UK Specific: NHS At Home - Managing your health and wellbeing at home

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak means you should only leave your home if it's essential, but it's still easy to get NHS help using your smartphone, tablet or computer.

This page has information to help you:

• contact your GP
• order repeat prescriptions
• manage long-term conditions
• maintain your mental and physical wellbeing

If you need an NHS service, try to do it online first. If you cannot get what you need this way or do not have internet access, try asking a friend or family member to help you, or speak to your GP surgery on the phone.​

www.nhs.uk/health-at-home

Army Policy News Update

To watch the latest update video from the Army regarding policy please  click here

AWS CS 7 Day Challenge

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Royal Mail

An update from Royal Mail about Saturday service can be found here

HeadFit

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To visit the HeadFit website please click here

Click here to watch the promotional video

CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) Resources

To visit the website please click the image

Healthy Soldier Cook Book

The Army launched it's refreshed, free, Healthy Soldier Cookbook in January, why not have a look and try a new recipe

Army Rejoiners

Did you voluntarily leave the Regular Army in the last 3 years with 2 years or more left to serve? If the answer is ‘yes’, then you could be fast tracked back into the Army in 4 weeks or less. Apply to rejoin now. For more details and to apply click the image

Digital Safety and Wellbeing Kits for Children and Adults

The Children's Commissioner has produced two digital safety and wellbeing kits for children and parents

Please click here to view the children's guide

Please click here to view the parents' kit

MOD Guidance for Families

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WHO Advice on Helping Children Cope with Stress

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HeadFIT For Life

Mental fitness is all about the good management of good mental health. HeadFIT for Life helps defence people stay mentally fit and on top of their game…At work and at home.

headfit.org

WRVS message from AWS

WRVS - COVID-19

WRVS Services Welfare are here to provide support to single and unaccompanied Service Personnel. We provide emotional and practical support and continue to deliver support throughout COVID-19.

COVID-19 has required us to close the Recreational Centres where we usually deliver our service, but we have developed other channels to ensure that we remain available to support single and unaccompanied Service Personnel throughout this challenging time. We are staying in touch with those who need us through use of Zoom, Skype and phone calls.

Please be assured that we are available to provide support and can advise you of your nearest Services Welfare Officer if you need help or assistance.

Just call us on one of these numbers

07843 359845

or

07843 359847

In the meantime, stay safe everyone.

Union Jack Club

To find out the latest update from the Union Jack Club please click here

Hub of Hope - Chasing the Stigma

The Hub of Hope is a first of its kind, national mental health database which brings together organisations and charities, large and small, from across the country who offer mental health advice and support, together in one place.

To visit the website please click here

Metropolitan Police - The Little Book Of Big Scams

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For more information and help or to report on this and many other types of fraud, go to Action Fraud the UK's national fraud and cybercrime reporting centre.​

AWS 7 Day Challenge

Please click here for full details

DCYP Support Fund for schools extension 20/21

MOD support fund for schools with service children: grant application pack

Grant for UK maintained schools with service children of frequently moved or deployed parents.

To access the application pack please click here

Cruse - Bereavement Support

During the global Coronavirus pandemic we are facing a tragic loss of life, often under very difficult circumstances.

Bereaved people may have to deal with increased trauma, and may be cut off from some of their usual support network. Those who are already struggling with bereavement, or whose relatives or friends die through other causes will also be affected.

To visit the Cruse Bereavement Care website please click here

Preventing accidents in the home

With children at home over the coming weeks and the health services overwhelmed, many families are likely to be worried about their child having a serious accident (rightly so when you think 90% of accidents to under 5's happen at home).

There is so much on social media, it can be really hard to know where to focus. To help you, Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) has focused on the accidents that are the most serious and the easiest to prevent.

View the CAPT website here

AWS Community Support 7 Day Family Challenges

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Gambling and Alcohol problems

Being a compulsive gambler can harm your health and relationships, and leave you in serious debt. If you have a problem with gambling and would like to stop, support and treatment is available. 

Visit: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/gambling-addiction/

​Alcohol misuse is when you drink in a way that's harmful or when you're dependent on alcohol. If you want help to stop, support and treatment is available. 

Visit: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/alcohol-misuse/

Army HIVE Facebook Launched

Army HIVE have launched a new HIVE Facebook page which provides a range of information and details on the Army HIVE Service and our network of HIVEs across the UK and overseas. 

Click on the link below for more details

www.facebook.com/ArmyHIVE

To keep up to date be sure to give the page a like and follow, you may also like to share with others who may be interested in information relevant to the Service community.

Guide to managing children's screen time and 10 tips to get in control with your child's screen time

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To view this information please click here

AWS Activities

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DIO AGILITY MESSAGE

COVID 19 – MANAGING THE IMPACT TO POSTINGS AND HOUSEHOLD MOVES 

Issued: 30 March 2020 

The scale and impact that COVID 19 has had globally is unprecedented. In response to the direction provided by the Prime Minister, the single Service Manning Branches have taken the decision to place a temporary hold on Postings as part of the UK’s overarching strategy to slow the spread of the disease so that the NHS’s ability to cope is protected. The same posting freeze applies to those who currently live abroad and who may be moving to another country. 

It has not been an easy decision to make, as it is acknowledged that this will directly impact Service Personnel and their families across the world. The message is clear that service families should align with their civilian counterparts and stay within their current allocated service family accommodation. 

There will be instances where a Service Person for a very small number of reasons will go ahead with their posting; that does not automatically mean that their family will accompany them. Where a Service Person believes they have a case to move with their family, they are to contact their Chain of Command and Career Manager. It should be noted that even if a case is approved, further assessment will take place with Defence’s Strategic Partner Leidos and their Key Subcontractor Agility responsible for household moves to determine whether such a move is feasible; the reality is that industry suppliers are also heeding the call to stay at home. Social distancing measures have also impacted wider services such as hotels, cleaning agencies and the availability of staff from partners such as Amey which all play a part in the successful handover/takeover of service accommodation. 

Please therefore consider your circumstances thoroughly before requesting a move via your Service Career Manager; no other routing will secure authority to proceed with a movement application. Service Personnel and their families are thanked in advance for their understanding and assistance during this extremely difficult and uncertain time.