CTP Interview Simulator

 

Now is the perfect time to brush up on your interview skills and start to feel comfortable in front of the camera.

Our Interview Simulator lets you take part in mock interviews, record your answers and see yourself on-screen. It's an amazing way to practice with zero pressure and develop your confidence ready for the real thing.

You can access the Interview Simulator and other brilliant tools via MyPlan on our website, here - www.ctp.org.uk/my-plan/login.

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Speak Out - Confidential Bullying, Harassment & Discrimination Helpline

Army Mediation Service

LGBT+ Guide for Parents

To read the guide please

CLICK HERE

Gurkha Welfare Trust

We enable Gurkha veterans, their families, and their wider communities to live their lives with dignity in Nepal. For more information click HERE.

Naval Families Federation- Introducing Headspace, a new project specially for you

Dealing with challenges is part and parcel of Naval family life, but in these strange times, some non-serving members of our Naval families might benefit from some extra support.

Covid-19 has brought many additional new challenges. What if there was something you could carry in your pocket to help you navigate through whatever you are facing?

We believe that the Headspace App can help, by giving you the skills you need to be able to focus on your own health and wellbeing.

That’s why NFF, supported by RN FPS, are delighted to offer non-serving family members free access to the Headspace App for a twelve-month pilot, starting on 4th November 2020.

We hope Headspace can help you find a little joy in your everyday.

https://youtu.be/pRba2kNAbJI 

Defence Transition Service

Career Transition Partnership - Resettlement Guides

CTP have a wide variety of Resettlement Guides on their website, designed to help you feel prepared in your transition. There are guides dedicated to interview techniques, finances and housing, as well as CV Writing and much more. 

Click HERE to view

Mindfulness - Bringing Your Mind And Body Together

Everyone is stressed. Everyone has pressures. And it is hard to slow down in this fast-paced world. 

Mindfulness helps you to focus on the present, rather than focusing on the past.

Welcome to the Army’s Mindfulness Course which has been available to serving Army personnel for some time, but it has now been opened up to a wider audience. Although this is an eight-week course, and it will be rolled out over eight weeks, it is designed so you can go at your own pace

To access the course please click HERE

Service Leavers' Guide - Revised Oct 2020

Click HERE to view the guide

Every mind matters

 

There are times when we all feel the strain. As parents and carers, there are ways we can support children and young people to give them the best chance to stay mentally healthy.

Further information can be found

HERE

Tri-Service Regulations For Expenses & Allowances (JSP 752)

JSP 752 is the policy document for expenses and allowances for regular and reserve UK armed forces personnel.

To read the latest changes please click HERE

Tri-Service Accommodation Regulations Updated Version on .GOV

  Please be aware that updated versions of JSP 464 -Tri-Service Accommodation Regulations (TSARs) Volume 3, Parts 1 & 2 Service Accommodation Charges, Combined Accommodation Assessment System (CAAS) and 4-Tier Grading (4TG) have been published today, Thu 1 Oct 20 on DefNet and externally at GOV.UK.

SSAFA - Transitional Mentoring For Service Leavers

SSAFAs mentoring helps motivate, support, build resilience and empower service leavers - to fulfil their potential in their new lives outside the military.

Mentors provide long-term, one-to-one, face-to-face support during transition and for up to two years post discharge.

For more information please click HERE

British Forces Social Work Service

Children’s Education Advisory Service (CEAS) - Updated Leaflet

New online register of charities

New online register of charities. The charity regulator has launched an improved public register of charities, which provides more information about individual charities. It's aimed at donors and the public and is designed to increase transparency.The register is at www.gov.uk/checkcharity. ​

Podcasts BFBS Radio

radio.bfbs.com/podcasts/

AWS: Managing Anxiety

Anti-Bullying-Helpline

Anti-bullying helpline now live

A confidential helpline has launched to provide support for personnel experiencing or witnessing bullying, harassment or discrimination in the armed forces.

Set up by the Ministry of Defence and employee support organisation Health Assured, the helpline is staffed 24/7 by trained bullying, harassment and discrimination advisers and qualified counsellors. The advisors, who are independent from the chain of command, can provide emotional support, information and guidance to callers.

More Information at, 

www.gov.uk/government/news/anti-bullying-helpline-now-live

The Helpline number is ☎ 0800 783 0334 and is free to call

The Army Welfare Service Offers Support to Families

Personal Support Staff provide accessible, independent, confidential and professional specialist welfare services to serving soldiers and their families with any personal or family difficulty, thereby strengthening and enhancing the resilience and resourcefulness of serving soldiers and their families.

