For the next couple of weekends Preston Sea Cadets will be fundraising for this years poppy appeal at Waitrose on the capitol centre Preston.
Each year we are happy to get involved with the Royal British Legion and help them raise these much needed and vital funds to help members of the armed forces in need.
We will always continue to assist were we can. Well done to all the cadets and staff taking part. You should all be very proud!
We are delighted to announce that after month of fundraising we have now been able to install a community defibrillator. The campaign for the defibrillator was headed by the unit Commanding Officer S/Lt (SCC) W Warner RNR. The defibrillator is installed at the front of the Sea Cadet building. It can be accessed by any member of the local community or anyone from the unit by calling 999 in an emergency and obtaining the code from the Ambulance service.
S/Lt Warner states "This life saving piece of equipment is now available for use and better protects our Staff, Cadets and the local community. I hope we never need to use the defibrillator but to ensure that people are confident to use we will soon be hosting free training in basic life support and in the use of a defibrillator for members of the local community, our cadets and staff members. I would also like to thanks all those who donated to the Defibrillator appeal especially Kathleen Cross and the customers of the Acregate Social club who raised £204 towards the purchase of the defibrillator"
Although the unit has now been purchased we will continue our fundraising efforts to ensure that we can replace consumables such as pads for the electrodes and replacement batteries. These both have a shelf life of two years.
24 Cadets and 3 staff members recently attended Crosby boating station for a unit camp. Cadets took part in Sailing, Kayaking and Windsurfing, with every cadet (and some staff) achieving qualifications.
Everyone had an excellent time and where all very impressed with the facilities offered by Crosby boating station. We all look forward to attending again next year!
POC Jackson and AC Cadman take part in the guard for Trafalgar Day Parade in London. The two represented TS Galloway in the Guard, made up of cadets from the North West Area and London Area. Both Cadets had to apply and undergo a selection weekend to be able to take part in the parade. The hard work did not stop there as both cadets travelled down to HMS Excellent in Portsmouth for 3 days of non stop drill practice before the actual parade.
MC Horn also represented TS Galloway by taking part in the North West Area physical training display team. As with POC Jackson and AC Cadman, MC Horn attended a selection weekend and then had 3 days of PT practice before the big day.
All cadets did TS Galloway proud and are an asset to the unit. BZ to you all!!
AC is the second cadet in on the second picture, MC horn is on the front row second from the left with his eyes half closed!!
Thursday 16th April 2015 saw Preston Sea Cadets have our annual inspection, this year it was conducted by the North West Lancs District Officer, Lieutenant Commander (SCC) M Rawcliffe RNR and his team. During evening colours the District Officer handed out a number of trophies to our cadets, the first being Able Cadet Cadman who was awarded “Sea Cadet of the year”. RMC2 Neighbour was awarded “Royal Marines Cadet of the year” and RMC2 McCabe was awarded the ‘Most improved” award.
This year saw the introduction of the “Commanding Officers Award”. This award will be given by the Commanding Officer to either a cadet, member of staff, member of the committee or a supporter of the unit in recognition of their efforts throughout the year. Sub-Lieutenant (SCC) W Warner RNR, Commanding Officer at Preston Sea Cadets, gave the award to Sgt (SCC) C Letthard. S/Lt Warner stated “Sgt Letthard had been awarded this trophy for going above and beyond the call of duty within the unit. He volunteers much more time than any other member of the unit and is an excellent member of staff committing many of his weekends to ensure that cadets get the best possible training. As well training cadets Sgt Letthard also spends many weekends at the unit catching up on maintenance. He is a real asset to the unit”.
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