Many thanks to Sue for an update on the activities of the Abingdon Sea Cadets.

The cadets had two important guests this week: The Worshipful Master of St Edmunds Lodge, Mr Don Bishop, and Mr Bill Russell of The Lions of Abingdon. The Mason’s gave £800 to fund two new engines, and the Lion’s gave £1,000 to buy a new boat trailer. After the presentation the Cadets spent the rest of the evening wearing Onesies to raise money for Comic Relief.

The picture shows The Cadets celebrating their recent victory at the district drill competition held at RAF Halton. They now go on to the regional competition.

To find out more about the cadets, or if you are interested in joining as a cadet or helper try Abingdon Sea Cadets.

On the Market Place last weekend volunteers from Radio Abingdon Xtra braved the cold to promote what hopefully will become Abingdon’s community radio station. They already have a number of podcasts, and a show featuring music by local bands, and have been streaming royalty free music since January 1st.

Currently they are a small group and need more people to help make this community project take off – that could involve making programmes, or helping in other ways. They are also looking for a main sponsor to help pay for a licence to play more mainstream music.

They will be back on the Market Place on Saturday 16th Feb.

Blog Action Day is where lots of bloggers worldwide follow the same theme. In 2012 that is The Power of We.

I could think of lots of Abingdon community groups which make a big difference, and examples of People Power. Then last night I got sent these pictures showing young people in the Basketball area in Southern Town Park doing a community mural.

Together with the help of a graffiti artist they were improving on the graffiti that had been there before, making it a more friendly place. The graffiti artist first came to work with the young people a few weeks back to work up a design.

PCSOs and the Vineyard Church, who run a youth club in South Abingdon, were also involved making this happen.