Services the Intake & Assessment Team provide: Domestic Abuse, Child & Adult Safeguarding, Bereavement, Relationship Difficulties, Stress & Anxiety Management, Emotional Wellbeing, Signposting.

For further information on services offered by the AWS CLICK HERE

Forces Families Jobs - A Career Guide For Military Families On The Move

Moving around with your Serving partner doesn’t mean you have to give up your own ambitions and Helen Massey shares who can help you through her brand new career guide.

Career Pursuit is for all ‘other halves’ of the Armed Forces which is free and offers career support, advice, resources and top tips, including setting up and running your own business.

You can access Career Pursuit online.

BFBS Academy

 

Further details details can be found

HERE

NHS Better Health - Let's Do This

Your health matters. There has never been a better time to kickstart your health. Better Health has a range of tools and support to help - find what works for you. Let's do this!

https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/

Armed Forces and Families Support

Department for Transport : Bold Vision for Cycling and Walking

To read the full document please

CLICK HERE

Start The NHS Weight Loss Plan

Download the NHS weight loss guide –  free 12-week diet and exercise plan by clicking HERE

Home Alone

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MyHealthcareHub

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The new 'My Healthcare Hub' is available on the Defence Gateway and provides useful information on the following:

​Medical Care, Dental Care, Mental Health, Occupational Health, Rehab Services

​In addition, it links the eConsult system for online triage if you wish to book a medical appointment which can also be accessed via this ​link: https://patients.econsult.health/

Service Children's Progression Alliance (SCiP)

Please click on the image to read the full document 

https://www.scipalliance.org/

SSAFA - Veterans in Europe

Assisting British Veterans and their families to make the adjustments they need as Britain leaves the European Union.​

https://www.ssafa.org.uk/get-help/veterans-in-europe

10 Top Tips To Encourage Children To Read

www.gov.uk/government/publications/10-top-tips-to-encourage-children-to-read/10-top-tips-to-encourage-children-to-read

1. Encourage your child to read

Reading helps your child’s wellbeing, develops imagination and has educational benefits too. Just a few minutes a day can have a big impact on children of all ages.

2. Read aloud regularly
Try to read to your child every day. It’s a special time to snuggle up and enjoy a story. Stories matter and children love re-reading them and poring over the pictures. Try adding funny voices to bring characters to life.

3. Encourage reading choice
Give children lots of opportunities to read different things in their own time - it doesn’t just have to be books. There’s fiction, non-fiction, poetry, comics, magazines, recipes and much more. Try leaving interesting reading material in different places around the home and see who picks it up.

4. Read together

Choose a favourite time to read together as a family and enjoy it. This might be everyone reading the same book together, reading different things at the same time, or getting your children to read to each other. This time spent reading together can be relaxing for all.

5. Create a comfortable environment
Make a calm, comfortable place for your family to relax and read independently - or together.

6. Make use of your local library
Libraries in England are able to open from 4 July, so visit them when you’re able to and explore all sorts of reading ideas. Local libraries also offer brilliant online materials, including audiobooks and ebooks to borrow. See Libraries Connected for more digital library services and resources.

7. Talk about books
This is a great way to make connections, develop understanding and make reading even more enjoyable. Start by discussing the front cover and talking about what it reveals and suggests the book could be about. Then talk about what you’ve been reading and share ideas. You could discuss something that happened that surprised you, or something new that you found out. You could talk about how the book makes you feel and whether it reminds you of anything.

8. Bring reading to life
You could try cooking a recipe you’ve read together. Would you recommend it to a friend? Alternatively, play a game where you pretend to be the characters in a book, or discuss an interesting article you’ve read.

9. Make reading active
Play games that involve making connections between pictures, objects and words, such as reading about an object and finding similar things in your home. You could organise treasure hunts related to what you’re reading. Try creating your child’s very own book by using photos from your day and adding captions.

10. Engage your child in reading in a way that suits them
You know your child best and you’ll know the best times for your child to read. If they have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) then short, creative activities may be the way to get them most interested. If English is an additional language, encourage reading in a child’s first language, as well as in English. What matters most is that they enjoy it.

You can save me - Child abuse

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Breathing Exercise For Stress

This calming breathing technique for stress, anxiety and panic takes just a few minutes and can be done anywhere.
You will get the most benefit if you do it regularly, as part of your daily routine.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/ways-relieve-stress/

Bet blocker

BetBlocker is a free tool to help you control your gambling. Install it on as many devices as you like and you can block yourself from accessing over 13121 gambling websites. You can select how long you want to be blocked for.

