Extract from Lords debate on Cadet Forces: Funding - July 22
Friday, 23 July 2021 07:48
Baroness Garden of Frognal (LD):...For some years I have been a
member of the council of the Air League which supports air cadets
and other young people fascinated by aviation. The Air League
offers scholarships and bursaries for flying, gliding, engineering
and drones. It aims to change lives through aviation, particularly
for disadvantaged and disabled young people, wounded and injured
service men and women and now veteran offenders. The Air League’s
recent Soaring to Success initiative,...Request free trial
(LD):...For some years I have been a member of the council of the
Air League which supports air cadets and other young people
fascinated by aviation. The Air League offers scholarships and
bursaries for flying, gliding, engineering and drones. It aims to
change lives through aviation, particularly for disadvantaged and
disabled young people, wounded and injured service men and women
and now veteran offenders. The Air League’s recent Soaring to
Success initiative, in partnership with Barnsley Council in South
Yorkshire, saw a pilot project. Some 600 young students aged 14 to
16 attended an event organised by the Air League and a number of
aviation and aerospace companies, including British Airways, DHL
Aviation and Rolls-Royce Some then obtained a fully
paid short training bursary to participate in an air experience day
at gliding clubs in South Yorkshire and the Peak District, nearly
170 were awarded a flying lesson and the most eligible were
selected to fly a powered aircraft...
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