South West: MoneyHelper Financial Wellbeing Network - the links between money and mental health

 

For some people, money can impact on their mental health, or their mental health can have an impact on their money. We know that 74% of people who experience a mental health problem struggle to keep up with bills and payments. We also know that 25% of people who experience a mental health problem are likely to be in problem debt.

These are important statistics, and it is important we start to understand the links between mental health and money, and to provide people across the SW with access to guidance, support and resources to help them with their financial wellbeing.

Please click here to read more online

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Cotswolds: Cotswold Airport Open Weekend near Cirencester - Sat 4 & Sun 5 Jul

 

Join us for a full weekend of aviation, vehicles, live entertainment, food and family-friendly attractions at Cotswold Airport.

Exhibits and attractions across the weekend include:

• Static commercial airliners
• Vintage aircraft
• Military aircraft
• Helicopters
• Automotive displays
• Live music
• Food vendors
• Licensed bar
• Emergency services displays

Please click here for further information and to buy your tickets

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Gloucestershire: What's on in June

Please click the links below for a selection of local upcoming events and bookmark this page for any future updates! (Updated events may be added weekly and will show in bold text to indicate they are new)

Please note that new events have been added to the long 'recurring list of event spaces, tourism websites, etc.' section so please check to see what's on near you!

Hampshire: Connect To Work - Do you need help finding or keeping a job?

 

Click HERE for further information

Information provided by South East HIVE Hub

North Wiltshire & Swindon: What's on in June

 

Please click the links below for a selection of local upcoming events and bookmark this page for any future updates! (Updated events will be added weekly and will show in bold text to indicate they are new)

Please note that new events have been added to the long 'recurring list of event spaces, tourism websites, etc.' section so please check to see what's on near you!

Aldershot: Armed Forces Day National Event 2026

 

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Bovington: HIVE Bovington & Blandford annual leave closure Wed 20th May - Fri 5th June

 

To access the online enquiry form click HERE

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Bovington: Garrison 'clean up' event - Thurs 21 May

An open invitation to come along and get involved. If you can only spare a bit of time, it would be genuinely appreciated.
It’s a great opportunity to get out, do something positive for the area, and work together as a community.

Information provided by Bovington HIVE
 

Bovington: Tank museum half term events plus 'Meet Stick Man' Sun 24th May

  

This May Half Term at The Tank Museum, enjoy tanks in action on weekdays, family-friendly activities and more at Dorset’s largest indoor attraction!

As part of our half term activities - get creative with Sophie’s Ceramics in a pottery painting session (26 May) & even meet Stick Man (24 May).

Plus, get into the arena yourself with a tracked vehicle ride, and make use of the interactive exhibitions, free soft play, on-site restaurant and café

Link: https://tankmuseum.org/events/may-half-term

Annual passes are valid for the above event. Please note, Stick Man will be available at intervals between 12pm – 3pm with no booking needed.
However, an entry ticket to the Museum is required to meet Stick Man.

Link: https://tankmuseum.org/events/meet-stickman

Information provided by Bovington HIVE

Bovington: Tank museum 'On Track' event - Thurs 8th Oct Register now.

Credit: Tankmuseum

On-Track is FREE to attend, and FREE to exhibit. It offers valuable insights on mental and physical health, signposting toward useful communities and organisations that can support the armed forces community, networking opportunities with like-minded organisations, and a Q&A session to address your questions.

The UK Armed Forces community includes:

• Serving Personnel: Regular and reserve members of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, British Army, and Royal Air Force.
• Veterans: Anyone who has served for at least one day in the Regular or Reserve Armed Forces.
• Families: Spouses, civil partners, children, and dependent relatives of serving personnel or veterans.
• The Bereaved: The immediate family members and dependents of Service personnel and veterans who have died, regardless of whether the death was connected to their Service.
• Cadet Force Adult Volunteers & Merchant Navy: Adults who volunteer for cadet forces and members of the Merchant Navy who served on commercial vessels in support of legally defined UK military operations

For more information about the event and to register click HERE

Information provided by Bovington HIVE

Dorset: Bovington/Lulworth/Wool summer bus services

Click HERE to see bus service map.

MoreBus "Breezer" summer bus services 30 & 31 begin running every day of the week from Saturday 23rd May 2025. The Breezer 30 and 31 services will be similar to last year.

FirstBus "Coaster" summer bus service 55 also begins running on the 23rd May, and the year-round X54 starts running to its enhanced summer timetable (extended from Wareham to Swanage).

Breezer 30 runs between Weymouth and Swanage, roughly one an hour, calling at Osmington, Winfrith, Durdle Door, Lulworth Cove, Wool station, Wareham town and station, Corfe Castle and Swanage. Some journeys start/end at Dorchester.

