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Red Nose Day

Red Nose Day

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

New Year Honours for Sea Cadet volunteer

New Year Honours for Sea Cadet volunteer

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 awarded the Merchant...

Reverend William McCrea awarded the Merchant...

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.

 

Revd McCrea started his seafaring career in his home town of Belfast as a Sea Cadet and has been part of the maritime community ever since, ultimately serving for many years as the chaplain for the Port of Southampton.

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.

Sea Cadet Volunteers are Community Stars

Sea Cadet Volunteers are Community Stars

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.

Gold Challenge

Gold Challenge

Gold Challenge, a new charity challenge, launched this week at Lord’s in London. It gives you the chance to test yourself in a range of Olympic and Paralymic sports whilst raising money for charity.

 

Sports demonstrations from Team GB Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls, together with Gold Challenge celebrity ambassador, Konnie Huq, launched the challenge which sets to be the biggest mass participation event to date. Participation can be on an individual basis or as a group and Sea Cadets is one of the charity partners supported by the Challenge.

 

Gold Challenge is your chance to test your ability at sports you’d never imagined, or progress in sports you already have skills in and allows anyone to take part in 5, 10, 20 or 30 Olympic or Paralympic sports. The sports are widely accessible throughout the UK and in Ireland, and as soon as you have signed up free of charge to the Gold Challenge, you will receive huge discounts for the participation in sports.

 

For more information on Gold Challenge visit their website www.goldchallenge.org or to receive a Gold Challenge Sea Cadet fundraising pack, please email events@ms-sc.org or call 0207 654 7016$$Sea Cadets help launch Gold Challenge

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