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Originally Posted by stripey588

anyhow. we have managed to sell the site back to the original seller. the money is put asside for a new building.

we have currently been homless for 3 years this year, but are still plodding on.

yours aye

jason

www.savedutchy.co.uk

have you got in contact with anyone from W-S-M unit they were in a very similar situation and now have a rather posh new building etc

A reasonable comparison of the cadet corps can be seen here: Register of MoD Youth Activities and the SCC can be seen to be one of the less well funded bodies, but I guess that's the price of being "more independent".
As for getting the cadets on the P2000s, it depends mainly upon the training programme. My boss had tried to get as much interaction with the local units around here as possible; I think that they've done two or three day trips this year with some cadets onboard, with more planned for later in the year but they are constrained by H&S, etc as much as the next unit.

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Also, I'm sure I've seen a piece of MoD literature mentioning the URNUs as a method for active recruiting; I'll try and find it...

F169 said "URNU's were never intended as recruiting vehicles though, they exist to influence future leaders of industry etc. (IE present under-graduates) that the RN is a good thing." but the RN say "to educate a wide spectrum of high calibre undergraduates who show potential as society's future leaders and opinion formers in order to better inform them of the need for and role of the Royal Navy, and to develop awareness of career opportunities in the service".

Now this last line to me reads that they do have a secondary recruiting role.

Originally Posted by phil1972

..." to better inform them of the need for and role of the Royal Navy, and to develop awareness of career opportunities in the service".

Now this last line to me reads that they do have a secondary recruiting role.

I think you are correct, but they are (or were) funded under BRNC not Director of Naval Recruiting (DNR) & can, & still do, pull the plug when it suits.

Not all units granted, but enough to ensure that they have the freedom to operate in the guise of an educator rather than a recruiter.

Quite sad, I feel when they (P2000s) seem to stay largely static from Mon-Fri during term times. (OK, accepted the ship's coy., who've worked a weekend need days off in lieu- but there's still MWV crews available, despite the howls of protest)

Originally Posted by wompingwillow

Originally Posted by stripey588

anyhow. we have managed to sell the site back to the original seller. the money is put asside for a new building.

we have currently been homless for 3 years this year, but are still plodding on.

yours aye

jason

www.savedutchy.co.uk

have you got in contact with anyone from W-S-M unit they were in a very similar situation and now have a rather posh new building etc

we have permission from our local TA unit for a building on thier land. its just a matter of where we can put it, and ironing out our lease. the TA do have a old tube range that has been condemed, and the TA boss has been asking for 4 years to get it taken down. when we got permission to have some space, the TA big cheese's decide WE could pay the £12.000 lus to remove the tube range.

naturally, we told them we can pay that, and afford the £100.000 for the unit, plus the £20.000 for getting the site ready.

its all in the hands of the CO now.

May I point out working in local goverment Councillors do not get paid a salary just expencces - you know the same as SCC ADults.

Originally Posted by Always_a_Civvy

I must be honest, I had always assumed that the SCC was completely funded by the MOD and fund raising was purely for extras. It is a pity that this is not the case. Given the benefits they confer it would be nice if local councils provided the additional funding - a better use of my council tax than frittering it away on paying councillors salaries or buying the Mayor a new car!

Talking about SCC's their is a new thing coming out from MOD and areas, something called Westminster?? it seems that they are taking the lead that committee members, are profestionalls paid for by Mod. unpaid but are accountants, not unpaid civvys doing jobs because they like doing it, if all the volenteers quit they would be in a right state, as most units have a job getting staff as it is.
As for T.A. the reserve forces are putting up a fight to get rid of the SCC here, as they don't want us and want to sell the land for £1mill. for housing, they would find a part of the local rifle range to put both the ACF and ATC. and the remainsof the TA which they are planning to move to another town.

[Buccaneer"]May I point out working in local goverment Councillors do not get paid a salary just expencces - you know the same as SCC ADults.

Fuck off Buccaneer - they get a set amount of expenses each year so it is wages. Councilors used to do it for love of their community, not now.

Anyway back to subject.

Every time I see those poor boys and girls in HMS Drake my heart bleads. They have a manky hand painted "TS Goldenhind" sign on the door, and next to fuck all inside.
They drill in all weathers, they do have an indoor hall but not really big enough for most drills.
They have a ships wheel which is broken, the biggest dockyard in europe is next door, but can they get any assistance, NO, they have to pay an outsider to repair it, hence it sits there broken.
They don't even have a computer.

It's another Government - Fuck em - and as said earlier, Navy days and the majority of spectacles would fold without them.
The country celebrated the abolishion of slavery just now, but it aint dead, it's flourishing in all the cadet corps around the country and the masters are the Government.