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Army HIVE Christmas and New Year Closures

The majority of Army HIVEs will be closed after duties on Fri 19 Dec 25 and will reopen on Mon 5 Jan 26. There may be localised variations to these dates for individual HIVEs.

Army HIVE HQ is also closed during the festive fortnight, so any enquiries submitted via the ‘If you need further information’ MS Forms function on our UK, Cyprus or Overseas blogs will be answered when we return in the New Year.

We will periodically cover private messages on our Army HIVE Facebook platform (and X/Instagram where possible) whilst we are closed. However, this will not be 24/7 and should not be relied upon for anything that requires an urgent response.

To support our customers with more immediate requirements however, the Army HIVE HQ email will provide a comprehensive out of office autoreply, detailing points of contact that are either 24/7, emergency providers, or open over the festive leave fortnight. To receive this autoreply, please email:
RC-Pers-HIVEComms-0Mailbox@mod.gov.uk

Individual HIVEs will also provide localised contact details for Christmas and New Year cover wherever possible in their automated replies. Therefore, if you email your closest HIVE, which you can find on HIVE’s page on the Army website, their autoreply may be of additional assistance.

Army HIVE wishes all of its Service community customers, and our internal and external stakeholders, a very happy Christmas and New Year. We look forward to continuing our support and engagement in 2026.


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September 2, 2025

Site User Guide

 

Tips to help navigate this blog:

 The blog is best viewed on a personal device because the MODnet firewall blocks access to some links.

 Top header: 

  • Most recent posts will always take you back to the homepage of the blog
  • Links to local information by region in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
  • Link to the HIVE’s Overseas Blog covering worldwide locations through the International HIVE (iHIVE) as well as local information from the locations where there is a HIVE Information Centre: Brunei, Brunssum, Gibraltar, Naples, Sennelager and SHAPE
  • Link to the HIVE’s British Forces Cyprus Blog
  • Location Guides for the UK
  • Information Sheets by subject, covering information generic to Service Personnel and their families wherever they are based, plus UK-specific links:
    • Accommodation
    • Childcare, Schools and Education
    • Domestic Abuse Support
    • Employment
    • Finance
    • Health & Wellbeing
  • Link to a map providing contact details for all Army HIVEs within the UK and Overseas
  • HIVE's social media platforms

 

Left hand side column:

·       Search engine - search for anything on the site. If you want to look at posts uploaded by a specific UK HIVE, use the following search phrase in inverted commas: 'information provided by x HIVE' eg 'information provided by Colerne HIVE' 

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·       Find information by subject using the hyperlinked labels 

·       Blog archive: search for information by year and month

 

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All the posts in date order from the most recent first.

 

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