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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, 23 September 2025

BFBS Big Salute BIG10 2025 - 16 Oct


BFBS says, 

“We’re holding a massive day of fundraising for The Big Salute on Thursday October 16th and we’d LOVE you to get involved!

We’re inviting you to organise an event that will raise much-needed funds for small military charities. Charities that will help serving personnel, veterans and military families.

This year, the theme is the Big 10. How about a 10 hour endurance challenge, 10 laps of a swimming pool, baking 10 cakes for a Big Salute bake sale, or do something crazy like pull a truck for 10 meters! You could even organise 10 raffles, a 10 round pub quiz, take 10 dogs for a walk - you get the idea!

Your event can be as big or as small as you can manage. Every little helps!

You can download resources like posters and bunting to add a little sparkle to your excellent efforts and a sponsorship form here - https://www.bfbs.com/big10

Donations can be made at - https://www.justgiving.com/bigsalute/donate "