Grantham: Free entry into the Alpaca Centre & Coffee Shop

For more information: click https://visitalpacas.co.uk/visit-us/

Information provided by Grantham HIVE

 

Grantham: Calling all Veterans Banter & Brew

Information provided by Grantham HIVE

 

Catterick: Catterick Garrison Sailing Club Thornton Steward

 Information provided by North HIVE Hub

Stafford: Staffordshire smart alert - get volunteering to make a difference to your community

The Staffordshire Commissioner is inviting residents who want to make a difference to their communities to volunteer as Appropriate Adults, providing a vital role in safeguarding the rights and welfare of vulnerable people in Police custody.

Independent of the Police, Appropriate Adults provide support for detainees when they first receive their Rights & Entitlements, when they are interviewed or searched, if DNA or other samples are taken, and if they are charged, to ensure they are treated in a just and fair manner and are able to participate effectively.

Appropriate Adults can choose to work from Watling Street Custody Facility near Penkridge, the Northern Area Custody Facility in Hanley, or any Staffordshire Police station. The service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but volunteers are able to work around their own commitments from as little as two hours a week.

Volunteers will receive full training, potentially helping to boost their career opportunities.

For more information to apply, visit https://staffordshire-pfcc.gov.uk/appropriate-adults/

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Scotland: BFBS Scotland DAB is available in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Glencorse

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BFBS Scotland SSDAB+  is available in Edinburgh, Glasgow & Glencorse

Edinburgh - FM98.5 MHz
Fort George - FM87.7 MHz
Glencorse - FM94 MHz
Inverness - FM87.7 MHz

Information provided by Leuchars HIVE

Hawes: FREE Bike Repairs and Learn to Ride Sessions

Free Bike Repairs:

Part of the Cycling Uk Big Bike Revival SUMMER Programme. We are able to offer 10 FREE Bike Checks and MINOR REPAIRS. If you are keen to get back out on your bike and be ready for summer this is a great way to make sure it’s road worth. The appointment will include a check, tune and MINOR repairs such as puncture repair, gear or brake cable replacement, brake pad replacement. IT IS NOT A FULL SERVICE You will be advised of any repairs required outside the remit of this offer and you can decide if you would like the extra work undertaken. Both adult and children’s bikes are eligible for this service. PLEASE NOTE WE CANNOT WORK ON BIKES MODIFIED TO E-BIKES. Repairs will take place at our workshop in Hawes. (if you are having difficulties accessing this location please get in touch ) Helen Pollard 01969 666

Learn to Ride sessions:

Funded by Cycling UK Big Bike Revival these 1:1 coaching sessions are FREE to access. Each session is an hour long led by a qualified and experienced instructor. They are open to any age of cyclist but are aimed at supporting new riders and those that require support returning to cycling. So if you are a parent struggling to get your child to balance or need help get back on your bike to catch up with the kids these sessions are perfect. Bikes and helmets are available to loan as part of the coaching. All sessions will take place in Hawes. When you book we will contact you to book a mutually suitable time and date . Equipment is available to loan If you need further information please contact Helen Pollard 01969 666873

Please book online https://www.stage1cycles.co.uk/collections/whats-on

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Chepstow: Cost of Living Support in Monmouthshire

 

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Find out what’s happening in Chepstow to ease the cost of living, from the Forest Upcycling Project to Community Fridges. You can also contact your local hub for support and advice.

Information provided by Wales HIVE Hub.

Fife: FWA, Fife Women's Aid Support workers vacancies

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Fife Women's Aid have a number support worker vacancies with closing dates over the next few weeks.

To check out the details 👉 Vacancies - Fife Women's Aid (fifewomensaid.org.uk)

Information provided by Leuchars HIVE

Vale of Glamorgan: Garden Waste Subscription

 
From August 2024 households will be able to sign up for the half-year garden waste subscription.

• £18 for up to 8 bags per fortnight
• £27 for more than 8 bags per fortnight

Households who subscribe to the half year service will get their garden waste every two weeks between 5 August 2024 and 29 November 2024 and will be able to book winter garden waste collections between 2 December 2024 and 28 February 2025.

