Army HIVE Info

March 9, 2023

Chester: The Parent Plod - Mondays 1-2pm (During Term Time) - The Friendly Bench, Countess of Chester Country Park

Parent Plod is back!

Meet at The Friendly Bench Chester in Countess of Chester Country Park at 1.00pm during term time.

Get some fresh air, excersie and most importantly a chance to socialise with like minded people.

March 8, 2023

Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust announces Covenant Fund programmes for 2023/24

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (The Trust) has announced the Covenant Fund programmes that will run in the 2023/24 financial year.

Following on from the success of their 2022/23 suite of funding programmes supporting the Armed Forces community, the Trust will be running the same Covenant funding programmes, albeit with some tweaks to bring things up-to-date and ensure funding is accessible and available for those who need it most.

Please click here for all the details

Chester: Spouses Are Now Able to Use the Gymnasium on Camp

Spouses on The Dale.

The Commanding Officer 2 YORKS has announce in this month's newsletter that the gymnasium will now be made available after 11:30am Monday to Friday (not restricted at weekends) to spouses who are over 18 years old, have personal accident insurance, have a camp pass and have conducted an induction with the Physical Training Instructor (PTI).

Joe will be in the Welfare office on Thursday 09th March 2023 from 10:00am onwards for all those that want to get a camp pass.

Be aware that the PTI will ask to see a copy of your personal accident insurance before conducting an induction so it's best to have one handy.

If you have any queries about this, please call or visit the Welfare office during our working hours.

Information provided by Chester HIVE

Purple Pack Bereavement Guide for Families of Service Personnel

This extended Purple Pack provides guidance, information and support to those who have a lost a loved one whilst still in service.

CLICK HERE to read

Rutland Cottesmore: Rutland Community Fridges

Visiting the Rutland Community Fridges to help save good food from bins and landfill? While food is free, we ask for 'pay as you feel' donations to help keep this project going.

Together we have managed to save tonnes of food! Community Fridges

March 7, 2023

SFA family home condition assessment from DIO

A message from DIO:

While we continue to routinely collect information about the standard of Service Family Accommodation, it is important to us that we have the fullest possible picture of the condition of our Service family homes. This will help us to achieve maximum future investment in our SFA and ensure that spending can be targeted where most needed.

We would really welcome your view and experience of living in a Service family home. It is key to us gaining a more comprehensive understanding of our SFA. We would therefore appreciate if you would take the time to complete the following short survey - SFA family home condition assessment