Kooth

Children and young people with a parent Serving in the Armed Forces often face moving from place to place with their family, living overseas, attending several schools, leaving friends behind and making new ones. Being part of an Armed Forces family can also mean long periods of separation from the Serving parent when they are deployed or away training.

Kooth and the British Army Regional Command, on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, are working together to provide easy access to mental health and well-being support for children and young people aged from 11 to their 19th birthday. Kooth.com/mod is available for all children and young people with a Serving parent and children and young people who are living overseas with parents working for the MOD or British Government.

Poulton-Le-Fylde: Girl Guiding

Poulton girlguiding rangers are the oldest of the Guiding family 14 - 18 yrs and the added bonus is that you can also do your Duke of Edinburgh as well. If your Daughter is interested please contact Jill via e-mail:

poultonrangers@gmail.com 

Information provided by Preston & Weeton HIVE

Who are HIVE

 

Guidance: Help for service leavers from Defence Transition Services

 

For information about how military personnel and their families can get more support and extra help from Defence Transition Services when leaving the armed forces, please click HERE

Chester: SSAFA Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston Division - Contact Details

 

Scotland: Veterans and Benefits Factsheet

Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland, along with Armed Services Advice Project  have produced a factsheet that tells you how any means-tested benefits (benefits which are affected by your income and savings) are affected by certain armed forces payments administered by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). 

It also tells you where to get help and advice with benefits and tax credits if you are a veteran or the family member of a veteran.

To take a look at the factsheet 👉 Veterans and Benefits Factsheet

Information provided by Leuchars HIVE

Call for Evidence: The impact of the pre-2000 ban on homosexuality in the Armed Forces

Call for Evidence
This Call for Evidence is seeking testimony and views from individuals and organisations on the impact of the pre-2000 ban on homosexuality in the Armed Forces.​

For more information, visit: Call for Evidence - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
 

Service Pupil Premium

The Department for Education (DfE) provides additional funding (£310 per pupil) for State Schools, Academies and Free Schools to support Service children in England. Service Pupil Premium (SPP) is there to provide mainly pastoral support in recognition of the challenges these children may face. 

Service parents, if they haven’t already done so, are encouraged to inform schools of their Service status before the Autumn school census deadline (6th October 2022). Without this information schools will miss out on this additional funding.​

Changes to Settlement fees for Non-UK Service Personnel

For more information click here ​or contact your local HIVE.

Call for Evidence: Review of hybrid and distance working

Introduction

The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) is conducting a review on the emerging trends and tax implications of hybrid and distance working.

They are particularly interested in evidence relating to problems that have been exacerbated by the pandemic or caused changes in working practices, as well as issues that we think are unique to military families.

Click HERE for more information