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February 13, 2025

Lyneham: Sunny Days are hiring!

 

Click here for the latest vacancies

Information provided by Lyneham HIVE

Grantham: Grantham Army Cadets

Grantham Army Cadets at the Cadet Hut, Prince William of Gloucester Barracks. The troop holds activities including: first aid training; shooting; navigation; expedition training; rock climbing; archery; clay pigeon shooting; laser tag; fieldcraft; radio training and competition days between detachments.

2 Squadron of Lincolnshire ACF covers Grantham, Sleaford, Crowland, Market Deeping, Bourne and Stamford.

Cadets must be aged 12, in Year 8 or over to join.

Adult volunteers to help facilitate at detachments are always welcome too!

Potential cadets or adult volunteers should visit www.armycadets.com and select JOIN NOW!


Information provided by Grantham HIVE



DIO Service Family Accommodation Roadshow - Brize Norton Tue 4 Mar

 

Link to register attendance: DIO SFA Roadshows 2025

Shaw: Corsham & Colerne Military Wives Choir event - Fri 25 Apr

 

Information provided by Colerne HIVE

Basingstoke: Hampshire County Council Senior Administrative Assistant



Senior Administrative Assistant





Job Details:


Job Reference
: HCC619279
Salary Range: £24,405 - £25,430 per annum
Work Location: Hampshire Equipment Services, Basingstoke
Hours per week: 37 (part-time hours will be considered)
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 24 February 2025

The Role:

Join our friendly team as a Senior Administrative Assistant at Hampshire Equipment Services (HES), where we support people across Hampshire who need additional care.

As an integral part of our small supportive team, you’ll carry out vital administrative tasks and customer interactions, ensuring the smooth running of our service. Your work will be confidential, demanding, and at times emotionally challenging, but always rewarding, which will suit your sensitive and flexible approach. You’ll be part of a service who are committed to promoting people’s independence and enhancing their quality of life, supporting them to remain living in their own homes, reducing, avoiding, or delaying the need for ongoing care.

What you’ll do:

Be the Friendly Face: Manage reception, handle calls, monitor and respond to emails, acting as the first point of contact for all visitors and staff.
Foster Connections: Build and nurture positive working relationships within our team and with our service users.
Solve Problems: Address and resolve high volume queries, ensuring customer satisfaction by escalating complex issues when necessary.
Ensure Accuracy: Perform data checking and monitoring tasks, including working with spreadsheets to keep everything running smoothly.

Stafford: Weston Road Academy news


News, events and job vacancies that we have at Weston Road Academy. Information is available via our website about the activities that take place in school together with the school calendar. www.westonroad.staffs.sch.uk/

We have some vacancies here at school that may be of interest and would be grateful if you could share these with the community.

www.westonroad.staffs.sch.uk/vacancies-09112021114146/ this page is updated with all live vacancies as and when they are published.

Information provided by Stafford HIVE

Stafford: Staffordshire smart alert - Protect your bike from theft




Protect your bike from theft

If you’ve ever had your bicycle stolen, you’ll know how upsetting it can be. Our practical tips will help keep your bike safe and out of the hands of thieves – and also advise on how to get it back if it is stolen.

The most important thing to remember is, double lock your bike and register the frame number.

Ten ways to protect your bike

Follow these 10 tips to ensure your bike remains safe, secure and not a statistic.
1. Double lock it

Using two locks slows thieves down and makes your bike less of a target. Use two quality locks, at least one of which is a D-lock. Thieves are less likely to carry multiple tools, so use two different types of lock if possible.
2. Lock the lot

Lock the frame and both wheels to a secure cycle stand.
3. Secure it

Secure your bike as close to the stand as possible to give any thieves little or no room to manoeuvre.
4. Take removable parts with you

Take parts that are easy to remove with you, such as wheels, lights, baskets or the saddle. Or use locking skewers or nuts which can increase security by securing the bike's components to the frame permanently.
5. Park securely

Lock your bike at recognised secure cycle parking. It should be well lit and covered by CCTV.
6. Register it

Register your frame number on a national bike registration database approved by Secured by Design. The frame number is usually found underneath the bike between the pedals or where the back wheel slots in. If your bike is ever stolen and recovered by the police, it can be traced back to you.
7. Mark it

Get your bike security marked. It’s a highly effective, visible deterrent to bike thieves. They know that if they are caught with a registered bike, the owner can be traced and they will be arrested. Security marking products can be found at Secured by Design.
8. Remember safety begins at home

Take the same care to lock your bike securely at home as you would on the street. Avoid advertising that you have a bike at home, for example, by removing car roof racks, and creating ‘privacy zones’ on apps like Strava to avoid disclosing your location.
9. Check ownership

Ask for proof of ownership and check the bike frame number on national bike registration databases approved by Secured by Design.
10. Act fast

If your bike has been stolen, contact us as soon as possible by reporting online. Give us your frame number, cycle database number, a photo and any other details and make sure you update the status on the cycle database where you registered it. The sooner we know, the sooner we can act, which might stop it being sold on.
What to do if your bike is stolen

It is worth posting a description and photo of your missing bike on the following forums:


Ride.cc Bike Forum


Bikeradar


CycleChat

Information provided by Stafford HIVE


Stafford: Staffordshire county council - jobs of the week! 12th February 2025

12th February 2025





Information provided by Stafford HIVE

February 12, 2025

Wiltshire: Free online workshop for local Civil Service roles - Wed 19 Feb

 

There are a number of admin and remote working roles within the Civil Service.

Join the National Careers' Services FREE online workshop, helping applicants find the right job, on Wednesday 19th February (10am-1pm).


Information provided by Colerne & Lyneham HIVEs

Chepstow: St David's Day Market in Caldicot Town Centre - Sat 01 Mar 25

Sat 01 Mar 2025

09:00 - 15:00

St David's Day Market - Caldicot Town Centre

Join us for a day of Welsh Pride & Celebration! Expect a variety of local traders, artisans and business' showcasing the very best of Welsh culture, produce, and craftmanship.

Click here for more information.

Information provided by Wales HIVE Hub