For updates on the action DIO is taking to improve the performance of the accommodation contracts, please go to https://www.gov.uk/guidance/defence-infrastructure-organisation-service-family-accommodation where you can subscribe for update notifications, or join the Service Family Accommodation on Defence Connect
Generic and local information for the UK Military community including Serving Personnel, Families, Veterans, and MOD Civilians.
This is best viewed through a personal device because the MODnet firewall may prevent access to some links.
The majority of Army HIVEs will be closed after duties on Fri 19 Dec 25 and will reopen on Mon 5 Jan 26. There may be localised variations to these dates for individual HIVEs.
Army HIVE HQ is also closed during the festive fortnight, so any enquiries submitted via the ‘If you need further information’ MS Forms function on our UK, Cyprus or Overseas blogs will be answered when we return in the New Year.
We will periodically cover private messages on our Army HIVE Facebook platform (and X/Instagram where possible) whilst we are closed. However, this will not be 24/7 and should not be relied upon for anything that requires an urgent response.
To support our customers with more immediate requirements however, the Army HIVE HQ email will provide a comprehensive out of office autoreply, detailing points of contact that are either 24/7, emergency providers, or open over the festive leave fortnight. To receive this autoreply, please email:
RC-Pers-HIVEComms-0Mailbox@mod.gov.uk
Individual HIVEs will also provide localised contact details for Christmas and New Year cover wherever possible in their automated replies. Therefore, if you email your closest HIVE, which you can find on HIVE’s page on the Army website, their autoreply may be of additional assistance.
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April 4, 2023
DIO: Update on FDIS performance
For updates on the action DIO is taking to improve the performance of the accommodation contracts, please go to https://www.gov.uk/guidance/defence-infrastructure-organisation-service-family-accommodation where you can subscribe for update notifications, or join the Service Family Accommodation on Defence Connect
April 3, 2023
Forces families to benefit as dedicated fund returns
Forces families to benefit as dedicated fund returns
Projects supporting military families can bid for a share of
funding as the latest round of the Armed Forces Families Fund opens for
applications.
The Fund, which is administered on the MOD’s behalf by the
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, is available to organisations who want to
launch projects that have a positive impact on the lives of military
communities.
Applications for the 2023 fund can be made from Monday 3
April, with full details of eligibility criteria and how to apply available on
the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust’s
website. The Families Fund welcomes
applications for projects under three key programmes:
- Service
Pupil Support Programme; a programme that awards grants to schools to
help address additional challenges that children from Armed Forces
families may face
- Supporting
Partners Innovation Fund; a programme that will fund innovative
support for partners of those who are serving.
- Early
years Fund; a programme which will fund projects that help support
young children from serving Armed Forces families to have great places to
learn and develop.
The Armed Forces Families Fund was created to help implement
parts of the UK Armed Forces Families Strategy following its launch in
January 2022.
Last year’s round of funding supported 84 projects benefiting
Armed Forces families, including a Safe Space and Support scheme for the
86 Service children attending Somerset’s Stanchester Academy.
The bespoke, supervised safe space is used as a meeting
place, homework room, and dining area, as well as a location for an additional
Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) to provide one-to-one tutoring.
The project also allowed the Academy to train a member of
staff as a ‘Bounce Forward Armed Forces Resilience Champion’, providing
resilience sessions and community events to improve the lives of Service
children and their families.
Teacher Rebecca Hendry, who applied for the grant, said: “We
have a high number of pupils that transfer to our secondary school in later
years or midway through the year.
“Many of our students experience having a parent deployed or
based elsewhere and away during the week.
By funding a specialist ELSA staff member and offering them extra
tuition combined with a safe space, we can ensure that they have all the
support needed to help them.”
Get involved
For full details about the Armed Forces Families Fund,
including eligibility criteria for each programme, deadline dates and
application guidance, visit the Armed
Forces Covenant Fund Trust’s website.
March 30, 2023
March 29, 2023
Delivery of the Annual Army Non-UK National Awareness Brief
March 28, 2023
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
Only those of us who have experienced this terrible tragedy can truly understand. None of us need to suffer alone, together we can help each other.
Rutland Cottesmore: Oakham Peppers A Safe Place
A safe place in Oakham Visit the site www.peppersasafeplace.co.uk and find out more
Information provided by Cottesmore HIVE
Rutland Cottesmore: Rutland Recycling Centres Sign Up
From Monday 28th November, all vehicles will need to be registered to use our
local recycling centres. Please make sure your vehicle is registered before you
visit your local recycling centre.
You can do
this online through MyAccount: www.rutland.gov.uk
Information provided by Cottesmore HIVE
March 27, 2023
ASDIC - Association of Service Drop-In Centres
Click here to find your nearest drop-in centre