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Scotland: Veterans Welfare Manager for Fife, Perth & Kinross, Dundee & Angus

Morag from Veterans Welfare Service is now available to offer information or assist with any enquiries regarding Armed Forces Compensation claims or war disablement pensions.

For enquiries or to make an appointment please email:Veterans-UK-VWS-Scot-NI@mod.gov.uk

or call 0808 1914 2 18

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Aldershot: What's on in Wellesley Woods

 

Please see our Website or Facebook page for more details of our free fun activities for all.

What’s On at Wellesley Woodlands

Highlights include:

Health Walks: Join us for a gentle stroll every Friday morning from 10-11am starting from different points each week. Enjoy the beauty and diversity in our woodlands with a small friendly group. Children & dogs on leads welcome.

Aldershot: Wellbeing walk every Friday 1330hrs in Aldershot park

Information provided by South East HIVE Hub

Dorset: Kingston Maurward - Latest Job vacancies, education courses & free animal park/gardens

Click HERE for details of all latest vacancies and to apply.

Kingston Maurward is more than just a college. It is a college, a country estate, a dairy farm, a wedding venue, a conference centre, an arable farm, a tourist destination, a residential provider, the birthplace of Thomas Hardy and, most crucially, the only provider of land-based studies for 60 miles in any direction.

FREE admission to the animal park and gardens. Click HERE for more information. 

To find out about short courses, further education courses, higher education courses and apprenticeships at the college click HERE

Information provided by Bovington HIVE

Bovington: Help your child with maths - free & online with Dorset skills & learning

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Information provided by Bovington HIVE
 

Scotland: Officers' Association Scotland latest newsletter

Newsletter includes Finance Insights events and Veterans Employability Workshops

To read the newsletter 👉 Hot Summer Employment Events!

Information provided by Leuchars HIVE

Aldershot: The Shots Foundation Veteran's Hub

 

Information provided by South East HIVE Hub

Families Continuous Attitude Survey (FamCAS) 2024 – the results are in

 

Please click here to read this document online

Alternatively you can find this information online at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tri-service-families-continuous-attitude-survey-2024

Innsworth: Welfare attraction tickets

 

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Research participants request - Service spouses & partners

 

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This research project is student-led; it is not being carried on behalf of the MOD nor is it endorsed by the MOD.

Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust launches Service women 'Seen & Heard' programme for 2024/25

 

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (the Trust) has launched Service women: Seen and Heard Programme under the Covenant Fund exciting three-year Funding Framework.

The Service women: Seen & Heard programme is now open for applications for one-year grants of up to £50,000 and two-year grants up to £100,000, for projects that aim to tackle issues enabling targeted support for serving women and giving access to support to which they can self-refer.

What is the Service women: Seen and Heard programme all about?

Weeton: Norcross Car Boot Sale

THE BEST IN THE NORTHWEST Norcross Car Boot Sale with space for 500 sellers and plenty of parking

Norcross Car Boot Sale - Norcross Lane, FY5 3DE

Every Saturday, Sunday & Bank Holiday Monday to the end of November

From 2 March 2024 – until the end of November, from 7:00amCatering & Toilets on site. Customer admission & parking 50p. Sorry – no dogs.
Gates open @ 6:30am for sellers. £10 car, £16 van, £20 Luton, trailers £2-£4 extra
PLEASE BE AWARE NO EXIT (for sellers) BEFORE 12 NOON
Open to Buyers 7:30am - 50p admission for adults (early buyer entry @ 6:30am £5)

NO DOGS - please be aware you may not walk your dog around the selling fields
You may bring your dog if selling as long as it is kept behind the stall.
Do NOT leave your dog in the car leave it at home !

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Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust launches Hidden Voices programme for 2024/25

 

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (the Trust) has launched a further Covenant Fund programme under its exciting three-year Funding Framework.

The Hidden Voices programme is now open for applications for grants of up £20,000 for projects that will provide accessible mental health and wellbeing services for under-represented serving Armed Forces personnel, Reservists, Veteran and families.

What is the Hidden Voices programme all about?

