GIRLS ALLOWED! – Dorset Chamber

POOLE SEA CADETS EMBRACE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY – March 8th.
Poole Sea Cadets is proud to continue naturally embedding the aims of International Women’s Day within its day-to-day activities.
Sometimes the Sea Cadets, which is a national charity, is incorrectly perceived to be male dominated. This perception is entirely wrong and in Poole more than half of our cadets and volunteers are female.
Equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental to us and lie at the heart of our mission to help our sixty young people achieve their potential.
The 2025 International Women’s Day campaign theme is ‘Accelerate Action’ for gender equality. Within Poole Sea Cadets we perceive this as entirely natural as we implement many activities that positively impact the advancement of women.
We try positively to recruit, retain, and develop diverse talent. In doing this we support all our cadets with both women and girls being involved in leadership and decision-making whilst giving everyone access to quality education and maritime-orientated training.
Trustee Michelle said, “The great benefit of the Sea Cadets is that equal opportunities are taken for granted. My son has done extremely well but also have girls who joined at the same time as him. They all get on so well together. My daughter Emily, who was a sea cadet is now a Petty Officer and helps teach sailing during the summer. She was offered work through the Marine Society and Sea Cadets on Royalist, the Sea Cadet’s sailing training ship, during the offshore season as temporary cover bosun. “
The colour for International Women’s Day is symbolically purple, which signifies justice and dignity and was also worn by the Suffragettes, who campaigned for women’s right to vote, in the early 20th century.
International Women’s Day, which itself has been around since 1911, will be an important annual opportunity for us to elevate and amplify the focus on gender equality, which is something all our volunteers and cadets wholeheartedly embrace.