Cornwall Aerospace Education Trust

With heavy hearts, the Trustees of CAET have elected to wrap up the charity with immediate effect.

Without access to the purpose built classroom and other resources, it has become impossible to provide schools and youth groups with educational visits in partnership with Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre.

As a fledgling CIC, we are devasted about this outcome and thank all those who have supported us in the past.

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So, our STEM Education charity is now bereft of a home, following the closure of Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre.

The charity was set up to deliver the Education Programme for and on behalf of the museum as a stepping stone to become a single charity-led accredited air museum.

We have inspired many young people, and we are devasted that the museum's unique facility will no longer exist. Sadly, this leaves the charity with a lack of resources to provide schools, colleges and youth groups with an immersive experience within the world of aerospace and engineering.

We will aim to look for alternative ways to fulfil our objectives in the longer term. Should any organisation or potential sponsor have interest in supporting us, we would be delighted to hear from you.

In the meantime, we thank all those who were involved in the museum. You provided a wonderful experience to so many.

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We apologise for the lack of updates over the past month or so, and really appreciated those who have approached us to find out how things are going.

The situation remains the same as our last update. We are still awaiting Cornwall Council to grant planning permission for a purpose built facility near Newquay Airport. We are unable to share the specifics of the potential location at this time.

The museum, and our aligned charity, Cornwall Aerospace Education Trust are working hard to secure public and private sector funding that will allow us to realise our dreams of developing an amazing new visitors centre and a STEM educational facility for all to enjoy a truly immersive experience.

Should you have the desire to help our aims either financially, or through volunteering, please send us a message and we will contact you.

We hope to bring you more news soon. In the meantime, here’s a great image of our Hawker Hunter T8 in the evening light during our last Threshold.aero take over in October 2022.

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Some positive news! The museum was our primary resource for delivering immersive STEM education to children and young adults. If planning permission is granted by Cornwall Council, our Trust and the museum have a very exciting future to look forward to. In fact, the sky’s the limit!!!

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A wonderful opportunity!

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Our charity is just about to lose its most valuable educational asset. Without the museum we will need to look for alternative sites to provide immersive STEM education to schools, colleges, beavers, cubs, scout groups and youth groups. Sadly, neither Devon or Cornwall has a resource that provide a fraction of the facilities provided at Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre.

Want to find out more about careers in the space sector?

CSATT, TECgirls, and Cornwall's Digital Skills Partnership are hosting an event on 3rd November at Truro College for a space tech extravaganza afternoon!

They will be hosting a free afternoon of space, technology, engineering, and creativity. Launch your own rocket, build your own robot, try out virtual reality, watch space films, eat pizza, and more! A range of space and tech companies will be available to chat to, providing an opportunity to network with experts in the sector.

This event is aimed at women, girls, and non-binary people who are interested in finding out more about careers in space and tech, although everyone is welcome to attend. Most of the content will be most suitable for children age 8+.

Click on the link below for more details, or to register.

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Fantastic images of the aircraft collection we currently use for school & college education. Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre is a unique location to inspire young people to pursue aerospace and STEM related careers.