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On Thursday 16 January 2025, St Helens Sea Cadets had the pleasure of hosting Brigadier Ged Salzano MBE RM - Commander Royal Navy Cadet Forces, for a unit visit.

Brigadier Salzano toured our unit, met with our cadets and spoke with them about his journey in the Royal Marines, and reflected on his time in the Cadets.

Brigadier Salzano also presented a special recognition award to Junior Cadet Cameron, who in 2024 missed only 1 parade night out of the entire year! This is the perfect embodiment of the “Commitment” corps value!

Congratulations to JC Cameron, and thank you to Brigadier Salzano for coming and visiting our unit!

On Thursday 12 December 2024, cadets celebrated a year in style with their (well deserved) Christmas party!

This is a celebration of the cadets hard effort and achievements over the year and was enjoyed by all!

Our unit is now closed to cadets to enjoy the festive period! We hope our cadets have a lovely Christmas, and will see you all ready again for another great year on the 9th January!

On Sunday 8 December 2024, Cadets and Instructors attended St Thomas’ church service.

We would like to say a big thank you to the Multiple Sclerosis society who have very kindly donated a £40 cheque towards St Helens Sea Cadets

On the Monday 25 November 2024, we held our annual presentation evening and as a ships company we celebrated the achievements of both the Cadets and Instructors from over the past year.

Here is a breakdown of all our winners for 2024::

- New Entry Cadet Of The Year: Cadet Alexia

- Most Improved Cadet Of 2024: CFC Alfie

- The James Fisher Defence Leadership Award: LC Alicia

- Cadet Afloat Award: AC Ellouise

- Sea Cadet Of The Year 2024: CFC Thomas

- Royal Marines Cadet Of The Year 2024: MC Bobby

- Jack Platt Community Spirit Award: JC Cameron

- Junior Cadet Of The Year 2024: JC Noah

- Ambassador Of The Year: LC Alicia

- Best Overall Cadet 2024: Cadet Sophie

- Adult Volunteer Of The Year 2024: P/Sgt Leyland

- MC Luke completed his board over the weekend and has now been promoted to Lance Corporal!

Last night we also received a very generous donation from the Royal Marines association St Helens of £500. This will be allocated to improving opportunities for cadets and enhancing their cadet experience!

Thank you all for attending and a big congratulations to all our winners for 2024

At a special ceremony held in St Helens Town Hall attended by council delegates; representatives from the British Army; Royal Air Force; Royal Navy; Ministry of Defence; Sea Cadet Corps; cadet groups; Armed Forces community groups and council staff who have held or hold Armed Forces status - Councillor Lynn Clarke, St Helens Borough Council's Armed Forces Champion, signed the Covenant - an organisational pledge to ensure members of the Armed Forces community aren't disadvantaged by their service experience when accessing work and public services.

Find out more here.