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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

29/03/2013

Hackney and Clapton Sea Cadets took part in a great show for CBBC recently. Cadets at the unit witnessed some amazing magic tricks as part of the  ‘Help my supply teacher is still magic’ show. The popular half hour show was a great opportunity to get Sea Cadets on TV again and we hope lots of young people watching might like to find their local unit and pop along for a visit to see what we do.

The show went out on Tuesday 26^th, and you can see the episode on I player. Please take a look at the clip here, we appear at: 8.23 – 10.55 and again here: 14.16 – 1650.

28/03/2013

Olympic Gold Medallist, Lieutenant Pete Reed has sent his support to cadets across the country who are taking part in the Row the World challenge (18 -21 April) to raise money for a new training ship.

Pete says, “ Good luck to Sea Cadets who’ll be rowing round the clock to pick up 24,900 miles as they try to row the world in 80 hours. It's an enormous challenge! Just stay focussed on that target of raising money for your new sail training ship and that’ll keep you going. Best wishes and Olympic strength."

Double Olympic gold medallist Pete Reed MBE, 31, is one of the most naturally gifted oarsmen of our generation. Reed has achieved two gold medals and three silver medals in the World Championships, and earned gold medals in the Men's coxless four at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and London 2012.

Sea Cadets are sailing 24,900 miles around the word in 80 hours to help raise 250,000 towards a new sail training ship. You can sponsor them here

He is currently in hard training with the Eight Boat in preparation for the first World Cup of the season - GO Pete and thanks for the support!

16/03/2013

Congratulations to CPO John MacDonald of Ardrossan Unit for his award of Youth Worker of the Year (Uniformed Services). John was recognised by YouthLink Scotland for the outstanding work he has done for young people at his unit.

John has been Officer in Charge at Ardrossan Unit since 2009 and those who know John describe him as a remarkable man - passionate, caring and truly genuine. John works as a Community Development Worker with North Ayrshire Council and volunteers to run his local unit every week.

He is dedicated to making a real difference to the lives of those he works with. John gives up all his spare time in the interests of young people, encouraging them to take on new challenges and experiences to encourage them realise their full potential.

This is the sixth National Youth Worker of the Year Awards that celebrate and recognise outstanding service and performance by managers, youth workers and peer educators in the youth work field.

There are 12 award categories for nominations and John was awarded for the uniformed youth group category. The award was presented officially  at the Awards Dinner held on March 14 2013.

15/03/2013

17 Sea Cadets from Southern Area are through to the National Indoor Rowing Championships held in London today.

Across the country 4,500 young people are taking part in their school and club teams and Sea Cadets have representatives from five units at the championships. There are 18 heats or races in total.

This is the seventh National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships (NJIRC). The annual contest – which attracts junior rowers from all over the UK – is taking place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, with competitors expected to do battle on 80 indoor rowing machines.

The championships arrive at a time when Sea Cadets all over the country are getting ready to Row the World in 80hours between April 18 - 21^st. Units have committed to collectively row 24900 miles (miles around the world) on static rowers - kindly supported by British Rowing Clubs , as part of a bid to raise money for the charity’s new ship appeal, find out more about the Rowathon challenge or donate here

Good luck Sea Cadets!