The Experience of Parental Absence In Military Families

Is your serving person currently working away? Understand more about how this may affect your young person's feelings and behaviours with this downloadable resource from the Naval Families Federation, available HERE

Please note that some of this information will be relevant to military families regardless of which Service you are part of!

SFA Do You Have License to Occupy Insurance in Place?

Check your insurance – do you have License to Occupy insurance in place? Standard home liability insurance does not cover SFA.

As the Licensee for the SFA, you are required to have sufficient Licence to Occupy Insurance to cover the cost of repairs if the SFA is damaged by action attributable to you. This specialist insurance will cover up to £20,000.00 if you were found to be culpable and whilst there are only a handful of cases cases per year, it is likely you would not want to be confronted with a large bill.

Whilst there are hundreds of home (contents) and property (buildings) insurers, few offer ‘Licence to Occupy Insurance’. However, you should be able to find an approved provider via the BIBA or SIIAP members directories. Links for their websites are as follows:

BIBA

SIIAP

You could alternatively check with your current kit and/or contents provider to see if they also offer Licence to Occupy.

Once you have made contact with an insurance provider you must ensure and confirm that they cover the terms and conditions of the DIO Licence to Occupy Insurance.

The MOD JSP 464, Volume 1, Part 1, Section I, Paragraph 0605 recommends Service families take out a specialist type of insurance that covers your liability up to £20,000. You can view the JSP 464 HERE

The Sky’s The Limit – Downloadable STEM Activity Booklet

Did you know that the study of STEM subjects is vital to the future of the UK?

The RAF Association has partnered with Raytheon UK to offer a free Downloadable STEM activity book providing hours of fun and valuable learning.

To find out more and to download the activity booklet, please click HERE

Royal British Legion - We Are Here To Help You

Please click HERE to visit the website

Supportive Resources For Personnel Across The Services

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TogetherAll

Togetherall, (formerly Big White Wall), is available 24/7 and monitored by trained mental health professionals. A safe place online to get things off your chest, have conversations, express yourself creatively and learn how to manage your mental health. Within the Togetherall platform members are anonymous, so no one will know you’re using it unless you tell them. Most members report feeling better and more able to cope as a result of using the service and because it’s available 24/7, nearly 70% use Togetherall outside of normal working hours.

Take Five To Stop Fraud - Stop, Challenge, Protect

Take five is ​a National Campaign, that offers straight-forward, impartial advice to help everyone protect themselves from preventable financial fraud.

Take Five - To Stop Fraud | To Stop Fraud (takefive-stopfraud.org.uk)

Have You Got Married Since The Birth Of Your Child?

If the natural parents have married each other since their birth, they need to re-register the birth so that a new birth record can be created showing the child as a child of the parents' marriage.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-to-re-register-a-childs-birth-following-marriage-of-natural-parents​

Defence Children Services

Does your child have special educational needs and/or disability? If you would like any advice or guidance about making sure their needs are met, contact us and see how we can help.  

#SEND Support

📧 RC-DCS-HQ-CEAS@mod.gov.uk

🔗 http://ow.ly/dB1Q50G7Cyb

Accommodation charges for service family accommodation

Customers who want to find the current list of charges for Service Family Accommodation can now find them more easily online here 

Further information on your Service Families Accommodation can also be found here