Information provided by North HIVE Hub
August 12, 2024
Based overseas with young children? Find out if you can benefit from an expansion to funded childcare
Defence have expanded the childcare offer for families assigned overseas with 9 months – 4-year-old children, to match the entitlement in England.
Early Years funded childcare overseas
To reflect the offer available in England, all families assigned overseas with children aged 3 to 4 years old, and 2-year-old children in receipt of additional government support, are entitled to 15 hours of funded childcare per week during term time.
From September 2024 additional funded hours are available for eligible working families during term time. Find out if you are eligible for 15 hours a week for children aged 9 months to 3 years, or 30 hours a week for children aged 3 to 4 years.
For more information about the Early Years Childcare available in England, please go to Early Years childcare | Childcare Choices (GOV.UK).
When can parents assigned overseas access the funded childcare hours?
Stonehaven: Become a volunteer instructor with the new Royal Marines Cadets detachment, opening in September
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Contact Stonehaven Detachment directly by emailing RMC@stonehavenseacadets.com.
Information provided by Leuchars HIVE
August 10, 2024
Northern Ireland: Road Map to Recovery across Northern Ireland from Inspire
They offer veterans the opportunity to regularly come together in a safe, peer-supportive environment to find better ways of coping with issues around relationships, feelings of anger, loneliness, addiction and trauma.
There are a number of groups across Northern Ireland. So, if you or someone you know needs support, please contact Michael on 07422 074363 or visit Contact Us - Inspire Wellbeing
Information provided by HIVE NI
August 9, 2024
Scotland: Forces Children Scotland financial support
We can help students, young carers, and wider groups of young people to realise their potential and thrive, as well as support families in times of financial crisis.Putting families from armed forces communities first.
Providing a little financial support for families when it really matters.
We support students and young carers to realise their potential thrive as well as help children and young people to dream big and pursue bright futures.
We continue to live in challenging times and that’s why we provide financial assistance to families to cover the costs of many of life’s essentials.
Financial Support - Forces Children Scotland
Information provided by Leuchars HIVE
August 8, 2024
Scotland: Armed Forces Talent Programme - Are you currently thinking about leaving or have already left the armed forces? Maybe you left the forces some time ago?
The Armed Forces Talent Programme is an NHS Scotland-wide recruitment initiative for the armed forces community. It supports service leavers, veterans, spouses, partners, dependants, reservists, cadets, and cadet forces adult volunteers to enter our workforce.
Information provided by Leuchars HIVE
Togetherall - what support is available to the Service community?
Let us shed light on it. Imagine an anonymous, caring community that's accessible 24/7, no matter where you are, with an array of tools & materials to elevate your well-being. Ready to embark on this journey? Togetherall is FREE for all UK military serving and veteran personnel and their families.
Join today and discover more at https://togetherall.com/en-gb/mental-health-support-for-all-uk-armed-forces-veterans/
August 7, 2024
Trust launches Armed Forces Covenant Fund domestic abuse programme for 2024/25
The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (The Trust) has launched a specialist and targeted funding programme to support people who have been affected by domestic abuse within the serving Armed Forces community.
The Free from Fear programme will award a small number of targeted grants to projects that can show how they will reduce the impact of, or support initiatives that will have a long-term effect in the prevention of, domestic abuse within serving Armed Forces communities.
Applications will need to give clear evidence of the need for their project and why they are confident that their approach will lead to sustainable long-term changes that will remain after the end of their project delivery.
What will this programme focus on?
The Trust ran a public consultation in 2023, which identified that one of the key areas to focus on was ‘ensuring our Armed Forces communities are not disadvantaged’.
This programme will address both emerging and current challenges within Armed Forces communities, aiming to remove barriers and provide clear pathways for people who have been affected by domestic abuse to access effective support. The consultation findings are available to read on The Trust website.
The Free from Fear programme will support projects which achieve one or more of the following outcomes:
Applications will need to give clear evidence of the need for their project and why they are confident that their approach will lead to sustainable long-term changes that will remain after the end of their project delivery.
What will this programme focus on?
The Trust ran a public consultation in 2023, which identified that one of the key areas to focus on was ‘ensuring our Armed Forces communities are not disadvantaged’.
This programme will address both emerging and current challenges within Armed Forces communities, aiming to remove barriers and provide clear pathways for people who have been affected by domestic abuse to access effective support. The consultation findings are available to read on The Trust website.
The Free from Fear programme will support projects which achieve one or more of the following outcomes:
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