Cyprus HIVES - contact details

 

Need to contact one of our HIVES on island? The best way is by email: 

Episkopi - episkopihive@armymail.mod.uk

Ayios Nikolaos - ayiosnikolaoshive@armymail.mod.uk

Dhekelia -  dhekeliahive@armymail.mod.uk

Akrotiri - akrotirihive@armymail.mod.uk

Nicosia - nicosiahive@armymail.mod.uk      

Quest Magazine April 2022 Edition

 

Please click HERE to view this months edition of Quest Magazine. 

Follow Army HIVE on Twitter

 

Find Army HIVE on Twitter here​!

Service Family Hot Topics: UK immigration and wider support to Non-UK Army Personnel

'Please note that some of the links are to documents held on internal MOD systems only':

This newsletter contains advice and guidance to support Non-UK nationals (Commonwealth, Gurkhas and Nepali citizens serving in the wider Army) and their entitled family members and Non-UK entitled family members of a serving British Citizen.​

RVS Platinum Champions Awards

https://www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk/platinum-champions-awards/ 

Our News Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter April 22 Edition

Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter April 22

Families' Activity Breaks (FAB) - We Need You (with AHM approval)

​Families' Activity Breaks (FAB) are looking for Volunteers! Military, ex-military and Defence Civilians.

​Full details: ​fabcamps.org.uk/get-involved/volunteers​

SSAFA: Commemorating the Fortieth Year of the Falklands War

Fortieth Year of the Falklands War

Service Families Accommodation - Complaints Procedure

BFBS Commemorates 40 years since the Falklands conflict

BFBS Commemorates 40 years since the Falklands Conflict

On 2nd April 1982, the Falklands conflict began, and now, 40 years later BFBS will spend the next 74 days commemorating the event.

Through a dedicated Falklands 40 hub page on its website Forces.net, BFBS will be sharing a memorial wall – highlighting lives lost – as well as videos, stories, and podcasts to mark 40 years since the conflict.

The memorial wall includes pictures, names, and ranks of the 255 British military who perished in the Falklands conflict. Over the next few months BFBS is inviting its audience to share any further information they have on these individuals to be added to the wall, which will remain on Forces.net for the rest of the year.

The hub page will also feature personal video accounts from those who fought in the conflict, alongside coverage of the events happening this year to mark the 40th anniversary.

Stories such as Air Gunner Sergeant Bill Belcher, RM 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron, shot down 28th May 1982. Bill’s squadron flew Scout helicopters crewed by a pilot and air gunner, tasked with flying ammunition forward and returning with casualties. A week after landing, the helicopters supported 2 Para as it assaulted Goose Green. Bill, in the rear of the helicopter, was hit by an Argentinian Pucara, losing both legs, while his pilot Lieutenant Richard Nunn was killed at the controls.

FANDF Spring Event 27th April

Army Learning and Development Portal - Military and Civil Servants

For those with access to ModNet, why not check out the Army L&D Portal, also available via JIVE on smartphones:

Search Learning and Development Portal via:

Group: Learning and Development Portal (Army) | Defence Connect (mod.uk)

Changes to Settlement fees for Non-UK Service Personnel

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

VIVO - Families Journey

SFA: Pinnacle Group working with DIO - here's how you can get in touch *UK Specific*

 

Togetherall: coping in times of crisis

 

During challenging times in the world, it is normal to feel overwhelmed. However, if these feelings are getting too much, there is help available. Togetherall is a FREE online service to support your #mentalhealth. Share how you're feeling in their anonymous community. Join today for FREE at https://account.v2.togetherall.com/register/uk-armed-forces

FAMCAS Families Continuous Attitude Survey 2022 - still open!

 

FamCAS 2022 is still open for another 4 weeks, and we want to hear from you!

Completing the survey provides senior policy makers with invaluable information that facilitates policy change, in areas that matter most to the families and partners of Serving Personnel, so your opinion matters.

To check whether you have been invited to take part, please click here to access the survey checker and follow the onscreen instructions. This works best in Google Chrome! If you haven’t been invited to take part this time, you will have the opportunity to leave a comment instead.

Alternatively, you can go straight to the survey, by scanning the QR code below, and enter your Serving Partner’s Service number to get started!

The closing date for FamCAS is 25 April 2022 (or online 8 May).

Last day of the current SFA maintenance contract *UK Specific*

 

**UK Specific**

From 1 April, your new point of contact will be http://pinnacleservicefamilies.co.uk

@PinnacleSF

More info https://bit.ly/3tUM1Rg​

Implementation of the settlement fee waiver

Following the joint announcement on 23 Feb by the Defence Secretary and the Home Secretary that the fee for Settlement (ILR/ILE) would be waived for eligible non-UK Service Personnel (SP) on discharge, the fee regulations have now been laid in Parliament and the waiver will come into effect on 6 April 2022.

To be eligible, non-UK SP applying on or after 6 Apr, must meet existing Home Office criteria and:

Have served for six years or more, or

Discharged with an illness or injury attributable to service – irrespective of length of service, or are

A veteran currently living in the UK who has not regularised their immigration status following six years or more of service or were discharged with an illness or injury attributable to service.

A Defence Instruction or Notice (DIN) will follow.