January 18, 2024
New iHIVE poster
Did you know that contacting iHIVE is listed in the 'key actions to be taken' on the Overseas Location Compatibility Checklist?
For Service Personnel and families moving overseas, the Overseas Location Compatibility Checklist provides an initial list of personal and domestic factors to be considered pre-application for an overseas assignment, to determine the suitability of the overseas location, for the Service person and their immediate/close family.
For more information on this, or for any questions you may have on any location worldwide, contact iHIVE via RC-Pers-HIVE-iHIVE-0Mailbox@mod.gov.uk or +44 300 167 6864
You can also find the iHIVE Blog at: https://internationalhive.blogspot.com/. This platform hosts worldwide location information, including Overseas Location Guides, to enable Service personnel and their families find out more about a potential or current overseas assignment.
Our iHIVE HIVE Information Support Officer can also answer any questions that you may have, including regarding supportability for any specific in-country family requirements.
Hereford: The Cart Shed - Free sessions through the Blue Light Card Foundation
Are you a Blue Light Card holder? For example, do you work as an NHS employee, Social Care worker, a serving member of the Armed Forces or are you an Armed Forces Veteran? Are you struggling with your emotional wellbeing? We have funding from the Blue Light Card Foundation to offer FREE sessions for you to enjoy time in our woods to improve your mental health and wellbeing.
There are a range of seasonal activities available including green wood working, willow weaving, horticulture, drawing and creative crafts. All of these are taught by our expert team of tutors in our beautiful woodlands in north Herefordshire. Our clinical team, comprising of occupational therapists and mental health practitioners, are on hand throughout the day to support you to improve your mental health and general wellbeing.
This is for all Blue Light workers: Please click on this link for the full list of those eligible.
To apply please visit The Cart Shed and fill in an online referral form found on our home page. Please state on the form that you are a Blue Light worker and detail which profession you work for. Free transport is available on request (where possible) from pick-up points in Hereford, Kington and Leominster. The 461 bus route also has a request stop near our site.
Information provided by Wales HIVE Hub.
January 16, 2024
West Midlands - City of Wolverhampton Council - Commonwealth veterans maybe eligible for help under scheme
For more information on eligibility and application procedures click HERE
Information provided by: Central HIVE Hub
Swindon: Veterans support - events for 2024
Click on poster to ENLARGE
Information provided by Lyneham HIVE
January 15, 2024
January 12, 2024
West Midlands: Telford free Face to Face modelling session - open to all Armed Forces veterans, current serving Armed Forces
Information regarding Telford & Wrekin Veterans' Cafes below 👇
Telford & Wrekin Armed Forces Community Group Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/208679230375967
Telford & Wrekin Veterans’ Cafes (run by Telford Mind) meet the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month, from 2PM to 4PM, at Dawley House, 22 Burton Street, Dawley, TF4 2ES
and on the 3rd Thursday of each month, from 5PM to 7PM, at Jubilee House, 74 High Street, Madeley, TF7 5AH.
Attendance is on a drop-in basis and there is no need to book.
Information provided by Lichfield HIVE
West Midlands: Mind Telford Veterans Calm Cafe - Monday and Thursdays
Information provided by: Central HIVE Hub
St Athan: MOD St Athan Medical Centre Access
Information provided by Wales HIVE Hub.
January 11, 2024
New guidance for school governors and trustees on supporting Service children
To help schools and trusts to better understand the educational related challenges that Service children may face, and to help them thrive in education, the National Governance Association (NGA) has issued new guidance for school governing boards and trustees. The NGA created this guidance in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence – who provide statutory guidance for schools on the Armed Forces Covenant Duty – and the Service Children’s Progression (SCiP) Alliance.
The guidance:
Outlines the education-related disadvantages that can arise for Service children and the potential impact of parental deployment, separation and family mobility.
Explains the role of governing boards in allocating school funding to meet the needs of Service children and has questions for boards to ask and consider.
Explores how the SCiP Alliance’s Thriving Lives Toolkit can be used as a self-assessment tool by schools to monitor and improve their practice and support for Service children.
References the Armed Forces Covenant Duty, and which education functions of a school are in scope. If you are a Service parent who sits on a school governing board or trust, read and share this new guidance with the board.
Point of contact: Armed Forces Families & Safeguarding - Education Policy Team People-affs-education-mailbox@mod.gov.uk
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