Challenger Troop CIC is a Community Interest Company delivering uniformed youth leadership and engagement cprogrammes for vulnerable and disengaged young people from the ages of 6 to 24 in London and the South East of England. We provide an extensive range of programmes utilising challenging personal development activities with a military ethos, in a stimulating outdoor environment. These programmes are designed to engage young people, enhance their self-discipline, responsibility and attitudes towards others. They enable young people to develop their confidence, raise self-esteem and life skills, while attaining nationally accredited qualifications. Our programmes have been created and developed to offer an alternative approach to learning and create new opportunities to achieve and experiences to change. We aim to challenge and stretch pupils emotionally and physically, maximising their potential by allowing them to take on new responsibilities, learn new skills and gain vocational qualifications. Children are not born ‘bad’; with positive role models, high self-esteem and a belief in themselves, our children really can achieve great things.