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Love the sea and want to talk about it? The National Maritime Museum is looking for anyone with a love of the sea or maritime experience and who enjoys talking. They will be filming people who would like to share their thoughts for the Museums display and collection. Filming will take place on Wednesday 23 February at the Museum and anyone interested should contact Andrea on 020 8312 6550 or acunningham@nmm.ac.uk

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Sea Cadets is teaming up with Comic Relief for this year’s Red Nose Day which is back on Friday 18 March. By raising cash this Red Nose Day cadets can help to change lives forever. This is because Comic Relief spends all the money raised by the public to give extremely vulnerable and disadvantaged people in the UK and Africa a helping hand to turn their lives around.

The Red Nose Day Team is working with youth groups up and down the country and is challenging every Sea Cadet Unit to get involved. To help you come up with some fun-filled fundraising ideas there’s a fundraising activity kit designed specifically for young people and it’s packed full of ideas to help you raise loads of cash. You can get your hands on one at www.rednoseday.com/youthgroups

To find out more about Sea Cadets teaming up with Comic Relief visit www.sea-cadets.org/comicrelief.aspx

Congratulations to Lt Cdr (SCC) Don Davies MBE RNR Rtd who was awarded an MBE in the 2011 New Years Honours for services to the Sea Cadets which spans 35 years.

Don joined as a Civilian Instructor in 1975 and since then has occupied an array of posts from Petty Officer Instructor to Commanding Officer plus he has been Chairman at both Dartford and New Romney Units.

Don paid tribute to the support of his wife and his fellow colleagues who have helped him to achieve what he has.

 Also honoured in the New Year list were:
Commodore Barry Bryant RN, Director General, Seafarers UK, who was awarded a CVO, and Mark Brownrigg, Director-General, Chamber of Shipping, who was awarded an OBE for services to the Maritime Industry.

Reverend William McCrea from Southampton has been awarded the Merchant Navy Medal in honoris causa.  He has been decorated for services to the welfare of retired seafarers, especially the alumni of the National Sea Training School/College/Centre, Gravesend.

The recipients of the Merchant Navy Medal were presented with their medal by Admiral Lord West of Spithead, in the company of the shipping minister Mike Penning MP, at the investiture ceremony on Monday 13 December.

Congratulations to Lt (SCC) Marc Pether RMR, Commanding Officer of Kettering Unit, and Lt (SCC) Sean ‘Smudge’ Smith RMR, Detachment Commander at Northampton Royal Marines Cadets, who were awarded Community Stars Awards by St Andrews Healthcare for their work with Sea Cadets. They were both awarded £100 for their Units and Marc, who won the overall award, was awarded a further £250 for his unit and £250 in prize vouchers for himself. Both Marc and Sean work for St Andrew Healthcare and are both delighted to be recognised for their voluntary work.