Soldiers Arts Academy - free online workshops

 

The Soldiers' Arts Academy aims to provide a platform through which serving and veteran military personnel and their families can participate in the creative arts. Using their skills and experiences to create and engage audiences worldwide, the SAA strives to encourage excellence, engagement and inspiration in its members, as well as building a supportive and strong community.

Online workshops include art, signing, guitar lessons and poetry. All are free for military personnel, veterans and military families. Find out more at www.soldiersartsacademy.org

Weeton: LCC Family Hub Infant Massage

Please note:  The 'Children's Centre' has been renamed to the 'Neighbourhood Centre'

Information provided by Preston & Weeton HIVE

Fylde - Weeton: Lancashire County Council Family Hub - Fylde Groups weekly timetable

Please note:  The 'Children's Centre' on Weeton Camp has been renamed to the 'Neighbourhood Centre'

Information provided by Preston & Weeton HIVE

North of England: Step Together project "Step to Get Her"

Step Together have launched a new project “Step To Get Her”, providing Peer Support to Females who are going through, or have previously been Medically Discharged from (tri) service. They are very pleased to introduce you to Adele Marshall who is the Lived Experience Facilitator covering the North UK project. Adele is also an Army Veteran and a local resident.

Adele is facilitating Peer Support covering the North of the UK, along with Dana (RAF Veteran) covering the South. Support will be both face to face and online covering all areas of the UK, the format will develop from the needs of the clients.

We are now taking referrals and engaging with people. Referrals can be made here: https://step-together.org.uk/armed-forces-community-programme.

Information provided by North HIVE Hub

Hereford: Family and friends of young minds Ledbury

 

Information provided by Wales HIVE Hub

Wiltshire: Skills bootcamps

 

Are you looking for a new career, or retuning to work in 2025?

Skills Bootcamps offer free training and a job interview at the end of the course!

Courses are available in four sectors:

• Early years
• Leadership and management
• Digital
• Sustainability and carbon

Courses are free for anyone aged 19+ and have lived in the UK for more than three years and a resident of either Wiltshire or Swindon.

For more information, email skillsbootcamps@wiltshire.gov.uk.

Grantham: Wellbeing Lincs - 4 signs of a frozen pipe

Advice from Wellbeing Lincs www.wellbeinglincs.org drops in temperature can cause pipes in our homes to freeze or burst. Check out the guidance here:

Information provided by Grantham HIVE

Wiltshire: Bus fare changes from January 2025

 

Due to updates in the Government’s fare cap scheme, most bus fares have now increased but will still be capped.

The maximum fare for a single journey will be capped at £3.

Visit the Connecting Wiltshire website to plan your journey now!

Information provided by Colerne & Lyneham HIVEs

Wiltshire: The updated MyWilts app has now been launched

 

The MyWilts app is the quickest way for you to report issues to Wiltshire Council, including highways defects, weather emergencies, fly-tipping and overgrown vegetation.

If you have automatic updates turned off, simply visit the App Store for Apple devices or the Google Store for Android devices to initiate the update.

You can continue to use your previous details to login and report issues. Cases raised in the previous version of the app can still be viewed.

The update improves the user experience and provides some new functionality, with the facility to deploy further improvements and new features in the future.

If you do not have a smartphone that can support the app or do not wish to use your phone, the MyWilts online reporting webpage is still available.

Northern Ireland: Reading Force NI - Book Club

 

We currently have volunteers coordinating book clubs with members from all branches of the Armed Forces including Veterans and those currently living overseas.

Volunteer coordinators will be supported by Nicola to run their book club and each member will receive three FREE books from Reading Force. If you would like to know more about coordinating a book club in your military community (Veterans/Reservists and their families very welcome), get in touch with Nicola to find out more -pm Nicola Reading Force, email nicola@readingforce.org.uk or call 07519 665410.

Information provided by HIVE NI