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Calling all Adults
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We Need Your Help
Are you interested in helping the youth of Shirley/Solihull and surrounding districts?
Are you willing to spend some of your free time in maintaining a training facility and helping run an organisation specifically aimed at youth within this area?
Are you willing to do this on a voluntary basis which will take, initially, no more than 5 hours a week?
The local Shirley & District Sea Cadets are on the look-out for Adults of any age who are willing and able to assist the existing supporters of the Unit.
We greatly value our adult volunteers, without whom the organisation could not function, and support and train them, whatever their previous experience and skills.
There are opportunities for both teaching the Cadets in the enormous variety of subjects that we offer, and also supporting their activities via Parents’ and Supporters’ Associations and Unit Management Committees.
We need administrators and DIY experts; people willing to run the snack bar and others to drive the minibus; canoeists and IT enthusiasts, Electricians, Mechanics etc. If you’ve got a skill, we can find an outlet for it. And you can even pick up some new skills and qualifications yourself along the way!
It doesn't matter whether you’ve got previous experience dealing with young people or not - we're just looking for willing volunteers who want to be part of the team and enjoy the satisfaction of seeing Cadets develop and mature. As you’d expect, all our volunteers are rigorously vetted.
This experience will be passed on to the Cadets of the Shirley & District Unit on a voluntary basis which will, initially, be for up to 5 hours per week.
If you would like to know more about Shirley & District Sea Cadets and the Sea Cadet Corps then
• Visit our web site at http://units.ms-sc.org/shirley
• Visit the Unit on any Monday or Friday evening between 19.00 (7pm) and 21.30 (9.30pm) and speak to the Commanding Officer or 1st Lieutenant who will be pleased to show you around the Unit and explain how we provide activities for the cadets and introduce you to some of the Units supporters. No appointment is required but is preferred.
• Visit the Sea Cadet web site at www.ms-sc.org
Shirley & District Sea Cadets are based at The Cadet Centre, Cadet Drive, off Haslucks Green Road, Shirley, Solihull. B90 2FE
We can be contacted on 0121 744 5910 or emailed to shirleyseacadets@btconnect.com
We are a registered Charity number 507868
Cadets are in the age range of 10 to 18 years
We are not a pre-service training organisation but aim to encourage good citizenship and provide worthwhile qualifications (including the Duke of Edinburgh award and BTEC), experience and adventure for young people. We have a rank structure modelled on that of the Royal Navy
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The local business community
We, as a Cadet Unit, are providing the young people in our area the unique opportunity to take part in a wide variety of healthy outdoor activities with a nautical theme.
Our aims are to help young people to develop the team working and social skills that will stand them in good stead throughout their adult life.
Although we have been successful in obtaining a number of grants for the purchase of equipment for the Cadets we still have to raise a sum of around £20,000 each year to cover items such as Council Tax, Rent, Heating, Insurance, etc.
The Units members of Staff and Committee members are all unpaid volunteers, and every pound we raise is spent for the benefit of the Cadets.
We are seeking sponsorship from the Local Business Community to help us keep our boats on the water and our transport on the road and meet the Cadets training needs.
We are looking for sponsorship from local businesses in either of two methods:
1. by a regular donation for a sum of, say, £20 per month. These small but regular amounts will make all the difference in keeping the Unit viable.
2. by one-off donations to meet maintenance needs and to provide promotional materials to enable us to market the local Sea Cadet Unit to the youth of Shirley and local Districts.
Gifts of money to UK charities by companies are made before tax is deducted (i.e. out of gross income or profits) so no Gift Aid declaration is required.
Companies can claim tax relief for donations to UK charities as a charge against income in their corporation tax computation.
You can become a sponsor by contacting us via the unit email address below or contact Ken McNally (Unit Vice Chairman) on 0121 779 8552 during normal working hours, or email him at kenmcnally@tiscali.co.uk.
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Do You Shop On-Line?
Why not take this link and browse the Shirley Sea Cadets web-shop. There are over 100 shops and services on the site and whats even better the Unit get a percentage of the purchase value, at no cost to you. In fact in many cases you will save money.
From the A to Z we are sure that you will find something of interest to you.
Click Here to shop
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DO YOU USE A SEARCH ENGINE LIKE GOOGLE?
If you do why not use everyclick.com.
everyclick.com is a search engine that gives 50% of its revenue to charity. It enables you to raise money for your selected charity every time you search or shop online.
everyclick allocates 50% of its gross revenue to charity each month. Each listed charity receives a proportion of that sum equivalent to the proportion in which its supporters use the website relative to the supporters of other listed charities. The activity of everyclick website users who do not select a specific charity will benefit all listed charities on a pro rata basis.
Supporters are defined as anyone who selects a listed charity from the everyclick website to benefit from their use of the site or who uses everyclick's website via a referral from the website of a listed charity.
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Childrens gifts
This link will help us to raise funds and you can save money as well.
Our source reference code is SSH10727 if your are requested for this on this site.
Click on logo for details
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Money for Phones
Do you have a mobile phone which is not now required.
We can recycle it for you and in addition raise much needed funds for the unit.
Pop along to the unit, address as below, on any Monday or Friday evening between 1900 and 2130 and give the phone to any member of Staff.
You could even email us at the address below to arrange delivery or collection.
Every phone will either be recycled or reused.
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Aluminium recycling
Another method of raising funds is for the unit to act as an initial collection centre for all forms of Aluminium (usually in the form of drink cans).
These can be taken to the Cadet unit on any Monday or Friday evening between 1900 and 2130.
All funds raised will be used to enhance the Cadets activities.
If you have any large quantities or bulky items please email us for collection arrangements.
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Ink Jet & Laser Jet Cartridges
Do you have or do you know of any person or firm who uses ink-jet or laser jet printers who do not currently re-cycle the empty cartridges?
We can arrange for their disposal or re-use.
Contact Ken McNally at the Unit to arrange matters or email us at the address below.
Any funds received go for the benefit of the Cadets
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