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Army HIVE Christmas and New Year Closures

The majority of Army HIVEs will be closed after duties on Fri 19 Dec 25 and will reopen on Mon 5 Jan 26. There may be localised variations to these dates for individual HIVEs.

Army HIVE HQ is also closed during the festive fortnight, so any enquiries submitted via the ‘If you need further information’ MS Forms function on our UK, Cyprus or Overseas blogs will be answered when we return in the New Year.

We will periodically cover private messages on our Army HIVE Facebook platform (and X/Instagram where possible) whilst we are closed. However, this will not be 24/7 and should not be relied upon for anything that requires an urgent response.

To support our customers with more immediate requirements however, the Army HIVE HQ email will provide a comprehensive out of office autoreply, detailing points of contact that are either 24/7, emergency providers, or open over the festive leave fortnight. To receive this autoreply, please email:
RC-Pers-HIVEComms-0Mailbox@mod.gov.uk

Individual HIVEs will also provide localised contact details for Christmas and New Year cover wherever possible in their automated replies. Therefore, if you email your closest HIVE, which you can find on HIVE’s page on the Army website, their autoreply may be of additional assistance.

Army HIVE wishes all of its Service community customers, and our internal and external stakeholders, a very happy Christmas and New Year. We look forward to continuing our support and engagement in 2026.


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Tuesday, 4 March 2025

Give Us Time: New Motorhome Breaks Now Available


Give Us Time have had a new donation of breaks from the team at Sponsored Breaks. These are 3-day/2-night stays in their fully kitted out motorhome, which sleeps up to 4 people. The motorhome is based in Wolverhampton, so does need to be collected and dropped off back to site, and any drivers must be between 25 and 70 with 2 years’ experience of driving and less than 6 points on licence. Unfortunately no pets are allowed.The dates available include some school holiday dates for Easter, half term, and the summer holidays:

4/5/6 April
11/12/13 April
18/19/20 April
25/26/27 April
23/24/25 May
30/31/1 May-June
4/5/6 July
25/26/27 July
30/31/1 July-Aug
2/3/4 Aug
6/7/8 Aug
9/10/11 Aug

Read about Chris and Cameron’s adventures last year in the campervan here We had an amazing weekend making up for lost time

The bothy, Bird’s Nest, Carrick Shore, Kirkcudbright, still available for 21 – 18 March. It only sleeps 2 people, but is moments from the seaside, and fully kitted out for a cosy and relaxing stay – this is what Jess had to say after her break there Exactly the reset we needed

Other breaks are still live, and are available from Hengar Manor in Cornwall to Silver Sands in the north of Scotland, through to September 2025.

Families will need to create an account https://bookings.giveustime.org.uk/login

Criteria are here https://giveustime.org.uk/what-we-do/faqs/

Breaks are accommodation only and allocated on a first come first served basis.