From boosting your fitness, improving mental health, and focusing on nutrition, to spending quality time with loved ones, the discounts available as part of ‘Your Offer’ in Defence can help kickstart a positive and balanced year ahead.
Your discounts can be accessed from:
- Defence Discount Service – Available for all staff, veterans, and Armed Forces families – giving access to thousands of online discounts from over 150+ brands.
- Blue Light Card – the UK’s leading discount service for emergency services, NHS, social care workers, Armed Forces/Defence, and other public sector workers. Available for all staff – giving access to thousands of online discounts from 200+ brands.
- MyDiscounts – Available for Defence Civil Servants, via the MyLifestyle hub. Giving access to savings from a broad range of retailers, supermarkets, and travel and tourism companies.
Focus on your health and fitness
Getting active is a fantastic way to elevate your mood, boost energy levels, and improve your overall health. Whether you’re stepping into a gym for the first time, taking up running, or committing to home workouts, finding an activity that works for you is essential.
Why not involve the family too? Outdoor activities like walking, cycling, or a weekend hike can create fun moments while improving everyone’s physical wellbeing.
Offers include:
- JD Sports – save 10% online
- PureGym – up to 10% off memberships
Eat well
Good nutrition plays a huge role in how you feel every day. Make a great start to 2025, with nutritious meals, supplements, and wellness essentials, that will fuel your energy and support your health goals. Healthy eating doesn’t need to be complicated – balance, moderation, and a little preparation can go a long way.
Offers include:
- HelloFresh and Gousto – get 65% off your first boxes, which offer simple pre-portioned and easy-to-follow recipes
- Morrisons and Waitrose – 3.5% savings on gift cards, to use in-store
- Holland & Barrett – save 5% online
Things to look forward to in 2025
There’s much to be excited about in the year ahead. Whether it’s a family trip, an exciting experience, or just quality time spent together, creating moments to look forward to helps keep you motivated and positive throughout the year.
- Upcoming holidays – plan for and enjoy savings on well-deserved breaks in the UK and abroad with exclusive travel offers
- Member days (with Blue Light Card and Defence Discount Service) – enjoy exclusive events, offers, and discounts designed to celebrate and reward you
- Blue Light Tickets (with Blue Light Card) – take advantage of the chance to enter ballots and receive free tickets from venues, sports teams, attractions and festivals or access first-come-first served tickets to events across the UK
- Tickets for Troops – register for opportunities, when off work, to attend a maximum of ten cultural, sporting, and music events for free per calendar year, with up to three people: for Armed Forces personnel only
- Boundless – access great experiences, holidays, days out, and a range of exclusive savings and benefits worth £260, for just £40 a year: for public sector and civil servants only
Start small, celebrate progress, and enjoy every step of your wellbeing journey. Here’s to a healthy, happy, and fulfilling year ahead.
If you’re not already registered with Defence Discount Service, Blue Light Card, or MyDiscounts, sign up today and make the most of new year saving opportunities:
-Defence Discount Service – It’s free to sign up and you can also buy a Defence Privilege Card for £4.99, to unlock access to discounts on the high street in stores, restaurants, and venues. Membership is valid for five years.
-Blue Light Card – Register online to access a huge range of deals and discounts. Membership costs £4.99 and is valid for two years.
-MyDiscounts, accessed via the MyLifestyle hub – free to register for Defence Civil Servants in:
- Available to serving Armed Forces, Reserve Forces, spouses/partners of serving personnel, HM Armed Forces veterans, MOD Civil Servants, bereaved family members, war/service widowers, Cadet Forces (over 16), and NATO personnel in the UK.
- Available to serving Armed Forces, Reserve Forces, HM Armed Forces veterans, and MOD Civil Servants.
- MOD
- DSTL
- Defence, Equipment, and Support (DE&S)
- Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA)
- Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)
Remember: be cyber safe – When signing up to our employee discount schemes, follow instructions to verify your work status and once registered always use your personal email account – for transactions, correspondence, and push notifications. This ensures compliance with JSP 740 and helps reduce opportunity for MOD email addresses to be involved in third party data breaches. Remember, the frontline is you.
Your Offer, recognising your service
Access to discounts is available to you alongside a range of other resources and services, to support you, and your family, as part of ‘Your Offer’.
Visit Discover My Benefits for further information.