Fundraising at Northampton SCC
We at Northampton Sea Cadets are currently raising money to improve our site conditions by providing a hardstanding for boat maintenance and parade training. Also we wish to improve the ability to access our boats by providing safe and accessible boat jetties which are used constantly throughout the summer months for training.
The site currently presents a significant Health and Safety risk due to trip hazard & at this time we cannot offer our facilities to physically impaired people. As well as looking unsightly often mud and other debris are bought into the unit buildings which increases the effort need to keep the ship, "ship shape and Bristol fashion".
The unit has approximately 80 cadets from a variety of social backgrounds ranging in ages from 10 to 18 years & the Sea Cadets gives these young people different activities to participate in based on watersports and naval activities.
The Northampton Sea Cadet Unit is funded solely through local fundraising and is a registered charity in its own right. The unit is not a pre-service organisation and is run by the Sea Cadet Association. The MoD provides the Sea Cadets limited resources in the form of uniforms and some boats and provides funding for the national training centres. The unit funds have to provide and maintain all local resources such as the unit buildings, insurance, boats, canoes and equipment and transport cadets. The staffs are unpaid volunteers and give their time freely and willingly to the Sea Cadets.
Current donations have been received from the following companies and organisations for this project and we thank them for their generosity:-
Northampton Royal Navy and Royal Marines Association.
If you are thinking of sponsoring, funding or helping us financially in any way, please contact us. Thank you in anticipation of your support.