Breezer 31 runs hourly in an anticlockwise circle from Wool station, calling at Winfrith, Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove. On schooldays, the service ends at around 13:30. On other days, the service runs on through the afternoon. The 31 is expected to continue running on weekends only until early November, as last year.

Coaster X54 runs between Weymouth and Swanage at irregular intervals, calling at Osmington, Winfrith, Durdle Door, Lulworth Cove, Wool station, Wareham town and station, Corfe Castle and Swanage. It is expected that the X54 will be augmented by open-top service X50 during the school summer holiday period, as last year.

Coaster 55 runs hourly in a clockwise circle from Wool station, calling at Lulworth Cove, Durdle Door, Winfrith then back to Wool station. 

First shuttle bus 52 will run roughly every half hour between Wool station and the Tank Museum on special event days.

Full timetables can be found HERE

Information provided by Bovington HIVE

Bovington: County lines crime gangs awareness training (free) event - Fri 1st June

Back by popular demand, this briefing is of real importance. County Lines activity and the exploitation of children is a vile and predatory crime type that deliberately targets the most vulnerable in our communities. 

Offenders use pressure, manipulation and intimidation to draw young people into criminality, often without families realising what is happening until significant harm has occurred. As a military community, we are not immune. 

The mobility of Service life, periods of separation, and social isolation can all increase risk factors that organised criminal groups actively seek to exploit. By increasing awareness and equipping families with the right knowledge, we can strengthen our collective resilience, protect vulnerable young people, and ensure that offenders find no opportunity to operate within or around our Garrison.

Information provided by Bovington HIVE

Bovington: Garrison Coworking Hub for Military spouses to work & connect

               

"Need a break from the kitchen table office/study setup?"

We’ve got just the spot! The MCN (Military Coworking Network) Bovington hub. Your little slice of calm, focus and unlimited tea/coffee heaven. 

For just £30 a year (yep, a whole year!), you’ll get:
✅ Access to a professional office space

✅ 900 hours of coworking, about 75 hours per month

✅ Screens ready to go

✅ Free use of a colour printer/scanner/photocopier

✅ Good, reliable Wi-Fi

We offer a FREE trial session (3 hours)! Would you like to get booked in for a look around and a proper test-run of the space? Drop us a message if you’ve got any questions, we’d love to help.

Click Bovington | Military Coworking Network to find out more and grab your spot! 

Information provided by Bovington HIVE

Blandford: Garrison Coworking Hub for Military spouses to work & connect

https://www.militarycoworking.uk/blandford-hub

Below images: Blandford Hub. Located by Costcutter shop on Camp

For details of the Bovington Garrison hub and other military UK/Overseas Coworking hubs click HERE

Information provided by Bovington HIVE

Bovington: BFBS Radio live on air throughout the Garrison

 

The military community in Bovington Garrison can listen to BFBS Radio on 100.8FM.

The schedule brings listeners a great mix of local and global radio, combining the BFBS Blandford Breakfast Show – weekdays from 0630-1000hrs – with programmes from BFBS Radio’s worldwide network.

The BFBS service will continue to be maintained in Bovington on 1287 AM too.

If you have a story or message that you would like to broadcast on BFBS, please contact Producer/Presenter for BFBS Blandford, Jason Herbert, via blandford@bfbs.com.

BLANDFORD CAMP

BFBS radio Namaste, Blandford. BFBS Gurkha 101.5FM

Blandford Garrison radio is live on 100.8FM

Information provided by Bovington HIVE

Aldershot: Are You Looking for a Boarding School?

 

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Blandford: Garrison Corps weekend event - Fri 19th & Sat 20th June

Garrison families and staff are more than welcome to attend. If you wish to eat at the functions in the mess on the Friday and Saturday night, please book in advance via: Royal Signals > Events.

Accommodation is not available for the families.

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Any questions can be directed Royal Signals Association Operations Manager,
email Tracey.muers101@mod.gov.uk.

Information provided by Bovington HIVE

London: The British Library - art workshops for people who are blind and partially sighted

Join us for a monthly art workshop designed for blind and partially sighted visitors, once a month on Wednesdays between 1100hrs and 1300hrs. 

Tickets are FREE, but booking is essential. 

Click HERE for more information.

Information provided by South East HIVE Hub

London: The British Library - Get Creative - a monthly art workshop

Get Creative - a monthly art workshop for people living with dementia, aphasia, or other neurological conditions.

Tickets are FREE, but booking is essential - 1100hrs-1300hrs every second Saturday of the month.

Located in the H M Weinrebe Learning Centre, British Library, London, NW1 2DB

Click HERE for more information.

Information provided by South East HIVE Hub

Dorset: Wool village community cinema movie 'Hamnet' - Fri 22nd May

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Information provided by Bovington HIVE