The Trust ran a public consultation in 2023, which identified that one of the key areas to focus on was ‘reducing isolation and loneliness for Armed Forces communities.’ This programme will enable and deliver accessible mental health and wellbeing support, as well as to identify known and unknown gaps in service provision. The consultation findings are available to read on The Trust website.

The Hidden Voices programme will support projects which achieve all the following outcomes:

• Build collaborative partnerships between Armed Forces organisations and specialist non- Armed Forces organisations.
• Identity and address known and unknown gaps in service provision.
• Provide accessible, preventative, and defined interventions.
• Increase knowledge and understanding with mainstream voluntary sector of the unique needs of the Armed Forces community.

Who can apply?

NHS England guidance for Service parents - registering a child with an NHS GP and use of the NHS app

Registering a child with an NHS GP and use of the NHS APP

Registration

There are safeguarding aspects to registering children without a parent, but it is not a reason for refusal.

Ideally, an adult with parental responsibility should normally be registered at the practice with the child where the ID of the adult can be matched to the child’s birth certificate details.

However, one of the exemptions to this is where both parents serve in the armed forces and are registered with an armed forces GP.

Further information is available in the Primary Medical Services Policy and Guidance Manual Part B Chapter 4.12 – Registering Children.

In all cases (adult and children), a GP practice may only refuse to register individuals where it has reasonable grounds for doing so. Reasonable grounds may include, in the case of an application for permanent registration, that the patient does not live, or does not intend to live in, the contractor’s practice area or the outer boundary area. A GP surgery can also refuse to register a new patient because their practice is not taking on any new patients.

The ICB can also assign a new patient to a practice whose list is open.

The NHS APP

Togetherall - self-compassion

North East: Healthy Relationship - Mini Bitesize Courses

Bracknell: Community Learning at Bracknell Open Learning Centre Employment Skills Programme

 

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Hampshire: Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (HSCP)

Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (HSCP) is a statutory body that leads on keeping children safe and ensuring their wellbeing in the local authority (LA) area of Hampshire. The Partnership includes local agencies who work together to make sure that child protection services in Hampshire are effective and keep our children safe.

For the latest news click HERE

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Hampshire: TalkPlus talking therapies

 

Are you feeling Stressed, Anxious, Low Mood or having Panic Attacks then you need to talk to TalkPlus which is a friendly, effective and FREE service for veterans and military family members.

This service is a friendly team made up of Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWP) \high Intensity CBT Therapists, Counsellors, Clinical Psychologists and Mindfulness practitioners.

We can offer Therapy sessions via face to face, video, telephone and instant messenger!

Your GP can refer you, or you can head over to our website or call our admin team as listed below:

Call: 01252 533 355
Text Us: 07984 385248
Email: frimleyicb.talkplus@nhs.net
Website: www.talkplus.org.uk

Information provided by South East HIVE Hub

Catterick: Support Group for Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide

 Information provided by North HIVE Hub

North East: Building Heroes Green Skills Training

L3 Retofit Assessor Course

Course Content:
GQA H&S L1 Award
GQA CSCS test & green cscs card
ABBE L3 Retrofit Assessor
ABBE L3 Domestic Energy Assessment
Asbestos Awareness
Introduction to PAS2035

Dates available : 16.09.24 – 18.10.24 or 11.11.24 – 13.12.24 

Requirements: attendee must live within the NECA area (County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Sunderland and also either be a veteran, military family, reservist or in last 6 months of service)

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Gloucestershire: Call for unpaid carers to help shape local support services

 

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To visit the Gloucestershire Carers Hub, please click here

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Surrey: Apply For A Surrey LINK Bus Card

The Surrey LINK card is for young people aged 20 and under who live in Surrey. It can be used on any single or return bus journey that starts and/or finishes in Surrey and allows you to get 50% off the adult fare for the journey you are taking. On most routes this is the equivalent of a child fare.

The LINK card is free. A £10 administration charge will be made for replacement cards (that have been lost, stolen or damaged).

