Report: Protecting Those Who Protect Us: Women in the Armed Forces from Recruitment to Civilian Life

The Defence Sub-Committee on Women in the Armed Forces has published its report “Protecting Those Who Protect Us: Women in the Armed Forces from Recruitment to Civilian Life".

The inquiry is one of the most important in the Committee’s history, with the Sub-Committee receiving an almost unprecedented level of engagement. Around one in ten female personnel currently serving in the Regulars contributed to the inquiry. It is also the first of its kind, with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) lifting the usual restrictions that prevent service personnel from contributing to inquiries.

The report finds that the MoD and Services are failing to protect female personnel and to help servicewomen achieve their full potential. Whilst most servicewomen and female veterans we consulted (nearly 90 percent of respondents to our survey) would recommend the Armed Forces as a career, more than 3,000 (around 84 percent) reported that female service personnel face additional challenges relative to their male counterparts.

Calvert Trust It's Great to be Back...

It's great to be back!

Calvert Trust

Mental Health First Aid England

Mental Health First Aid England

Future Accommodation Model Update

The FAM policy changed. You said, we did.

 See for the updated eligibility criteria or contact one of our FAM Cells for more information.

HMNB Clyde people-famcell-cly@mod.gov.uk

Aldershot Garrison people-famcell-ald@mod.gov.uk

RAF Wittering people-famcell-wit@mod.gov.uk

More information www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-accommodation-model-what-you-need-to-know/what-you-need-to-know-about-fam

Costco Armed Forces Membership

Costco Wholesale is a membership warehouse club, dedicated to bringing our members quality goods and services at the lowest possible prices. We provide a wide selection of merchandise, plus the convenience of speciality departments and exclusive member services, all designed to make your shopping experience a pleasurable one. We are confident in the quality and value of our products, and we stand behind them with our guarantee of satisfaction. For more information and to preview our warehouses visit www.costco.co.uk/join

Individual Membership

The annual membership fee for Standard Individual Membership is £28 ex VAT (£33.60 inc VAT), which includes a complimentary card for your spouse or domestic partner. To sign up for membership in the warehouse, please provide your employee ID card or current payslip to prove your employment, PLUS one piece of photographic identification.

MOD Flexible Working And You - A Guide For Service Personnel

Flexible Working and You is a digital booklet that acts as a guide to Defence’s package of flexible working opportunities for Service personnel.

These opportunities range from delivering full output in a different place (such as Remote Working) to managed reductions of commitment levels and periods of leave.

The booklet is designed to help Service personnel, line managers and the Chain of Command to explore and discuss the different flexible working opportunities in the Armed Forces, based on an individual’s needs.

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HIVE Support for Non UK National Personnel and their Families

 

Over 37 Provision: Waiver of SLA Accommodation Charges

The Over 37 Provision is intended to support Service Personnel in the latter stages of their career to settle their family and serve unaccompanied. To enable and support this provision SP can access a SLA waiver of accommodation charges. This supports unaccompanied service in the latter part of a SP career.

Ref. JSP 752 Version 47 dated 1 Jul 21 Ch 12 Sect 7.

Policy Development. From 1 Jul 21 the SLA waiver element of the Over 37 Provision will be widened. Historically this has been linked to the UK and has not been accessible to SP with a Specified Personal Residence (SPR) overseas. This restriction to the SLA waiver will be removed.

The SLA waiver authority has been moved from JSP 752 to JSP 464. While policy direction exists in JSP 752 the authority for this policy now rests within JSP 464 coalesced with the other Service SLA waivers. This policy change is expected to impact c.140 SP who have family overseas and have, up to 1 Jul 21, been charged SLA accommodation rates. APSG have reinforced this policy change down the FC. Units have been directed to review their affected cohort in line with the updated JSP 752 policy (Ref A).

Op COURAGE – The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service

In the June edition of Civvy Street magazine, Eleanor Duke, Royal Air Force Veteran and Op COURAGE mental health nurse and team manager in the East Midlands service, shares her specialist experience and describes what happens when a veteran gets in contact with or is referred to Op COURAGE: The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service.

Visit the Civvy Street website and Facebook and Twitter accounts to see more.

Veteran Friendly GP Practices - Sign Up

This Armed Forces Week we are celebrating 1,000 Veteran Friendly GP accredited practices. If your practice is not yet accredited, show your support by signing up. www.rcgp.org.uk/veterans

#RCGP #VeteranFriendly #ArmedForcesDay