Your trip
Add the diploma to a Week Without Walls or service trip you already run. Nothing changes on the ground.
The International Service Diploma
Already running a service trip? Make it count.
The same five modules, with the fieldwork done abroad.
What is it?
The NOCN Level 3 Diploma in Global Citizenship, Service and Leadership (previously International Volunteering). Students study before they travel, serve on the trip, and reflect when they're home. It carries the same credit: 16 UCAS points, plus indicative US and European credit.
Why do it?
A service trip is one of the biggest things a family pays for. Structured study before and reflection after make sure the learning lands, and the diploma means it's recognised.
How does it work?
Before. During. After.
1 · Before
Modules 1–3, online or in your weekly sessions: Mindset, Motivation and Making It Happen.
2 · During
The trip itself: Module 4, Momentum, with at least two full days of service supervised by the host partner. No laptops needed on the trip.
3 · After
Module 5, Meaning, back home, marked by CGCS.
Your trip or ours
Keep the trip you trust, or pick one of ours.
Ours
Choose a placement with a CGCS partner, including Projects Abroad, The Leap and IVHQ.
One or both?
Two diplomas, one way of learning.
| Social Impact Diploma | International Service Diploma | |
|---|---|---|
| Where the fieldwork happens | In your own community | Abroad |
| When | During term, in your weekly sessions | On a school or holiday trip |
| Best for | Every student in the group | Students who travel |
Do both, in any order or grades. For example, Social Impact in Grade 9 or 10, then International Service in Grade 11.
Students who complete both earn two separate Level 3 diplomas.