain amazing skills that helped in his application to medical school as well as building situational awareness, communication skills and presentation skills. The RED programme helped Cyrus to identify the transferable skills he gained whilst volunteering which can be applied in his medical career.
The RED programme is a three tier accreditation scheme, designed with the help of young volunteers to encourage, retain and develop skills in young volunteers. Initially a certificate to Recognise the achievement of volunteering the scheme moves on to Empower young volunteers by assisting them to identify and measure competencies, skills and knowledge they have gained through volunteering. The final stage is designed to Develop young volunteers ethical leadership skills. The scheme is open to all young volunteers within the organisation.
Read MoreAs an awarding body, The Prince’s Trust is regulated by SQA Accreditation to design, offer and award qualifications in Scotland.
The Prince’s Trust Personal Development and Employability Skills qualifications are included in Insight and have Tariff points awarded.
Skills Development Scotland found that 98% of young people that completed our qualifications had successful outcomes. This includes 82% moving on to Further/Higher Education.
The Prince’s Trust Achieve programme is a flexible, free personal development programme.
It is designed to support and empower students aged 11-19 (and up to 25 with SEN statement or EHCP) who may need additional assistance to succeed in education.
It supports education providers by providing free learning resources and guidance for you to deliver flexibly in your setting. There is also the option for Achieve learners to gain a Prince’s Trust qualification. Our qualifications are regulated by the appropriate regulatory bodies.
The Achieve programme helps learners to develop skills and experience for life, whilst building their confidence to realise their potential.
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