My Squadron had it's first night back this year last night, we did have one night back in December before shutdown 2. So we had jumped through all the hoops to get the place open last November / December loads of Squadrons haven't got to the point of being able to open up yet.
Due to the restrictions in Scotland laid down by the overlords in the Scottish Government and Youth-link Scotland we can't have everyone in on the same the night. We can have up to 30 in but they have to be 2m apart and the size of the building limits the numbers we can have in. So the Cadets are split over 2 parade nights and without doing any recruiting we have 10 new Cadets starting tonight, we have so many we are having to give them their own night..
Staffing is the issue - we lost one to Cranwell for IOT and when they left their partner did as well but there have been rumors of a recruitment drive for staff. We ask the parents but for many it seems like a couple of nights of freedom a week for them.
Hopefully we'll get some gliding soon, I can't see there being any camps until next year at the earliest so the Cadets need something to look forward to and keep them engaged this year!
Having said that our gliding is over 2 hrs away and with only 2 staff getting Cadets down to the central belt could be an issue for us at the minute.