IOD Sea Cadet Unit Cory Art Competition 2025

Isle of Dogs Sea Cadet Unit The Isle of Dogs Sea Cadet Unit is based in two state schools in the Isle of Dogs, George Greens School, and Canary Wharf College. The IOD Sea Cadet Unit enriches young people from the Schools, from Year 7 to 11 (ages 11 to 18) sailing, Canoeing, Kayaking, Windsurfing in the local Royal Victoria Docks and Millwall Outer Dock weekly in the summer term. In the winter we run enrichment trips such as visits, ice skating, climbing and Thames boat trips. We also run RYA courses such as RYA First Aid RYA Sea Survival and Essential Navigation Courses as well as parade and drill sessions. The Unit brings together girls and boys from different schools, backgrounds to learn about each other and new skills and experiences over the long term. They also get the benefits of the training from the National Sea Cadets. This is not a short term fix. It is a long-term Unit to give young people self-belief, social confidence, leaders, team players, skilled, empathy and understanding their peers whilst being positive and motivated. We will take a Cadet at aged 11 and on their journey, they will become Unit Instructors and role models at 16 for the newer Cadets, improving their lives and being more focussed at school. All we ask of the cadets is long term commitment and kindness and willingness to give back to the Unit and School. Although the Sea Cadets Nationally get funding individual Units do not. For the Unit to run each week and all the background work to be done cost £15k pa. This gives the Unit stability, running each week with 30 Cadets and the ability to expand. We also spent around £15k pa on residential trips and our legacy fund. The benefits to the Cadets, School and local community is unmeasurable, the long term approach will break the cycle of poverty, empower local children, give them prospects, enrich the schools and provide a positive role model. We would love you and your company to be part of our journey, you can help by. Funding one of our projects below. Encouraging your staff to be Unit volunteers. We can help by Giving your staff the opportunity to volunteer, be part of the solution locally with long term enrichment, showing a pathway for Cadets for potential employment in your company. Our Projects Legacy Funding We have set up our own legacy program which is open to any Cadet. We will fund 50% of courses and training programs that will lead long term towards Cadets gaining national qualifications to become peer teachers for new cadets. At the moment we have three young ex Cadets who deliver the Sailing and Windsurfing Sessions for the Unit. This peer teaching enthuses new Cadets to follow their path for the future. Competitions We enter regional and national competitions with the Sea Cadets as well as National and international competitions in Sailing and Windsurfing. We have trained regional and national champions within the Unit. Thames Barge Trip with the Sea Change Trust. Having run a successful trip with this exceptional charity in the past we are running a week's residential for ten Cadets in Summer 24. During this trip Cadets will gain RYA Competent Crew and take a full part in the running, navigation and sailing on the engineless Blue Mermaid Barge. Part of our funds will make sure the Sea Change Trust continue with their valuable work. Ellen MacArther Cancer Trust Trip Having skippered for the Trust for the last three seasons we can come up with the idea of chartering the EMCT vessel for our Cadets for long weekends when the trust are not using their vessels. We WILL raise enough money each trip to sponsor a young person with Cancer to sail for a week with the trust. During the long weekends on the Solent we will work through Yachting skills and boathandling giving the Cadets a broad depth of knowledge and enrichment of a residential trip. We have one trip running this year and hope to expand this so we can enrich the Cadets and help fund more children with cancer to sail with the trust. UKSA Sea Program The UKSA SeaChange Foundation programme is a course offered to young people aged 14-17 from disadvantaged backgrounds, that teaches students how to be more confident and resilient, work together with peers and informs them of all the pathways into the maritime industry. This costs £525 inclusive of travel for our Cadets to attend, we hope to 50% fund this with our legacy funding. We thank you companies and people who have helped us so far in our journey and hopefully welcome you on board for the future. Join this channel to get ALL of the RYA course work: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHHQH6jcgluqGjkqQf5iLkw/join