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Cadets! Join our Sea Cadets Eco-Challenge and show us how you can help reduce carbon emissions!

What’s the Challenge?

1. Calculate Your Carbon Footprint: Calculate your personal carbon footprint here and encourage your Unit Management Team to use this calculator designed for Sea Cadets units.
2. Share Your Actions: Film a video on StoryTagger sharing your everyday actions that lower carbon emissions. Our platform will guide you with prompts and inspiration.

How to Enter:

• Submit your results and insights to environmentalaction@ms-sc.org.
• Take a screenshot of the end-screen from the calculator to confirm completion.
• Upload your video by 30 September. Click here to view our competition poster and read the full competition guide here.

Judging & Prize:

• We’ll select our top three favourite entries.
• Winners will receive an exclusive Sea Cadets Environmental Champion t-shirt and could be featured in our SWAY Newsletter!

Don’t miss your chance to make an impact!

This weekend we hosted the first National Band Competition since 2019 at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich. The day began with stunning performances by our soloists, setting the tone for the excitement to come. In the afternoon, seven phenomenal bands from across the UK wowed judges with their passionate displays.

The event wrapped up with a prize-giving ceremony and a majestic march past, celebrating the outstanding talent and dedication of our cadets. BZ to all our 200 participants for their exceptional performances!

Find out the final results below:

Best Solo Bugler - The Silver Bugle Trophy - AC G Barnes-Collier - South West Area

Best Solo Drummer - The Ali-Bowen-Davies Drum - AC S Irvine - North West Area

Best All Round Musician - The ABRSM Cup - POC W Wooller - South West Area

Best Dressed Band - The City of Plymouth Cup - Bridgewater Unit - South West Area

Best Original Composition - The Seamans Cutter Cup - POC W Wooller - Torpoint Unit - South West Area

Best Drum Major - Admiral Sir James Eberle Cup - LC C Wooller - South West Area

Best Corps of Drums - The Haynes Shield - South West Area Massed Band

Best Musical Display - The Sumner Shield - South West Area Massed Band

Best Bugle Section - The Bugle Section Trophy - Ellesmere Port - North West Area

Runner Up to the Best All Round Band - The Runner Up Cup - Ellesmere Port - North West Area

Best All Round Bound - The Eason-Bassett Goblet - South West Area Massed Bands

We are thrilled to announce the completion of our new Midlands Boat Station on the banks of the Edgbaston Reservoir in Birmingham! This state-of-the-art facility will serve as a water sports training hub and residential centre for 1,500 cadets, offering activities like dinghy sailing, paddle sports, powerboating, rowing, and windsurfing.

In addition to providing a new home for Birmingham Vernon Sea Cadets, the new boat station will become a cornerstone of local engagement. It will benefit the wider community by providing a venue for community groups, schools, and charities. We look forward to the official opening ceremony in October 2024!

Thank you to our architects, Troyka Associates Ltd, and our construction specialists, Speller Metcalfe, for turning our vision into reality. We can’t wait to welcome everyone to this fantastic new facility! For more information, visit our dedicated webpage here or contact us at midlands@ms-sc.org.

We are partnering with global IT and business consulting company, CGI, to offer our cadets a chance to get involved in a groundbreaking challenge aimed at revolutionising the way we teach you and how you learn about Information Systems. Click here to view the full poster!

Your mission is to design your ideal learning experience and explore innovative learning methods which can be tailored to you and your fellow cadets!

Dream big, learn differently, and ignite your passion for technology as you delve into one of the following:

• Introduction to Computer Science and Information Technology
• Cyber Security Basics and Ethics
• Emerging Technologies (e.g. AI, IoT, Blockchain, Software development.)
• Networking, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Project Management
• Data Analytics, Visualisation and Cloud Computing

Your challenge is to think outside the box, leveraging technology, creativity, and innovation to make these topics accessible and exciting for learners aged 12 to 18. Take a look at what CGI does for inspiration!

Explore diverse formats, such as games, interactive apps, simulations, storytelling, or any other medium you believe will captivate and educate your peers. Check out CGI’s Cyber Escape to see how they try to bring cyber learning to life. 

Click here for more information on guidelines, prizes and marking criteria. Deadline is the end of Wednesday 28 August 2024.

The entry form is available here!