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Remembrance Sunday 2008
The Ships Company of TS Lord Nelson took part in the annual Remembrance Day Service and Parade in Norwich on Sunday 9th November 2008. The ships company are pictured after the parade outside Norwich Cathedral.
The unit was also represented at the Remembrance Service at Honingham Church by Lt Grieve and Cadets Connerly and Cook.
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Norwich RNA Trafalgar Day Dinner
Lt Janner- Burgess accompanied by L/C Hunt and A/C Westgate attended the Royal Naval Association (Norwich branch) Trafalgar Day dinner at Wensum Valley Golf Club on Tuesday 21st October 2008.
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ASDA bag pack.
Saturday 23rd August 2008 saw us head to ASDA for a half day bag pack. Always successful events we packed bags for the people of Norwich from 9am until 1pm.
Thank you to all the cadets and supporters who lent a hand, we raised just over £600 which is an excellent achievement. We will be doing another bag pack on Saturday 25th October at ASDA, please come along and support us!
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Brundall River Fest 2008
This year we attended Brundall River Fest where we manned a stall, ran the car park and also put on a canoeing display for the public.
The event was well attended considering the bad weather and our canoeing display was very well received by the public, especially the getting wet part!!
The stall was a great success with us raising just over £300 for the unit. Thanks to all the cadets and parents who came along to support this event.
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RNIB Bag Pack At ASDA
On Saturday 24th March a group of Cadets and volunteers went to the ASDA store in Norwich to bag pack in aid of the ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND. Jackie Cameron from the RNIB had contacted the unit to ask for help, the day was very successful raising in excess of £400. Jackie sent a letter of thanks following the event saying
“Everybody has told me how polite and hard working you all were on the day. You certainly are a credit to the Sea Cadets.”
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Thank You Chapelfield
Norwich Sea Cadets have received a welcome boost with the news they have secured a new sponsorship deal with Chapelfield which will see them receiving a significant five figure sum over the next three years.
The money will be used to help with increasing running costs for the Sea Cadets who celebrate their centenary in 2012.
Currently there are 30 Cadets enrolled, between the ages of 10-18, who meet regularly on their ship, a former Swedish gun boat, moored on the river by Norwich Railway Station. It is the sixth vessel to be used by the cadets in its history and all have been berthed in what was originally known as the Port of Norwich.
“We are delighted with the news,” said Norwich Sea Cadet chairman, Irene Spinks. “Our everyday costs keep rising so the money is especially welcome. We will be joining with other Sea Cadet units from across East Anglia to have a special weekend exhibition at Chapelfield in September which will show people just exactly what we do.”
Chapelfield marketing manager, Sophie Hallett, said “The Sea Cadets do a valuable job in encouraging young people to take part in structured physical activity. Like Chapelfield they are also a true part of the local community so we are delighted to support them by making sure they have adequate funds to continue to carry on with their great work.”
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Steve Bunce (General Manager, Chapelfield), Sophie Hallett (Marketing Manager, Chapelfield), Lt Alan Blackburn Commanding Officer and Irene Spinks Chairman on the bridge of TS Lord Nelson.
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£2700 collected at ASDA bag pack
Norwich Unit held two fundraising days at ASDA, Norwich during November and December of 2006. The days proved very successful, and much more fun that standing at the door rattling a tin for the day.
Over two days we collected £2700, which is a fantastic amount. The cadets and staff were amazed by the contributions made by he public.We would like to thank the Staff and Customers of ASDA for the generosity and support!
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Mrs Nash holds a Garage Sale in Mulbarton
Sunday 24th September saw the village of Mulbarton hold a garage sale and Mrs Nash, mother of OC Loz Burton held her own garage sale to raise funds for the unit. Many people had donated items to be sold throughout the day.
In total we raised over £60 in 4 hours, so thank you to Dawn for giving up her time to hold the garage sale for us! Its time for Dawn and Susie (our admin officer) to get their wellies on as they’re heading to a car boot next Sunday to hopefully sell some more of the items and raise much needed funds for the unit.
Thank you!
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Mrs Westgate runs the Norwich Half Marathon
We would like to extend a massive Thank You to Mrs Westgate who ran the Norwich half marathon in aid of the unit in June this year. Her son OC Martin Westgate also took part in the fun run.
She raised in excess of £200 which will go towards the unit funds which will help us to subsidise events for the cadets. Thank you once again from all of the cadets and staff at TS Lord Nelson.
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Car Boot Sale
An early morning on Sunday 2nd April saw the Chairman; Mrs Irene Spinks, Mr Chris Spinks, 4 cadets, AC Nikki Gaskin, AC David Mills, Cadet Madie Frary and Cadet Georgie Frary and I attend a car boot sale to raise funds for the Unit.
Everyone got into the selling spirit, encouraging customers in to the stall, with friendly banter as well as bargain prices. All cadets chose an item each which they aimed to sell by the end of the morning. One item, a particularly unattractive ladies handbag which we wanted to sell for only 10p was the hardest product to sell. It was only a couple of minutes before we packed away that a lady bought it. Returning a few minutes later to ask if we wanted it back, it was obvious she didn’t actually want it!
Luckily the weather remained dry all morning and we had a very successful car boot sale. Thank you to the four cadets who attended, more Divisional Points coming your way this month. Also a big thank you to Irene, our Chairman, and Chris for their help and support, as well as getting up very early on a Sunday. In total we raised £87.30 from the morning we spent at the car boot sale. Bravo Zulu!
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