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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!

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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?

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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

Today, work began on our first bit of resurfacing - thanks to our friends at W I&A Gilbert!

Keep your eyes peeled over the next few days - to the untrained eye it may look like "just some tarring", but to us, this resurfacing work is crucial infrastructure which will hold our newest training space in a few months!

With a new training space, we'll not only be able to expand our already impressive syllabus, but we'll be able to take some more cadets with us on a journey towards helping our young people to fulfil their vast potential!

See below for an eye-opening "before" and "after"!

Keep an eye out for more updates - and remember, we depend on people like you for support!

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

Tonight, Ardrossan & Largs Sea Cadets welcomed parents and supporters of the unit to Ardrossan Civic Centre for our annual awards.

During the evening, we showed off our drill, seamanship and first aid skills, and even got some parents involved! Good marching for a first attempt, folks!

Well done all who earned an award or a good conduct badge, and a special congratulations to our two newly-promoted Junior Cadets First Class, JCFCs Cara & Mason!

BZ to all the staff, trustees, supporters, parents and (of course) cadets who make our good work possible!

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As always, a key topic was the continuing refurbishment of our unit, known as OP REFIT!

Can you spare a few pounds for the cause? Find our OPERATION REFIT JustGiving page here: 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