Sea Cadets is once again running the National Citizen Service (NCS) project - and cadets have made a great start.
Young people aged 15-17 in five areas - London, Southern, South West, Eastern and North West - are taking part in the scheme, which encourages young people to develop a wide skillset through three phases.
The first two phases have now taken place, with the third - a social action project - to be completed before Christmas.
In phase one, cadets enjoyed various activities at SCTC Raleigh, including tobogganing, skiing, snowboarding and sledding. They also faced their fears on climbing walls and took on a huge waterborne assault course.
Cadets then returned to their respective areas, where they started phase two of the project. This included learning employability skills, as well as a session where the teens researched and pitched to link up with community projects.