Cadets information
If you’re a fan of aviation, action, and adventure, love sports, and want to meet new people, then you’re in the right place. Every year nearly 60,000 air cadets and volunteer staff take part in exciting events all over the country. And with over 1,000 squadrons across the UK, you could be one of them.
As one of the UK’s oldest, largest, and most successful youth organisations, we have a long and proud history of preparing youngsters for all walks of life and encouraging active involvement in local communities. We have 47,000 cadets and 8,500 adult instructors in over 1,700 Cadet Centres spread across the UK.
Every weekend across the UK, thousands of young people are involved in Sea Cadet activities – learning new skills that will give them a head start in life. In fact, we work with 14,000 Sea Cadets aged between 10 and 18 – and are the UK’s largest maritime youth charity, with a history dating back to 1856.