Scotland: Mindful Connections a new service launched to help veteran families transition to civilian life

Forces Children Scotland has received funding from the Scottish Veterans Fund to deliver Mindful Connections to support families who have made or will make the transition from military to civilian life across Central Scotland.

It’s the whole family which makes the transition

Children and young people have told us that making the transition from an armed forces to civilian family can prove a challenging experience for many different reasons. That’s why we will deliver a holistic family support service to help families to work together to make a successful transition from military to civilian life.

Defence Flexible Working Podcast

Defence has published its final podcast in its 3-part ‘Flexible Working in the Armed Forces’ series.
​Hosted on BFBS’ website - click on the image below,

Tax Free Childcare - Overseas

Whilst overseas, TFC can only be used at nurseries or childminders that are MOD provided (regulated and inspected). 

If you are eligible for Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) and you are assigned to an overseas location within the European Economic Area (and Switzerland) where there is no access to MOD provided schools and nurseries, you will be able to claim the TFC top-up using a manual process.

Armed Forces Families and Safeguarding (AFFS) worked with HMRC to allow for an application to be made with data then being transferred securely to HMRC for eligibility checking and processing of refunds.

2022DIN01-102 Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) Scheme for eligible working parents (Service personnel) has now been published, this includes the application form for the manual process.

Personnel without internal SharePoint access should contact People-AFFS-Child-Expenses@mod.gov.uk to request a copy of the application form. ​

DWP official social media accounts

 

DWP official social media accounts

Universal Credit - Easy Read Guides

There are two new easy read guides available on GOV.UK, ‘Before you apply for Universal Credit’ (UC3ER) and ‘How to apply for Universal Credit’ (UC4ER) – English and Welsh versions.

These easy read guides help people with learning disabilities to understand what Universal Credit (UC) is, who can get UC and how to apply for UC.​

Easy read: Universal Credit guides

Carers in the Army - Survey by Army Carers Advocate for SP

 To read the full story, click on the link below:

Edd's story / Carer Support Wiltshire

Service Carer Survey (office.com)

Forces Families Jobs

Chester: Chester Cathedral: Become A Chorister

 

Chester: Mental Health Services in Cheshire West - Find the Right Support for You

We all have mental health and anyone can need support. There is a range of help available in west Cheshire. 

Find the right support for you http://cwac.co/ic6xL

Information provided by Chester HIVE
 

Chester: Science & History Museum Manchester - Turn It Up The Power of Music - From 21 Oct - May 23

Make music together and play with beat, melody and harmonies in a newly commissioned musical playground. Find out how music can trigger emotions and memories, whether it can affect what you buy, and even what certain songs taste like. Take part in a musical Turing test and see if you can tell the difference between songs written by humans and machines.

For further information or to book tickets, please CLICK HERE

Information provided by Chester HIVE