For further details and to find out eligibility and how to apply online please click HERE 

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Aldershot: The Vine Centre

Based in Aldershot, Hampshire and supporting Rushmoor and the surrounding areas, we aim to support our community with their needs as and when they arise. The Vine Centre provides a broad range of services to the most disadvantaged members of our community and we seek to fulfil the basic needs of anyone who seeks our help.

Our mission is to serve the community, enabling individuals to move towards independence, make sustainable change in their lives, reduce social isolation and improve their quality of life by offering specialised support in a safe environment. We support adults and families that are socially isolated, long-term unemployed, homeless or poorly housed, suffering with mental health, addiction or learning difficulties. Often individuals will access more than one of our services - and they are always welcome to join anything we have on offer.

Click HERE for more information

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Reserves Continuous Attitude Survey 2024 - results published

Findings from the Reserves Continuous Attitude Survey (ResCAS 2024) have been published on GOV.UK: ResCAS 2024 publication.

What is RESCAS? 

ResCAS is MOD’s annual survey which gathers information on the attitudes and experiences of Volunteer Reservists across the Tri-Services.

2024 Survey Results

This year, a total of 4,656 Reservists completed ResCAS.

The survey found 70% of Volunteer Reserves are satisfied with life in the Reserve in general, and 89% are proud to serve in the Service. Satisfaction with pay was 43% and the annual bounty was 63%. Overall, there has been a decreasing trend in satisfaction with pay and the annual bounty since 2021.

The top 3 reasons cited by Reservists for joining the Reserve Service were; to serve their country (64%), for the challenge (59%), and for personal development (58%).

For further results, please see the publication report: ResCAS 2024 publication.

These include perceptions on training, life in the Reserves, career progression and family support.   Queries can be sent to: people-strat-cdpregroup@mod.gov.uk

Stafford: Staffordshire smart alert - Local PCSOS in your area.

PCSO's have been out and about in the Mobile Police Station, visiting areas around the Borough. Officers have been speaking to people or discussing concerns raised in the community. PCSO's will be continuing to patrol areas with the Borough to promote the SPACE scheme that will be running activities throughout the Summer. There are a range of free activities for ages 8 - 17 year old's, available between 29th July and 30th August 2024.

Visit https://orlo.uk/Q4YYf for further details.

                                                            
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New awards provide educational support for Service children

 
New awards provide educational support for Service children

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (the Trust) has announced 21 new awards in the latest round of the Service Pupil Support Programme!

Worth £1.3 million, these projects are set to make a real difference to school-aged Service children across the UK - improving their educational pathways and helping to address the challenges they can face.

Supporting Service pupils across the UK

Part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Families Fund, the Service Pupil Support Programme supports projects which focus on pupils from currently serving families and support them along their educational pathways. The projects supported in this funding round address gaps in educational attainment, support Service pupils with additional needs, and support small cohorts of Service pupils within educational settings.

This year, the Trust has focused on supporting schools working in collaborative clusters of three or more to address the programme’s aims. Many funded projects centre on collaboration between schools to facilitate shared resources and good practice.

Scotland: Are you currently on a waiting list?

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NHS Scotland is using a text message service to ensure waiting lists are up to date. 

If you are on a waiting list and have provided us with your mobile look out for a message from the NHS Scotland National Elective Coordination Unit (NECU) on mobile number 07860 039092.

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A reminder of the help available from the Forces Employment Charity

The Forces Employment Charity exists to provide life-long, life-changing support, job opportunities, and training to Service leavers, veterans, reservists and their families, irrespective of circumstances, rank, length of service, or reason for leaving.

Their Families Programme supports spouses and partners of still-serving personnel and veterans, including divorced, separated, and bereaved, on their journey into employment; regardless of whether you are in the UK or overseas. They understand Service life and transition can impact the whole family, so they also offer mentoring and career guidance to military children and young people aged 16-24.

Their dedicated Families Employment Advisors are military spouses or partners themselves. They understand the challenges and barriers you may be facing including frequent moves, living in relative isolation, childcare, employer reluctance to hire military spouses, getting back onto the employment ladder, having a lack of confidence and returning suddenly to civilian life. They understand the support you require and are here to help you succeed. Register for this free service!