Serve and Protect Credit Union - Credit and Borrowing Webinar - 21st Mar

CREDIT & BORROWING WEBINAR 

The importance of managing your credit profile and accessing affordable credit. | Friday 21st March | 1400-1500 | Register for FREE 👇

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/credit-and-borrowing-tickets-549275536917?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Serve and Protect Credit Union Cost of Living Webinar 9th March

COST OF LIVING WEBINAR 

Improve your financial resilience with this cost-of-living webinar | Thursday 9th March | 1400-1500 | Register for FREE 👇

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/financial-resilience-cost-of-living-support-tickets-549217864417?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Catterick: Project Reset with Mil Smart

Information provided by Catterick HIVE

 

Catterick: Mil Smart Help to Recovery every Tues in the Community Hub

Information provided by Catterick HIVE

 

Kent Community Health: Support Throughout Your Pregnancy and Beyond

 

Find out how the Kent Health Visiting Service is here for the whole family, from pregnancy to starting school.

 
With lots of tips to keep your child healthy and happy at every stage.

www.kentcht.nhs.uk/kent-baby

Information provided by Chatham HIVE

St Andrews: Looking to Improve your Mental Wellbeing?

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Join us for "Planting For Your Piece", a new project based at St Andrews Botanic Garden, supporting people in North East Fife to improve their mental health through gardening sessions - exploring the process of growing and creating food from patch to plate.

Sessions will run every other week, on Wednesdays at 1:30pm-3:30pm, starting from Wednesday 1st March

If you could benefit from connecting with nature, learning new gardening skills and meeting new people, please get in touch with Rebecca at rduncan@standrewsbotanic.org

Information provided by Leuchars HIVE

Lyneham: Zumba Class

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Information provided by Lyneham & Colerne HIVE

Corsham: Puxton Park family pass available to book for free!

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Information provided by Colerne HIVE

Fylde: Are you a Young Person Not in Employment, Education or Training? Fylde Council and AFC Fylde Community Foundation are Here to Help

Fylde Council have announced a new partnership with AFC Fylde Community Foundation to support the delivery of their ‘Fylde Focus’ programme across the borough, made possible following approval of the Council’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) project plan.

AFC Fylde Community Foundation have a wealth of experience of working with young people between the ages of 16and 24, who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) and understand the obstacles and barriers that can prevent them from finding a job. Their knowledge and expertise can help young people explore their options at this pivotal time.

The UKSPF Funding has given this project a vital boost, helping the Community Foundation continue their mission to empower young residents in a broad range of ways, from building confidence, improving mental health and wellbeing and improving abilities and skills to boost employability. Mentoring, training and getting ready for work opportunities are also provided.

Councillor Roger Small, Deputy Leader of Fylde Council, said: “It is our great pleasure to be able to work with AFC Fylde Community Foundation to lend crucial assistance to young members of our community. The UKSPF allows us to invest into our young people by helping equip them for the future, and alongside the business support measures it offers the Investment Plan details, will help Fylde move towards more and better employment opportunities.”

Wes Partington, Director of AFC Fylde Community Foundation, said: “Improving employability is one of our strategic aims therefore we are delighted to be working alongside Fylde Borough Council to achieve this. Fylde Focus will give young people the support and skills they need to improve their prospects of securing employment.”

To find out more information on the Fylde Focus programme, please contact AFC Fylde Community Foundation on 01772 598856 or email community@afcfylde.co.uk.

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus

Information provided by Preston & Weeton HIVE

Update for important changes when sending BFPO mail

In January 2023, BFPO informed customers of important changes when sending mail and parcels via the BFPO system to EU member states. In this message we highlighted the importance that all BFPO mail should always be properly and clearly addressed, using a printed label or written in block capitals showing both sender name & address as well as recipient name & address. We also highlighted that all BFPO mail must always have a fully completed custom declaration attached to your small packet or parcel.

Additionally, we also introduced the requirement to include Harmonised System codes (HS codes) as part of the customs declaration process. Commercial suppliers should already be including HS codes as part of their customs declarations, however, there remains uncertainty that mandatory inclusion of these codes for private items posted over a Post Office counter will be introduced. BFPO will update private customers once this position becomes clear and in the interim customers can access guidance on sending mail overseas, how to complete customs declarations, making best use of gift allowance and how to access HS codes by clicking the link below:

https://personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/106?

It’s important to consider that these changes will apply to all UK business or private customers who send mail to EU destinations. BFPO also anticipate that these changes will be introduced more generally in other global regions in the future, as mail distribution becomes more automated and internationally aligned.

To assist BFPO customers through this transitional period, we are not making any changes to our mail acceptance process at this time, and we will continue to guide customers through this process and take a phased approach, should any change become necessary.