West Midlands: Telford & Wrekin Council's Leisure Concession Scheme

The Telford & Wrekin Council’s Leisure Concession Scheme affords reduced price access to a range of sports and leisure facilities for Serving Armed Forces personnel and veterans.  

They are entitled to a discounted rate of £1 for a swim during public sessions (unless covered by a free swimming initiative) and at least 40% off other non-instructed activities and at least 15% off instructed activities and memberships.  

Information provided by Central HIVE Hub

South West: Support from the National Careers Service

 

Follow the NCS South West & Oxfordshire Facebook page here

Alternatively click here to visit the National Careers Service homepage

Information provided by Colerne and Lyneham HIVE's

Op RESTORE

 

Op RESTORE is the new name for the Veterans Trauma Network.

Please click here to read this leaflet online

To visit the Op RESTORE website, please click here

For more information on health services for Veterans, click here

Grantham: Riverside Walk & Cycleway

Information provided by Grantham HIVE

 

Grantham: Support for Armed Forces Veterans

Information provided by Grantham HIVE

 

Colerne & Corsham: Local swimming lessons

 

Puddleducks @ Ashwicke Hall, Marshfield

Otters Swim School @ Ashley Wood pool, near Batheaston & Stonar School, near Melksham

Aqualetes @ Springfield Community Campus, Corsham

Aqualetes @ The Olympiad, Chippenham

Neptune Aquatics @ Starfish Hydro pool, Chippenham

Bath Sports and Leisure Centre

Information provided by Colerne HIVE

Stafford: SENDIASS Staffordshire family partnership

Staffordshire SEND Family Partnership - Information Advice and Support (SEND IASS) in Staffordshire is the service that supports on education, health and social care issues relating to a child's or young person's (0 - 25 years) special educational needs.

They can be contacted regarding issues such as exclusions, education health and care plans amongst many other issues, including providing support and training for parents and carer's.

You can also follow them on Facebook

Phone them 01785 356921 or Email:
sfps@staffordshire.gov.uk

Follow the link for their website

Web: www.staffs--iass.org/

Information provided by Stafford HIVE

Minimum Income Requirement - incremental approach to new threshold amount

You may have seen reference to the announcement from the Home Office that the planned increase to the MIR to £38,700 will happen incrementally, with a figure of £29,000 applicable from Spring 2024. The Home Office have released a Factsheet that explains more. Among other things, this advises that under the new provisions there will no longer be a separate child element.

Defence continues to liaise with the Home Office in order to understand how this will impact Service Personnel (Officers and Soldiers) and their families, and further information will be provided once more details are known.

Wiltshire: Domestic abuse support in Wiltshire

Further information about the signs of domestic abuse, as well as details of supportive organisations, can be found on the Wiltshire Council website here.

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Dundee: Olympia, Dundee's biggest leisure and swimming centre, will re-open to the public from 18 December 2023.

To minimise wait times, visitors to the Leisure Pool can now book a space for the initial opening period. 

Find out more at https://www.leisureandculturedundee.com

Information provided by Leuchars HIVE