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26/04/2013

Cornish Sea Cadets won’t miss out on the chance to get their feet wet this summer with an amazing donation from Western Provident Association (WPA) Benevolent Foundation.

On April 28 at Stithians Lake the Lord Lieutenant for Cornwall and Sarah Newton MP along with foundation representatives will see the results of this as the new boats are blessed and cadets from five Cornish units - Falmouth & Penryn, Penzance, St Austell, Truro and Padstow - take to the water for their maiden voyage.

WPA BF is making a big commitment to Cornish Sea Cadets over the next five years making sure that 141 local Sea Cadets have access to brand new equipment including three RS Fevas (a two person sailboat), two Topper Dinghies, two Topper Sails, 24 wet suits, 24 spray suits and other equipment needed to operate the vessels.

The donation also allows for the Sea Cadets main district boating station to be relocated to Stithians Lake, making access for cadets in the area even better as it’s now all in one spot, and as its non tidal cadets can spend even more time on the water. The donation also covers the costs of maintenance, as well as training 117 volunteers who support cadets, plus a cadet bursary scheme so Cornish cadets can go sailing offshore.Read more here

21/04/2013

Sea Cadets across the UK have rowed the world. Over 24,900 miles have been achieved since the national ‘Row the World in 80 hours’ launched at 7am on Thursday 18 April.

Over the last four days nearly 200 Sea Cadet units and over 3,000 cadets and volunteers have been working hard to row the miles that will raise pounds for a new Sea Cadet training ship.

The end of the row was signalled as staff from Sea Cadet HQ in London reached Tower Bridge in London, after spending the last 80 hours rowing from Oxford – champagne was toasted under the bridge on a  huge achievement!

To keep spirits up as the team rowed to London, units along the way cheered their progress and offered a helping hand - Sunbury and Walton gave them tea and cakes and Oxford, Maidenhead and Kingston gave them a bed for the night!

Well done to everybody who has taken part or who has sponsored us, your support means the world to us. We’ll post up the total amount raised shortly.

Take a look at our facebook page to see how other units got on here

Donate to the New Ship Appeal here

19/04/2013

Sea Cadets row the world in 80 hours challenge to raise funds for a new sail training ship is going from strength to strength.

We’ve had some great reports of rows taking place across the country and news of ones set to start on Saturday and Sunday, when the bulk of the rowing will take off in British Rowing clubs and on the water across the UK.

In the North East over 100 cadets and 26 volunteers are preparing for their combined row on Sunday from 9am – 4.30pm -Ashington, Gosforth, Newcastle East, North Shields, Wallsend, Whitley Bay, Newburn, Jarrow, Hebburn, South Shields, Gateshead, Seaham are taking part. Flitwick and Ampthill and Gloucester are taking to static rowers in their towns too.  Plus in the south we have Sheppey, Folkestone and Hythe, Marlow, and Chiswick. The whole Corps has really got behind this fundraising campaign and showing what we can achieve together.

At Sea Cadet HQ in London, staff are clocking up the miles on static rowers on loan from our partners British Rowing and we’ve got extra support from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines with Hasler Coy, committing to row and 40 Cdo RM Recovery Tp, who’ve already achieved 320 miles on rowing machines to help us reach our target of 24,900 miles around the world!

Our tracker is counting down how many whiles we have to go here

See what Sea Cadets are saying via our facebook page too

Donate to help our cause on our justgiving page here

18/04/2013

Sea Cadets national row the world in 80 hours challenge to raise £250,000 for a new sail training ship has begun!

Led by the CEO, a team of 25 charity staff launched into the Thames at Abingdon in Oxford at 7am today for the 100 mile row to Tower Bridge with a  flurry of media interest from local and national press.

Meanwhile across the country cadets and volunteers from our 400 units are clocking up miles on static rowers at British Rowing clubs to help us reach the target of 24,900 miles around the world in 80 hours and raise £250,000. British Rowing are our partners and thanks to them cadets across the country can help raise money for their new ship.

The Royal Navy and Royal Marines are also supporting us, with Hasler Coy, committing to row and 40 Cdo RM Recovery Tp, completed 320 miles on rowing machines to help us reach our target!

About 3000 cadets are involved all across the UK and so far over £140k is pledged in donations. Over the last two years we’ve raised  over £4m for a new ship and now it is the final push, the national rowathon is a great way to achieve this.

Our current training ship is over 40 years old and coming to the end of her working life, having taken over 30,000 cadets to sea since her launch in 1971. We want to make sure we can keep giving all cadets the chance of a voyage at sea.

Keep track of our progress here

To show your support please donate here! 

04/04/2013

A new outdoor centre for young people in Scotland opens on Friday 5 April, with a royal visit by His Royal Highness Prince Charles, accompanied by The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Their Royal Highnesses are being welcomed by young people from various uniformed youth organisations, all members of the Youth United network.  The opening ceremony is a chance for each of them to showcase their talents and compete in an obstacle race. A flypast of three Typhoons of 6 Squadron RAF Leuchars will complete the display.

Martin Coles, CEO of MSSC (parent organisation of Sea Cadets) says;

“Sea Cadets know that working together gets results and creates opportunities for even more young people.  The opening of this new outdoor centre at Dumfries House shows that, and we’re really proud to have been part of this Youth United initiative. The results are a place where young people can learn new skills, work with others and go away with a great experience they can build on - week in week out for years to come.”

Read the full story here