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Army HIVE Christmas and New Year Closures

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.

Army HIVE wishes all of its Service community customers, and our internal and external stakeholders, a very happy Christmas and New Year. We look forward to continuing our support and engagement in 2026.


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January 22, 2025

Grantham: Lincolnshire Children's Centres Best Start - Lincolnshire BME Inclusion Service



Working with BME families, supporting parents and their children's integration within the community and helping them in accessing local services. For more detailed information email:

pabced@pablanguages.co.uk

Information provided by Grantham HIVE


 

Grantham: Considering starting a family?




Copies of DadPad available in the HIVE

Information provided by Grantham HIVE



 

Kent County Council: Support for new parents who want to quit smoking




Are you a new parent who wants to quit smoking? 

The KCC Smokefree Team has launched a pilot to support parents with a baby under twelve-weeks old with:

- home visits from a specialist adviser

- access to prescription products to help you quit including a free e-cigarette starter kit.

Click HERE for more information

Information provided by South East HIVE Hub

Colerne & Corsham: SOS 'Support on Saturdays' Club - last Saturday of the month

 

To book please email josh.kingston102@mod.gov.uk

Information provided by Colerne HIVE

West Midlands: Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital Trust - Veterans and Families Volunteer to Career Programme


 More information: HERE

Information provided by: Central HIVE Hub

January 21, 2025

Over £3.3 million awarded in latest round of Covenant Fund awards



Over £3.3 million awarded in latest round of Covenant Fund awards

The Armed Forces Covenant Trust (the Trust) is delighted to announce over £3.3 million has been awarded in the latest series of grants made under the Covenant Fund.

The Trust has supported a total of 34 fantastic projects across four different Covenant Fund programmes, all set to make significant improvements for Armed Forces communities across the UK.
  • Service Women: Seen & Heard has awarded over £700K to eight projects tackling the underlying issues unique to serving women, providing improved access to support for their mental and physical health and wellbeing.
  • Free From Fear has awarded just over £700K to five projects addressing domestic abuse through preventative measures or providing support routes for survivors in Armed Forces communities.
  • Serving Families: On the Move has awarded just over £1M to 11 projects helping to improve the quality of life for Service families impacted by relocation.
  • Embedding Prevention of Veteran Suicide has awarded just over £860K to 10 projects enabling systemic change and long-term, sustainable impact, building on the findings from the One is Too Many programme.

Grantham: Welcome to The Spinney - no entry charge and all activities free

 

Welcome to The Spinney

The Spinney is a wonderful community woodland playspace in South Lincolnshire which adults and children can visit 365 days a year.


It provides a fantastic setting where everyone is allowed to run wild in the woods. There is no entry charge and all activities are free. Adjoining the Spinney there is a large wildflower meadow with mown paths where you can also walk at any time.

The Spinney is situated just north of the village of Little Bytham, which lies 6 miles north of Stamford on the B1176 road.


Information provided by Grantham HIVE

Grantham: Place 2 Bee For Men


Information provided by Grantham HIVE