Strathaven Army Cadets

19/11/2022

Great to be out helping in the community. Glad we could be of help to you. Well done Strathaven Cadets, amazing young people.

Our Remembrance poppies have been collected and packed away for another year. We hope they brought some comfort and a place of quiet reflection. Our eternal thanks to the young people of Strathaven Army Cadets who were a huge help to us with putting up and taking down. They worked incredibly hard and displayed excellent teamwork abilities.

We are so looking forward to showing you our Christmas projects. Not one but three!! We have given ourselves a huge goal which is definitely go big or go home!! Keep your eyes peeled in December 🎄🎅🤶🎁👼🦰🍞🏠

13/11/2022

Thank you to the people of Strathaven. Your generosity helped the cadets raise over £1800 for PoppyScotland.

Great turnout for the 2022 Remembrance Parade with strangely warm weather.

Brilliant effort everyone 😊

05/11/2022

Cadets and adult instructors from 1 Pl RSB have been assisting Strathaven Combat Crochet & Knitting Ninjas with their annual Remembrance decorations.
Every November, this immensely talented and creative group decorate Strathaven with 100s of hand-knitted and crocheted poppies, adding a beautiful and poignant touch of colour to the town.
The cadets have been proud and delighted to assist with this hard work.

23/09/2022

Last weekend, Strathaven Army Cadets joined forces with Newmains Army Cadets to complete their sponsored walk raising money for Erskine veterans charity. They chose to do this themselves after hearing a presentation by Erskine earlier this year.

They completed an average of 4 laps (~15 miles) each of Strathclyde park, in combats and boots, which is amazing! They're now taking in their sponsor money for this amazing charity.

14/08/2022

We are OPEN after the summer break and welcoming new recruits. Join us tomorrow night from 1845 to 2115. Come and join in with the cadets and the activities and see if it is for you. I look forward to seeing some new faces. 😊

Challenge yourself to something different.

If you are 12 and at secondary school, you can sign up to be a cadet. Learn new skills and have a lot of fun in the process.

If you are 18+ and can give a few hours a week and a few weekends a year, you can apply to be an adult volunteer. There is no age restriction and all training will be given.

Find out more online:

Apply as a cadet:
https://armycadets.com/cadet-more-info?unitId=631

Apply as an adult:
https://armycadets.com/register-as-a-volunteer

31/07/2022

Reopening after the summer break. 🥳

Existing Cadets - Thursday 11th August 2022

New Recruits - Monday 15th August 2022 - see below, please go to the link and fill in your details and NOK details.

Challenge yourself to something different.

If you are 12 and at secondary school, you can sign up to be a cadet. Learn new skills and have a lot of fun in the process.

If you are 18+ and can give a few hours a week and a few weekends a year, you can apply to be an adult volunteer. There is no age restriction and all training will be given.

Find out more online:

Apply as a cadet:
https://armycadets.com/cadet-more-info?unitId=631

Apply as an adult:
https://armycadets.com/register-as-a-volunteer

11/06/2022

Strathaven Gala Day. The weather was more favourable than forecast, until the end 🌧🌧🌧. Thank you to all the cadets for turning out, parading and assisting with recruiting and archery. You were all super smart and respresented the detachment very well.

Very proud of you all. Thanks again.
Lt Jack.

P.S Big shout out to 6 Pl RSB Larkhall for boosting our numbers and assisting in the park. 🥳

27/05/2022

Tuesday 24th and Thursday 26th May 2022 - Cadets from detachments in Lanarkshire assisted St Andrew’s Hospice with their annual sponsored hill climb. Schools from across Lanarkshire take hundreds of pupils to walk up and down Tinto. Each of these pupils gets sponsored and the money raised goes to St Andrew’s Hospice.

St Andrew’s Hospice provide specialist palliative care to people living with life-limiting illnesses.
Central to their ethos and mission is, to provide support not only for the patients, but also for their loved ones and carers too.

The cadets play a vital role in acting as way markers to ensure everyone stays on the path. They provide motivation for those struggling when the hill seems too tough. They pick up all the litter that some carelessly leave behind.
They do all of this with great enthusiasm, not only to get a day off school, but to assist a worthwhile organisation. The selfless commitment these young people displayed was second to none. An absolute credit to their detachments, company, battalion and the ACF.

Well done and thank you to you all.

13/04/2022

Look at what cadets have been up to this year. Detachment, Company and Battalion training is fully underway again. 🤩

The Glasgow and Lanarkshire Battalion has published their Annual Review 21-22.
Printed copies will be distributed shortly, but it can now be read on-line:
As an e-book: https://tinyurl.com/GandL21
As a pdf to view/download: https://armycadetsscotland.files.wordpress.com/2022/04/bn-annual-review-2021-digital-release-2.pdf

11/04/2022

Challenge yourself to something different.

If you are 12 and at secondary school, you can sign up to be a cadet. Learn new skills and have a lot of fun in the process.

If you are 18+and can give a few hours a week and a few weekends a year, you can apply to be an adult volunteer. There is no age restriction and all training will be given.

Find out more online:

Apply as a cadet:
https://armycadets.com/cadet-more-info?unitId=631

Apply as an adult:
https://armycadets.com/register-as-a-volunteer