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January 31, 2025
Bovington: Nursery school for ages 3 months to pre-school
January 30, 2025
Elgin, Forres, Kieth: Pregnancy Pathways - wellbeing group for bumps and babes FREE
https://buytickets.at/earthtime
Information provided by Leuchars HIVE
Fife: The Community Learning & Development team at Fife Council are asking for your help
Community based adult learning is FREE to attend. It is person centred, and an informal approach to learning in your local community.
Our short survey takes 2-3 minutes to complete and is open until 7/2/25.
Survey link: https://forms.office.com/e/QuekFYqD7z
Leuchars: Army Welfare Service Wee Youthie for Primary age children under 8, Wednesdays 3.45-4.45
Northern Ireland: Crumlin Integrated College Employment Positions

There are positions for both full time and part-time hours. If you are interested, please email: administration@cic.crumlin.ni.sch.uk
Information provided by HIVE NI
January 29, 2025
Grampian: NHS Grampian Children and Young People Occupational Therapy Advice Line
๐ 01224 555315
๐ง gram.childrensoccupationaltherapy@nhs.scot
Stafford: Staffordshire smart alert - Positive Action
The country pro active and rural team have been working with the local neighbourhood team, British Transport Police, Violence Reduction Team and our Major organised crime department on Monday to target county lines drug dealing and safeguard vulnerable children.
Leuchars: AWS Seniors Youth Club, Wednesdays 5.30-7pm
Contact Kerry.Willison100@mod.gov.uk or Jane.allen208@mod.gov.uk
Please note that there is now a charge of £1.00
Information provided by Leuchars HIVE
Forfar: Legion Scotland, Forfar branch Community Cafe Mondays 0930-12 noon.
Come along to our Community Cafe every Monday between 9.30am and 12 noon.
Get a cooked breakfast £5.00 or Filled Roll £3.50 plus Toast and Tea/Coffee.
Everyone Welcome
Information provided by Leuchars HIVE
East Riding of Yorkshire: Social Housing Changes
National/local changes to Social Housing. Please click the links below for full updates/changes:
Veterans get social housing priority in rule change - BBC News
Improving
access to social housing for members of the Armed Forces - GOV.UK
Grantham: Healthwatch Lincolnshire
We are the independent champion for people who use health and social care services. We’re here to make sure that those running services, put people at the heart of care.
Our sole purpose is to understand the needs, experiences and concerns of people who use health and social care services and to speak out on their behalf.
We focus on ensuring that people’s worries and concerns about current services are addressed.
We work to get services right for the future.
Defence Discount Service: Oakwood Solicitors
Moray: Free Workshops for parents and Carers in Moray
Including our Introduction to Understanding & Supporting Neurodiversity. All our workshops come with your own toolkit packed with info, tips and activities to help you best support your child. The support is fully funded by Moray Council.
View what's on here:
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/moray-parents-jan
and Sign up for Free access:
exchange-counselling.com/the-parent-project-moray
Information provided by Leuchars HIVE
January 28, 2025
Hereford: Booktrust Storytime
Join Herefordshire Libraries for magical stories & rhymes to enjoy with your little one & collect stickers for each new story.
Mon 11am at Ledbury
Tues 10.15am at Leominster
Tues 2pm at Ross-on-Wye
Thurs 10am at Hereford
No need to book, just pop along. It's FREE! - https://orlo.uk/z95va
Northern Ireland: 71 Engineers, 591 Sqn Reserves Are Recruiting