Further information can be found HERE

MILITARY CREDIT UNION - Prepare for Your Visa Costs

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For more information & Support please visit www.militarycu.uk

Domestic Abuse and Young People - 3 films

The following three short films have been created in partnership between a young person who lived with domestic abuse , the Phoenix Theatre, You Trust children and young persons’ domestic abuse advocate and North East Hampshire Domestic Abuse Forum, in order to reach out to children and young people who are living with domestic abuse at this time.  

The dramas seek to deliver some key safety planning messages, information about support available and the importance of talking to someone in order to reduce isolation and feelings of helplessness for young people who may not be on the radar of their schools or other services.  

 

The dramas have been uploaded to the Vimeo website so that schools, organisations and individuals can view these and then, through downloading, put these on their own websites and platforms – there is no charge for downloading or accessing the videos. The first episode is purposefully short in order to try and ensure that a young person can access this in private, with the other episodes being slightly longer for when the young person is confident they have time to watch these without fear of a perpetrator overseeing this.  

The series is called ‘This Family Lizzy’s Story’ and is in three parts:  

Part 1: https://vimeo.com/432869780 

Part 2: https://vimeo.com/432871622 

Part 3: https://vimeo.com/432872969 

The password for all is ‘phoenix’. 

Military CoWorking Network

The Military Coworking Network is a community run by and for military spouses. It is a place where we can share opportunities from the outside world with our community and connect, help and inspire each other. Our Coworking Hubs are non-commercial coworking spaces in military bases where we can collaborate, work and study together. Our online community is a place where military spouses can network and share contacts and ask each other for help and ideas about different ways of maintaining careers that are compatible with military life.

Join our community if you want to become a member of the network and connect with others who are maintaining their independence, whilst supporting someone serving in the Armed Forces.

Online Community - www.facebook.com/groups/militarycoworkingcommunity

militarycoworking.uk/

Heads Together - Coping With Grief

Coping with grief will have been even harder during these difficult times. These simple tips might help you make the first step in coping with loss.

Text SHOUT on 85258 to speak to a trained crisis volunteer, anytime of the day or night.

https://www.headstogether.org.uk/

Armed Forces Domestic Abuse Support and Guidance

This website provides information and support on Domestic Abuse to the Armed Forces Community including serving personnel, their friends and family, veterans, the Chain of Command and civilian and military support providers.

CLICK HERE to view more

National Insurance Credits for Military Spouses During Overseas Postings

How spouses and civil partners of armed forces personnel posted overseas can fill gaps in their National Insurance record.

See HERE for details

Living in our shoes: understanding the needs of UK Armed Forces families

A review commissioned by the Ministry of Defence into the concerns raised​ by armed forces families and recommendations for change. 

 To view the full report please click HERE

Veterans News And Communications Hub

What is a Veteran

Veterans are defined as anyone who has served for at least one day in Her Majesty’s Armed Forces (Regular or Reserve) or Merchant Mariners who have seen duty on legally defined military operations. There are currently 2.4 million Veterans in Great Britain.

Listen to our team of Veterans talk about their experiences transitioning from the UK Armed Forces and what the word ‘Veteran’ means to them.

Why do Veterans make great business owners

After leaving the Service, many Veterans put their military skills to practice in the commercial sector. Consequently Veteran owned businesses are on the rise across a wide range of industries. In the video, 3 Veterans talk about their own experiences and why Veterans excel as small business owners. Read more about the contribution Veterans are making to the small business market in A Force for Business: Service leavers and Small Business.

Veteran community response to COVID-19 support

The Veteran community understands what it means to stand up and serve. Leaving the UK Armed Forces doesn’t change that dedication to service and during the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve seen thousands of Veterans stand up and serve once again.

Team Rubicon Volunteers use military skills to provide life-saving support around the world to those most in need. Copyright RE:ACT, formally Team Rubicon UK.

‘Meet the Grey Shirts’

Team Rubicon Volunteers use military skills to provide life-saving support around the world to those most in need. Most recently thousands of Veterans responded to Op RE:ACT, Team Rubicon’s COVID-19 support to frontline emergency services and vulnerable communities. Watch the video to learn more about Team Rubicon and Op RE:ACT.

Click here for more from Veterans News and Communication Hub.