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Preston Royal Marines Cadets nominated to...

Preston Royal Marines Cadets were handed a certificate by the North West Lancs Deputy District Officer, LT (SCC) Rawcliffe RNR after being nominated to represent the North West Area at a national level for the presentation of the SRMO award. This was awarded after Preston Royal Marines Cadet detachment was nominated as being the most improved unit within the North West Area. Sgt (SCC) Keith Dowd who is the detachment commander at Preston unit receives the award from the DDO on behalf of the detachment.

Sgt (SCC) Dowd says "This award is testament to the hard work of all the cadets and staff within the unit over the past four years, especially so in the past year. It has been a real team effort and I am delighted to accept this certificate on behalf of the detachment. Well done all"

Trafalgar Day celebrations

Cadets, Staff, volunteers and local veterans turned out on Sunday 19th October 2014 for Trafalgar day

Preston Sea Cadet, Royal Marines cadets and Junior cadets held a Trafalgar day service at Saint Mary Magdalene Church in Ribbleton Preston, the parish of the units chaplain Father Keith Fenton. This has now become an annual parade for Preston Sea Cadets at St Mary Magdalene's church.

This service also had a dual purpose and allowed Preston Sea Cadets to dedicate our new Standard, purchased with the kind donations made in memory of a former unit chairman Richard 'Dick' Caunce. The standard was presented by a representative from the Caunce family, Jem Caunce before being blessed by unit padre Father Fenton and presented to the units Officer in Charge PO (SCC) Wayne Warner.

PO (SCC) Warner states "This is a proud moment for Preston Sea Cadets and we are extremely grateful for everything the Caunce family have done for the unit, I believe that the dedication of the units standard is a fitting memorial for our former chairman. We thank the Caunce family and all those that made the generous contributions to our unit in his memory, the funds raised will truly help the young people within our organisation"

Bag pack at Morrisons Deepdale

Another busy weekend for our Cadets and Staff , today see's our Sea Cadets and Juniors bag packing at Morrison's in Deepdale to help raise funds for our unit. We have to fundraise to keep our unit open and we thank Morrison's for the opportunity to allow us raise these vital funds.

Lt (SCC) MacLennan RMR - 2 iC of Bravo Company...

Thursday 20th November 2014 see's Lt (SCC) MacLennan RMR visit Preston Sea Cadets to speak to cadets who are attending a selection weekend in January 2015 to visit America later in 2015. Whilst at the unit he took the opportunity to chat with our Royal Marine Cadet's.

SOS Amey

Utilities company Amey give our unit a make over by allowing 30 of their staff to volunteer a day to maintain our unit. Staff from Amey visited us for a day on Wednesday 5th November 2015 and gave our unit a well deserved spruce up. This including painting our classrooms, officers and ward room as well as creating a new ships office complete with a window into the entrance foyer enabling us to welcome visitors. Volunteers also constructed a concrete double garage assisting us with our storage issues.

Kerbside appeal has also been massively improved with the installation of two of the units old boats on the front elevation of the unit. The boats have now been turned into flower beds and are awaiting new flowers being planted.

Without assistance like this we would struggle to keep our building running. Once again thank you Amey!