Events Program North West Area

Details of forthcoming Events will be published here

Please see the below link for First Aid Courses.

• First Aid Courses 2010

Please see the link below for details of the DofE Course.

• DofE Course Nov2010

Please see the below link for details of the Juniors Weekend at Fleetwood.

• Junior Weekend 2010

Please see attached information attaining to Exercise Alpine Adventure run by the London Area Adventure Training team, in Bavaria this August.

This summer we have a trip over the dates 28th August - 5th September, activities to include: Climbing, Kletterstieg (also known as Via-Ferrata), Mountain Biking, White Water rafting, Trekking with an overnight stay in a mountain hut.

There are a few places left, to which we would like to offer to the cadets and staff from your Area

LAAT have many years experience in running mountain activities in this part of Germany and I can confidently say that this is a fantastic opportunity for your cadets and staff to experience the benefits of AT in an environment that may not normally be accessible to them.

This trip has managed to attract a funding grant, allowing the all inclusive cost to be achievable to participants.

• LATMALPADV

Six Instructors from the NW Area have completed an 86 mile walk along Hadrians wall for the Help for Heroes charity.

When all the monies are collected and counted the amount should exceed £3500.

The walk was a great success and the team plan another adventure next year, only this time they will be Kayaking in the Highlands, the Charity and details will be announced soon, if you would like to get involved please contact Sgt(SCC) Glenn MacLennan at maclennangd@talktalk.net

The team that completed the walk, L-R are WO2 Pete Bolton, Sgt Phil Proctor, Sgt Glenn MacLennan, Sgt Andy Edgar, C/Sgt Dave Carter and PO John Buckett.

• Help 4 Heroes Walk Team

Four Merseyside Units have been recognised at this years Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside Cadet Poppy Appeal Awards, they are as follows

TS Active (Southport Unit) -
Collected £6613 awarded the Tri Service Overall Unit Winner

TS Warspite (Newton Le Willows Unit)
Collected £422.11
Best Newcomer

TS Iron Duke (Huyton Unit)
Collected £2558.07
Certificate

TS Eskimo (Widnes Unit)
Collected £2524.65
Certificate

Congratulations to all those who took part, please browse the photographs of the evening.

• Poppy 1

• Poppy 2

• Poppy 3

• Poppy 4

• Poppy 5

• Poppy 6

• Poppy 7

• Poppy 8

• Poppy 9

• Poppy 10

Please see the attached photos of POC Townsend in her role as Lord Lt Cadet

• POC Townsend 1

• POC Townsend 2

• POC Townsend 3

• POC Townsend 4

Please see the attached for details on how to nominate suitable candidates from your district....

• RYLA Pg 1

• RYLA Pg 2

• RYLA Pg 3

• RYLA Pg 4

• RYLA Pg 5

The Range Inspections for 2010 are as follows:-

September

1st @ 1430 Maryport SCC
2nd @ 1000 Rochdale SCC
2nd @ 1330 Liverpool West Derby SCC
3rd @ 1000 Birkenhead SCC
3rd @ 1300 Wallasey SCC

Units are to ensure they are availbe to be inspected.

BAM Plant Community Project 2010 - Park Road Junior School

We are creating a nautical garden using dinghy hulls to make gardening planters, which will create an exciting and stimulating environment for young minds to experince the joys of sowing seeds and growing plants (an experience the vast majority would never get).

How can you help?

We need fibre glass dinghy hulls

Throughout the UK, there are over 1500 sailing clubs and in their dinghy parks are “dead boats” waiting to be disposed of.

We can recycle these – we just need the contacts.

Do you have any contacts with sailing clubs – or know anybody who does?

Your help will be gratefully received by us and by the children of Park Road Junior School.

Please contact Samantha Amos -

samos@bam.co.uk, 01933 232082.

HOW TO APPLY FOR OFFSHORE FUNDING - 2010

This document is intended to assist Sea Cadet Units making application for funding to the SEVEN SEAS CLUB BAXTER & GRIMSHAW TRUST .

The Seven Seas Club Baxter & Grimshaw Trust, a registered charity, seeks to ‘Promote and Foster the Comradeship of the Sea ‘ by means of financial assistance to young people wishing to sail offshore.

Our Charitable Deed of Trust requires that successful applicants meet three conditions.

That they are under the age of 25 years.
That the grant is for sail/nautical training.
That the candidate should be from a disadvantaged background.

Applications must take the following form………

a) Applications should come through the Unit thus providing a single point of contact. Therefore Unit and C.O and A.O telephone numbers are essential and they should take control of the applications.

b) It is not the intention of the trustees to embarrass Cadets in respect of 3 above, nevertheless without this information the application will be rejected, therefore the ‘disadvantaged background ‘of the individual applicant is best supported by a letter from the relevant Commanding Officer or Admin Officer.

c) A letter from the Cadet to the Hon. Sec., giving their full name, age, Unit, short details of cadet service, total cost of the proposed voyage/training, dates and the code number of the voyage.

The Trustees believe that all applications should be dealt with on their individual merits but make the following observations. Applicants should as far as possible have made some financial contribution to their voyage/training. The Trustees do not wish to give any impression that life should simply consist of holding out a hand and asking for monies. The Trustees believe that applicants who have invested their own efforts and money in the project are unlikely to pull out at the last minute. The Trustees will consider all applications with despatch when they are received. Successful applicants will be informed of any decision as soon as possible. Grants are NOT as a rule paid directly to applicants but directly to the Offshore Office. Should the applicant fail to undertake the voyage it is unlikely that the Trust will meet any costs.

The following must be strictly adhered to………….

In the event of a Cadet being unable to undertake an agreed voyage a substitute will NOT paid for by the Trust without prior reference to the Hon.Sec., A verbal arrangement may be made with the relevant paperwork to follow. Please give the Hon.Sec., as much notice as possible in all applications.

Please telephone me and remember much can be sorted out on the telephone and followed up by E mail and letter.

Michael Blackwood PINNER………..Hon.Sec.
Telephone 020..8556..7460.
9 Eatington Road, Leyton. London. E10 6EA.
E mail…………mbpinner@btinternet.com