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Massive congratulations to our very own XO and second-in-command, PO (SCC) Justin McGhee, on being awarded the Sea Cadets West Cadet Adult Recognition Award from the Lowland RFCA!

This award is entirely cadet-nominated, which means that the recognition the award brings is entirely the result of our young people going above and beyond to ensure their best volunteers are rewarded for their hard work!

Justin's been a part of our family for longer than he's not been, joining as a junior cadet and working his way up to the loft heights of Executive Officer! An Ardrossan local and firefighter, his relentless enthusiasm, impressive professional knowledge and never-ending determination has been a major factor in the continued success of the unit, and we look forward to seeing continue in the coming years!

Watch his acceptance interview at timestamp 20:30 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7utQdCXTf3I

BZ, X!

Did you see us today?

We were out and about raising awareness and funds in support of OPERATION REFIT!

A huge thank you to the staff at Morrisons Largs (especially Lorraine, our Community Champion) for making us feel so welcome and to the generous public in Largs, who donated almost £800 to our cause! We received some really positive feedback on our cadets and volunteers, and met some fantastic characters throughout the day!

Now, we did see a few people who simply didn't have time to speak with us - not to worry, as we've got our JustGiving page for you to donate directly to!

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/oprefit

Thanks to our cadets and staff who gave up their sunny Friday to fundraise with us!

A fantastic Sunday spent undertaking a Basic Seamanship course, with an excellent turnout from our cadets and staff! The cadets consolidated their knots, learned about ropework and even got to work out their throwing arm with heaving line practise!

BZ (well done) to all who attended, and a huge thank you to our District Officer, Lt Cdr Boyd, for instructing.

Finally, a huge congratulations to PO (SCC) Shannon who has been promoted today after completing all of his adult training! Our charity is dependant on volunteers like PO Shannon who make our training possible - could this be you?

Could you help us go a bit further? For the price of a cup of coffee, you can!

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/oprefit

For more information about OP REFIT and what we do at Ardrossan & Largs Sea Cadets, check our Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071950576549

Amazing work from our friends at WI&A Gillbert - great to see a local company supporting our charity so well!

With the first tranche of tarring done to a fantastic standard, it's finally time to look towards the purchase of our first new training space, allowing us to expand our numbers and develop the quality of training we offer!

For us, it's all about giving young people the best possible start in life through nautical fun and adventure.

Our team of volunteers has been hard at work over the past 2 years on our £300,000 refurbishment programme, OPERATION REFIT - we've raised over £110,000 so far!

Could you help us go a bit further? For the price of a cup of coffee, you can!

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/oprefit

For more information about OP REFIT and what we do at Ardrossan & Largs Sea Cadets, check our Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071950576549

Ardrossan & Largs Sea Cadets went out and about today, visiting the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine! Our cadets had a great time taking in our maritime heritage and the visit also facilitated the completion of some Junior Sea Cadet modules!

Thanks to our fantastic Junior Training Officer for organising!

Come along and get involved! We're currently looking for new trustees on our Unit Management Committee - are you the ready for an exciting new challenge?

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Can you spare the price of a coffee to help us?

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/oprefit

Remember, even though we're delivering young people in the area the best start at life through fun and nautical adventure, OP REFIT is still going on in the background and our dedicated team of volunteers never rest!

We're happy to announce that we've secured sufficient funding to purchase new classroom facilities, giving our cadets the best possible space in which to learn the valuable skills they'll need in the world of work.

These skills include leadership, teamwork, communication skills, engineering, seamanship, boating, first aid, health & safety skills, presentation skills and all the rest!

However, we still need your help! If everyone in Ardrossan donated just £2, we'd have our first brand-new classroom! Add into that the rest of our catchment area, including Saltcoats, Stevenston, Ardeer, Largs, West Kilbride, Fairlie and Dalry, and we'd have OP REFIT completed in no time!

For more information about OP REFIT and what we do at Ardrossan & Largs Sea Cadets, check our Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071950576549