Army HIVE Info

October 5, 2022

Who are HIVE

Guidance: Help for service leavers from Defence Transition Services

For information about how military personnel and their families can get more support and extra help from Defence Transition Services when leaving the armed forces, please click HERE

October 4, 2022

Chester: SSAFA Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston Division - Contact Details

Scotland: Veterans and Benefits Factsheet

Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland, along with Armed Services Advice Project have produced a factsheet that tells you how any means-tested benefits (benefits which are affected by your income and savings) are affected by certain armed forces payments administered by the Ministry of Defence (MOD).

It also tells you where to get help and advice with benefits and tax credits if you are a veteran or the family member of a veteran.

To take a look at the factsheet 👉 Veterans and Benefits Factsheet

Information provided by Leuchars HIVE

October 3, 2022

Call for Evidence: The impact of the pre-2000 ban on homosexuality in the Armed Forces

Call for Evidence
This Call for Evidence is seeking testimony and views from individuals and organisations on the impact of the pre-2000 ban on homosexuality in the Armed Forces.

For more information, visit: Call for Evidence - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Service Pupil Premium

The Department for Education (DfE) provides additional funding (£310 per pupil) for State Schools, Academies and Free Schools to support Service children in England. Service Pupil Premium (SPP) is there to provide mainly pastoral support in recognition of the challenges these children may face.

Service parents, if they haven’t already done so, are encouraged to inform schools of their Service status before the Autumn school census deadline (6th October 2022). Without this information schools will miss out on this additional funding.