Catterick: Beamish Tickets available to use for Serving Personnel and Families

 Contact Daren.Dangerfield100@mod.gov.uk for availablity

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Catterick: Community Hub Programme

New Armed Forces Carer’s Passports are introduced

Carer’s passports are well established and widely used across many organisations throughout the UK, including the Civil Service, and have proven to be an invaluable resource for employees with caregiving responsibilities. They are now available for our Armed Forces.

It can be especially hard to balance a career in the Armed Forces alongside caring responsibilities, but the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is dedicated to support those who do.

Introducing the Armed Forces Carer’s Passport

The MOD has launched the Armed Forces Carer’s Passport, a practical and effective tool to help carers in managing their responsibilities. The passport ensures that when carers move between roles or experience a change in manager, they do not have to renegotiate the necessary arrangements from scratch. By documenting required flexibilities, the passport provides continuity and support, reducing unnecessary disruptions for both the carer and the MOD.

The passport acknowledges that operational needs will always remain the priority. However, it ensures that the carer’s circumstances are formally considered, fostering an environment where personnel feel empowered to discuss their care-giving challenges, how these might impact their work responsibilities and feel supported in their dual roles by promoting openness and mutual understanding.

Lyneham: Weekly groups for the Military community

 

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Grantham: Ladies & Gents Hairdresser, Community Centre Building 162, Wednesdays 10am - 2pm

All welcome - walk in trade & mobile bookings available!

Contact the HIVE for further details: 01476 578881.

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Wiltshire: Military discount available from Adventure Quest

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West Midlands: Free bus and cheaper rail travel for Armed Forces veterans in Wolverhampton

Armed Forces veterans in Wolverhampton can now enjoy free bus travel and discounted rail travel.

Thanks to Government funding and as part of the West Midlands Bus Service Improvement Plan, Travel for West Midlands is running an incentive scheme in collaboration with local bus operators enabling unlimited free travel on all buses, all day, in the Network West Midlands area for up to 6 months.

To find out more, please email wolves.afd@wolverhampton.gov.u.

Meanwhile, a Veterans Railcard is also available, offering discounts on rail travel in England, Wales and Scotland. For further information please visit Veterans Railcard.

Separately, the free HM Armed Forces Veteran Card is a photo ID card and an easy way to prove service in the UK Armed Forces, making it quicker and easier to apply for support as a veteran.

To apply, you will need your service number, national insurance number, the approximate year you started and ended your service and a recent digital passport style photo showing your head and shoulders. For further information please go to Apply for an HM Armed Forces Veteran Card

Information: Central HIVE Hub

Bounce Forward - Anxiety Unravelled online course starts Tue 14 Jan

Registration is now open for the next Anxiety Unravelled course for military parents and carers, funded by The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust.

This the 3rd of three courses being delivered in response to what military parents told us they need, both for themselves and for their children. There are more than 100,000 children with parents actively serving in the British Armed Forces, and the number of children seeking support for mental health problem is rising.

Wellbeing of the adults impacts children, if adult wellbeing is poor, then it can pass on through to their children. Children are often the forgotten service members with limited research into the impact they feel, so they are often left to struggle alone. This course helps parents to understand and recognise how best to develop resilience in their children.

​Places are FREE of charge, and there are 500 funded places. Register at this link: Anxiety Unravelled for Military Families

North Yorkshire: Your Libraries Need YOU!!

Your libraries need you!

Are you keen to help out in your community and ensure key hubs are able to run?

Join our team of volunteers and help us to offer our range of services to the local area.

Volunteering doesn’t just benefit our local community, it helps you too! Plus, you can give as much or as little time that you’re able to.

Just pop in or send an email to info@craccl.org - we’d love to hear from you.

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Swindon: Community surveys from Voluntary Action Swindon

Do you live in any of these areas? If so, Voluntary Action Swindon would like to hear from you:

• Moredon
• Central
• Penhill
• Pinehurst
• Broadgreen
• Park North
• Park South

Over the next couple of months Voluntary Action Swindon (VAS) will be holding Community Meetings to engage with residents across Swindon.  The aim of these consultation is to gather information regarding neighborhoods where people live, what can be improved and deficit to conducting physical activity. If you’d like to be part of the solution please fill in the survey!

When you complete the survey, you can enter yourself into a raffle for a chance of winning a £25 or £75 JD Sports/Sports Direct Voucher.

You can access the surveys online:

• Survey for adults (18+): https://forms.gle/N5w5MRCJBc7Pg9jm9
• Survey for young people (12-18): https://forms.gle/oeA9cpHPY2Zsh31V9
• Survey for children (under 12): https://forms.gle/HerwGTW2USUPutUv6

If you have any questions, please contact contact Terry Johnson at VAS on terry@vas-swindon.org

Alternatively to visit the VAS website, click here

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