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January 23, 2025

Universal Credit for Armed Forces personnel posted overseas

 

Serving Personnel and families are entitled to claim Universal Credit, regardless of their location. This means families stationed overseas can submit claims in the same way as those in the UK.

Corsham: Creative Market dates for 2025

 

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Information provided by Colerne HIVE

Highlands: MLG (Military Liaison Group) awareness resource for Highlands Reserves and veterans

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Information provided by Leuchars HIVE

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

Surrey: Headway


Trained staff offer cognitive sessions to enhance quality of life, recovery and independence, as well as supporting their families and carers.

Click HERE for more information

Information provided by South East HIVE Hub.

Hook: Family Support Group Parents and children up to 11 years


Information provided by South East HIVE

London: Diversity matters - music for mind and motherhood - Wednesdays 1100-1230hrs


Singing can lift our moods and make us feel better, boost our confidence and reduce stress, give us space to express ourselves, and help us to connect with others and with ourselves. 

For this group, we dive into the magic of singing, and how it can create a space for wellbeing, connection and expression, offering an alternative way in to exploring your journey through motherhood. We will learn songs, practice gentle grounding and sound making exercises that encourage noticing and presence, and invite creative play where you can contribute your ideas if you wish. And the best bit: you absolutely do not have to 'be a singer' to enjoy singing and take part!

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