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02/07/2015

Sea Cadets is delighted to be selected as a charity partner at the Belfast Tall Ships Festival 2015, along with Seafarers UK, Mission to Seafarers, RNLI, Ocean Youth Trust Ireland and Belfast Lough Sailability.

Sea Cadets from Northern Ireland, Scotland and North West England will be entertaining the crowds by singing songs inspired by musical theatre, a 30-strong cadet massed marching band as well as a Sea Shanty performance. The festival runs from Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 July at Belfast Harbour where 50 vessels will be docked.

26/06/2015

Sea Cadets is proud to support Armed Forces Day on Saturday 27 June to show our support to the Armed Forces community. Units up and down the country are hosting and attending events in their neighbourhood.

Crewe & Newton le Willows units will be taking part in 'Picnic in the Park' events, Warrington Unit will be organising activities at their local event, whilst St Helen's Unit will be parading in their local area and hosting an event in their unit - to name a few examples!

25/06/2015

Today is Sea Cadets 159th birthday and units up and down the country are celebrating.

Sandwell Unit will be rowing the circumference of the borough to raise money for cadets to gain vital qualifications, whilst Clydebank Unit will be having a bbq at the unit and encouraging parents to get out on the water! Torbay Unit is having a week-long celebration which includes having a football match with the Army Cadets, and Grimsby & Cleethorpes is making an online memory book for past and present cadets and volunteers to share their experiences.

Since 1856, Sea Cadets have provided hundreds of thousands of young people the chance to experience the exhilaration of an offshore voyage, gain qualifications to boost their careers, learn a musical instrument and the opportunity to row, sail, canoe and kayak every weekend! Make a donation to Sea Cadets to ensure that we can carry on supporting young people, here!

19/06/2015

Sea Cadets will be getting a hands-on history lesson tomorrow when they will be taking part in the reenactment of the Waterloo Dispatch.

When Britain and its allies defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in June 1815, it took three days for the news to reach London. Now, 200 years later, cadets from Southern and London areas will be helping the re-enactment of a modern version of Wellington's message being carried by interpreters in period uniform, by traditional horse and carriage and ship from the battlefield in Belgium back to London.

Navy Board Cadet POC Charlie from Southern Area will be on shore to greet the dispatch when it arrives on British shores at Broadstairs, along with the Mayor of Broadstairs.

15/06/2015

Congratulations to Mrs Elizabeth Ann Chambers on being awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire), District Chair and Deputy Northern Area Chair, and former Chair of Middlesbrough Unit, for voluntary services to Sea Cadets.

Congratulations also to Mr Allan Frederick Jones on being awarded a BEM (Medal of the Order of the British Empire) for Honorary President of Edmonton Unit and former Chair of Edmonton, for services to Sea Cadets.