Are recruiting near you for part time roles in Bangor, Ballymena and Portadown.
Give them a call to arrange a Unit Visit
Telephone: 07824 607559 or 0289 2260219
Follow to see what you could get up to in your spare time.
#RecruitingNow #Scotland #NorthernIreland #NorthEastEngland #sapperfamily
January 27, 2025
Catterick: Vacancy for Telephonist/Administrator at Salus closing date 3rd Feb
Up to £26,500 per annum (dependant on experience)
37 hours per week, Monday – Friday
Catterick, North Yorkshire
The successful candidate will be responsible for being the first point of contact for all incoming calls from clients, potential clients and colleagues. Your role will also include administrative work where you will be part of a wider administration team and will support our Registered Building Inspectors and Managers throughout our business .
If you would enjoy working as part of a support team of administrators but are equally as comfortable being able to work on your own, this is the role for you. A happy disposition and confident communication skills are essential. Previous experience of Microsoft Office, great organisational skills and accuracy is essential for the role. Full training will be given to the successful candidate to learn our systems and procedures in order to work alongside our existing administration team.
The role is permanent, 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday, with a 30 minute break
Salary is negotiable and will be commensurate with your skills, knowledge and experience. 27 days annual leave plus 8 days bank holidays, private medical insurance and contributory pension scheme.
Salus is a leading Registered Building Control Approver to corporate and private clients, covering all areas of building control, fire engineering and fire safety consultancy work. For more information see our website www.salusai.co.uk
January 26, 2025
Northern Ireland: Combat Stress - Are You A Woman Who Served In The UK Armed Forces?

Continuing the work with women veterans, they’re inviting any women who have served to take part by completing an online questionnaire and then an online one-to-one interview. They hope the findings can help better inform support services and programmes to harness veterans’ unique skillsets and experiences.
For more information and to take part: https://ow.ly/Sq4750UGLG3
January 24, 2025
Leconfield: DST Flamingo Land Annual Passes
"The Welfare Team have 6 Annual Passes for Flamingo Land available for Service Personnel; Civil Servants & Contractors at DST Leconfield
To reserve your tickets email DSTpt-EstSP-HQsqn-Welfare@mod.gov.uk or phone 01964 561743
All payment for for tickets (cash only) must be made within 48 hours of booking.
For additional information and timings please see website www.flamingoland.co.uk
Information provided by Leconfield HIVE
Northern Ireland: Causeway Coast and Glens Annual Events Listing

For all official event updates, info, activities and more, make sure to follow the Council's Events page Causeway Coast & Glens Events
*Please note that all event dates are subject to change.
Information provided by HIVE NI
Stafford: SSAFA Discover what's coming up for SSAFA in 2025
Stafford: Staffordshire smart alert - Online safety - are your children safe online?
With February half term fast approaching, social networking becomes even more popular among young people. Social media applications are constantly evolving and sometimes it is difficult to keep track of the apps your child uses and the people that they are connecting with.
Social media can come with some risks; by understanding and helping your child to understand these risks you can ensure their safety online.
Things you can do:
· Talk to your child about who they are talking to online and what they might be viewing
· Set parental controls on your child’s devices
· Discuss privacy settings, blocking functions and tagging settings to ensure their online safety
· Check if any of their apps have ‘geo-location’
You can find out more by visiting our website:
Online child abuse | Staffordshire Police
Information provided by Stafford HIVE
January 23, 2025
Universal Credit for Armed Forces personnel posted overseas
January 22, 2025
Grantham: Lincolnshire Children's Centres Best Start - Lincolnshire BME Inclusion Service
Kent County Council: Support for new parents who want to quit smoking
The KCC Smokefree Team has launched a pilot to support parents with a baby under twelve-weeks old with:
Click HERE for more information
Surrey: Headway
Trained staff offer cognitive sessions to enhance quality of life, recovery and independence, as well as supporting their families and carers.
Click HERE for more information
Information provided by South East HIVE Hub.
London: Diversity matters - music for mind and motherhood - Wednesdays 1100-1230hrs
Singing can lift our moods and make us feel better, boost our confidence and reduce stress, give us space to express ourselves, and help us to connect with others and with ourselves.
For this group, we dive into the magic of singing, and how it can create a space for wellbeing, connection and expression, offering an alternative way in to exploring your journey through motherhood. We will learn songs, practice gentle grounding and sound making exercises that encourage noticing and presence, and invite creative play where you can contribute your ideas if you wish. And the best bit: you absolutely do not have to 'be a singer' to enjoy singing and take part!
Click HERE for more information
Information provided by South East HIVE Hub