Purpose
To develop young people's teamwork, confidence and self-discipline, and equip them with a broad range of skills
Project
Copley Academy Sea Cadet Unit
Funding
Tameside Sea Cadet Unit received a £10,000 grant from the government's Cadet Expansion Programme last year to set up and support the unit at Copley Academy. Its continuation has been secured with a three-year bursary of £21,000 from the Combined Cadet Force Association
Background
In 2012, the Department for Education and Ministry of Defence pledged £10.85m to help set up 100 new cadet units in state schools over the next three years. In February last year, Graham Broadbent, commanding officer of Tameside Sea Cadets, was asked by Sea Cadets North West to set up one of these new units locally. When he met with the head teacher of Copley Academy, he found he was "knocking at an open door".
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