Scotland: Veterans Housing Scotland

Veterans Housing Scotland has over 100 years’ experience in providing homes for Veterans in Scotland who are disabled.

As we celebrate our 110th Anniversary in 2025, we complete a five-year strategy of significant but organised change. The charity now starts the next five-year phase of its strategy that will see huge investment into property refurbishments. We are incredibly proud of our history and the service we have provided to those who have served their country. We are equally excited about our future and how we as a charity will continue to work with and support members of the Veterans Housing Scotland family.

👉 Read the full Autumn 2025 newsletter here:
https://www.vhscot.org.uk/news/vhs-newsletter-autumn-2025

Grantham: Come & join the ESS family

ess-compass.co.uk

Information provided by Grantham HIVE

Salisbury Plain: Salisbury Plain Military Coworking Network Hub - Free weekly Tuesday Virtual Co-Working Sessions

 What are you doing on Tuesday between 9:30am and 12pm? Why not join us for our FREE virtual co-working session?

As well as having our Salisbury Plain MCN hub we run FREE weekly Tuesday virtual co-working sessions. Whether you’d like to work alongside others, refresh your CV, study, plan your weekly shopping list or meal plan or simply carve out some focused time to write, draw or plan. This is your space for accountability and productivity. 

Here’s a simplified version of what happens

💬 15 minutes of welcome chat

💻 1 hour of muted working

💬 15 more minutes of chat

💻 Then a final hour of work before we all head off for lunch.

Can’t stay for the whole session? Don’t worry, we totally get that interruptions happen or you need to do other things!

It’s completely free to join, and you can sign up on our site

 Events | Military Coworking Network

Information provided by South West HIVE Hub

Dorset: Home Start support and friendships for families

 

Home-Start offers friendship, practical support and emotional advice in the homes of families who are having difficulties managing parenting for a variety of different reasons such poor mental health, post-natal depression, disability, domestic abuse, bereavement, isolation and multiple births.

Our mission is to give children the best possible start in life, by supporting parents so they grow in confidence, strengthening and enjoying their relationships with their children and widening their links with the local community.

For details of Home Start click HERE

Information provided by Bovington HIVE

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month – Types of Domestic Abuse

For information on sources of support and advice on domestic abuse, please see this topic area on the HIVE Blog at https://armyhiveinfo.blogspot.com/search/label/Domestic%20Abuse

Our information sheet on domestic abuse support can be downloaded at: https://armyhiveinfo.blogspot.com/search/label/Information%20Sheets

MODnet users can also find additional resources on the HIVE Sharepoint site at: Domestic Abuse

Leuchars: Dundee Rockets Home Games Family Pass

The welfare team now hold a family pass ticket for the Dundee Rockets home games.

For more information and to book please contact a member of the welfare team.

Information provided by Leuchars HIVE

Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust: New awards to help ease the stress of relocation

Starting again somewhere new is challenging. Negotiating unfamiliar surroundings and finding your feet in a new community can be intimidating and stressful, especially when you have left friendships and existing support networks behind. But for many military families this is an inevitable part of service life.

That’s where Serving Families: On the Move comes in. The programme sets out to tackle these challenges head on – helping to reduce stress for service families affected by the difficulties relocation can bring.

Armed Forces Covenant Trust (the Trust) have supported a further 6 projects in the latest funding round, bringing the total number to 20 projects worth over £1.5 million! And with the second round still open for applications, there will be more to come.

Offering easily accessible information and advice, fostering stronger community links and creating welcoming spaces where friendships can grow, these projects will hopefully make every move a little easier. Ultimately ensuring service families feel welcome and thrive in their new location.

Recruit for Spouses: Foreign & Commonwealth Programme

The RFS Foreign & Commonwealth Programme is offered free of charge to military spouses and partners of serving personnel and veterans and includes the following support:

• Qualification Conversion: Assistance in converting home nation qualifications to UK equivalents, enabling better access to the UK job market.
• Coaching and Mentoring: Access to a pool of over 90 volunteer mentors from various industry sectors, offering support with confidence building, identifying transferable skills, and navigating the recruitment process.
• Wellbeing Programme: A six-week course designed to help you connect with other spouses and develop tools to support you in adapting to military life.

To register for the programme, please sign up via the RFS portal: https://portal.recruitforspouses.co.uk/users/sign_in, or for any questions please email: J.kanyua@recruitforspouses.co.uk

North Wiltshire: Family support from Home-Start

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Alternatively please click here to visit the website

Information provided by Colerne & Lyneham HIVE

Richmond: Autism Support Group at Richmond Library second thursday of each month

Autism Support Group at Richmond Library 

We’re hosting Autism in Richmond’s friendly support group for autistic and neurodivergent adults - a safe and welcoming space to connect, chat, and support one another.

Come along for a coffee, a relaxed conversation, and the chance to meet others who understand.

 Richmond Library
 Second Thursday of every month
 Next session: 9th October
 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

No need to book – just drop in. Everyone is welcome!

Information provided by North HIVE Hub