Wales: Armed Forces Family Focus - Citizens Advice Service in Wales

 
Citizens Advice:

Our Wales-wide holistic advice service supports service men and women, ex-service personnel, and their families by providing practical, comprehensive, and tailored advice on benefits, debt, welfare, and housing, helping them access the right support and information to move forward.

Our project will provide holistic, multi-issue support, including:

• Income maximisation (identifying unclaimed benefits, supporting grant applications)
• Practical assistance accessing financial support following injury or development of health conditions
• Unlocking entitlement to financial support for carers and connecting them with specialist support agencies
• Help with benefit applications and appeals
• Access to emergency financial support (fuel vouchers, food bank referrals)
• Managing problem debt and preventing financial crisis
• Housing rights advice (tenancy support, preventing evictions, ensuring safe living conditions)
• Advice on employment matters, such as general employment rights, flexible working to accommodate caring responsibilities and potential discrimination

Contact our helpline on 0808 531 0313 Monday to Friday 8am until 7pm and Saturdays 9am to 1pm.

https://cacv.org.uk/our-projects/armed-forces-family-advice-service/

This service is provided by Citizens Advice Cardiff & Vale and Citizens Advice Caerphilly Blaenau Gwent and funded by the Armed Forces Community Covenant Fund.

Dorset: Community library & free digital services - Wool Village nr Bovington

 

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Any queries please phone 07908 888347

Click HERE for full services at Wool Library

Wool Community Library, D'Urbeville Centre, Colliers Lane, Wool, BH20 6DL

Information provided by Bovington HIVE

North East & Yorkshire: NENC AHP Support Worker Webinars in Oct & Nov

We have two upcoming career webinar sessions we are offering which will highlight the roles and responsibilities of Allied Health Professional Support Workers in the NHS. 

We will have different Support Worker guest speakers in both sessions to discuss how they got into their career, what the job involves and what career paths they can take in the future. There will also be a question & answer session for you to find out more. 

Anyone (including students, careers advisors, teachers and adults looking for a new career) welcome to attend from across Cumbria, the North East and Yorkshire.

To register use the following links:

7th Oct : Link

13th Nov :  Link

Information provided by North HIVE Hub

Northern Ireland: AFVBC Breakfast Clubs Throughout Northern Ireland

  

The purpose of Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Clubs is to facilitate veterans and serving Armed Forces personnel to meet face to face in a relaxed, safe, social environment to enjoy breakfast and banter, to combat loneliness and allow veterans to ”return to the tribe”
Free to attend, free to join.

There are no fees, subs or commitments: AFVBC don't exist to support any national charity, organisation or business: just turn up, pay for your breakfast and enjoy the company of other Armed Forces Veterans.
There are seven AFVBC's in Northern Ireland for more details www.afvbc.world

Information provided by HIVE NI

Bovington: Garrison medical centre & local NHS Doctors

Service Personnel only

The centre is open 

Mon, Tues & Thurs 0800 - 1630
Wed & Fri 0800-1230 

Closed weekends

Contact reception on 01929 403474

E-consult services 

Spouses/Partners & children

Register with NHS medical services in Wool village or Bere Regis (nr Bovington)

Wellbridge Practice. 

Meadow Lane, Wool BH20 6DR - 01929 462376
Website link: The Wellbridge Practice for opening times, contact details, booking appointments, joining the practice, prescriptions etc.  

Bere Regis Surgery.  

Manor Farm Road BH20 7HB - 01929 471268

Website link: Bere Regis Surgery for opening times, contact details, booking appointments, joining the practice, prescriptions etc.  

To find a dentist in the local area click HERE If you do not have a SFA address yet, use BH20 6JA  postcode to help refine your search area.  

Information provided by Bovington HIVE

Dorset: Child & Adolescent Mental Health service

Dorset Health Care’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Gateway Service is now available across the whole of Dorset. The service manages assessments and provides help for children and young people experiencing problems with their mental health. It acts as the ‘front door’ of CAMHS and has been introduced to help reduce the wait time for assessments and treatments that young people can experience when accessing the service. Information provided by Bovington HIVE via Dorset Council

Duke of York Royal Military School: Dukies Careers Advice Week - Online and in Cyprus

The Duke of York Royal Military School is hosting a virtual Dukies Careers Advice Week for all military students across the overseas military bases during the week of 15-19 September.

The event is for families with children coming to the end of their GCSEs or A Levels and wondering what their next steps might be. The DOYRMS Careers Leader is on hand to provide British Forces students with virtual careers advice sessions. These sessions are designed to provide a snapshot of advice to students of secondary school age to help them navigate the complexities of subject choices, university & apprenticeship options, and the world of careers.

The online events week also coincides with DOYRMS school’s visits to the Cyprus bases:17 Sept – Episkopi and Curium Beach
18 September – Dhekelia and Larnaca
19 September – Akrotiri

To book an online careers advice appointment with DOYRMS, please go to: https://www.doyrms.com/dukies-careers-advice-week/

To find out more about the DOYRMS visit schedule and timings in Cyprus, please go to our Cyprus HIVE Blog https://cyprushive.blogspot.com/ or contact any of our Cyprus HIVEs.

Mission Motorsport September Newsletter

It’s been a busy and exciting summer at Mission Motorsport with family events, fantastic sponsorship announcements, and new collaborations, all centred around recovery through motorsport supporting the Armed Forces community.

In this month’s newsletter, you’ll find updates, what’s coming next, and how you can get involved, including:Race of Remembrance Goes Online for 2025
Wera Tools joins forces with Mission Motorsport for the 2025 Race of Remembrance
Upcoming events: Banter, Brews & Cars, Race of Remembrance Launch
Podcast: CEO James Cameron chats with the Institute of the Motor Industry
Fundraising: Mike Gibson smashes his target!
Plus other news and updates

You can read the newsletter online here.

AFCAS 2026 is live – have your say!

 
AFCAS 2026 is live – have your say!

The Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey (AFCAS) is now open!

The annual Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey (AFCAS) is an opportunity for Service personnel to share views on working conditions, living conditions, and day-to-day Service and family life.

Complete the survey to have your say!

Why is AFCAS important?

AFCAS is not only a chance for Service personnel to share their views on important matters, but also a vital way for Defence to hear from you and develop policies and initiatives to better support you in your Service and family life.

This survey helps Defence to gain a better understanding of your needs about:

• Service life
• Accommodation
• Catering and Retail
• Deployments
• Allowances and Pensions
• Service complaints/Service Complaints Ombudsman
• Armed Forces Covenant
• Factors influencing intentions to stay/leave the Armed Forces
• Defence Estate, e.g., training facilities, opportunities for sport and much more.

Who can complete AFCAS, and how?

If you are a Service person who has been invited to take part in this year’s survey, you will receive an email with information on how to complete the survey. To see if you’re eligible to take part in AFCAS, check the eligibility tool.

Your Service number – which is case sensitive – is the token you need to enter; you will then be directed to the survey if you are in this year’s sample.

If you are not in the sample, you can still have your say by completing a short survey via the eligibility tool. Please be assured that your responses will be confidential.

Every response counts…

The more people that take the survey, the more able Defence is to help you in areas that will make your Service and family life easier. Make your voice count.

To view previous AFCAS results, visit GOV.UK.

Wiltshire, Gloucestershire & Bristol: Marmalade Connections - tackling loneliness in the South West

 

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Information provided by Colerne & Lyneham HIVEs