The Warrior Programme: 3 day ONLINE foundation course - 9-11 November

Are you interested in maximising your potential and overcoming the feelings of low self-confidence, imposter syndrome, fear of failure, stress and anxiety, that keep tripping you up?
The Warrior Programme are running a 3 day ONLINE foundation course on Monday 9th - Wednesday 11th November - the same Warrior Programme that enables you to better manage emotions, feel more balanced and in control of life and work, just delivered online in the same format as our residential courses to maximise your time.

For more information about this and our other foundation courses please get in touch at:
enquiries@warriorprogramme.org.uk
stating whether you are serving personnel or a family member and which service you are with.

We are really looking forward to working with you and others in the same position, who are motivated to address challenges and maximise personal performance.

MOD Discover My Benefits Families Hub: Health & Wellbeing information for World Mental Health Day on 10 Oct

 

DMB Fams Hub link: Discover My Benefits - Families

Combat Stress ‘Stronger Together’ Webinar series – starting 1 Oct

 

Are you supporting a veteran with PTSD or trauma? @CombatStress, the UK's leading charity for Armed Forces mental health, has a free Stronger Together webinar series that can help:

• Five sessions delivered by in-house clinical lead, Dr Vicky Aldridge
• Gain insight into PTSD and trauma, communication strategies and how best to support your loved one and yourself
• Starts Thursday 1 October 2026, every Thursday throughout October

Register to book your place today: https://combatstress.org.uk/referrers/combat-stress-learning/family-and-friends-of-veterans/

SSAFA Community Health Survey - ESBA & WSBA

 
How can we help to improve your wellbeing whilst in an overseas posting?

Please fill out our short survey to help us get a better understanding of what difficulties you are facing and what changes we could implement in the future to help improve your wellbeing.

If you think there isn't anything that we can do to help improve your wellbeing then please do complete the survey anyway and let us know!

https://emea.dcv.ms/cxO65mHHhA

SSAFA Lets Talk! Sessions at Dhekelia

LET’S TALK!

SSAFA Community Health

New sessions for September & October!

Come along to our Let’s Talk sessions — a friendly opportunity to meet health professionals, pick up useful advice and ask questions on a range of family and wellbeing topics.

Friday 18th September
Common Childhood Illnesses — with a GP

Friday 25th September
Sing and Sign — with the SLT

Friday 9th October
112, Choking & BLS — with a Paramedic

Friday 16th October
Toilet Training — with the Health Visitor

Friday 23rd October
💼 Managing Challenging Behaviours — with the Health Visitor

Whether you have questions, would like some practical advice, or simply want to learn a little more, come along and join us!

Please share with anyone who may benefit from these sessions.

SSAFA – the Armed Forces charity

Episkopi Health Fair

 

Recruit For Spouses Wellbeing Programme: free online places available

There are a limited number of places available on a free wellbeing programme tailored to military spouses and partners. Held online and over three live sessions – you’ll need to be able to attend all three in order to secure your place:

• 28th September, 5th October, 12th October, 9:30–11:30am (UK time)

You'll learn to:

• Regulate a nervous system that's been on high alert for years, with tools chosen for you, not a one-size-fits-all script
• Name what you're feeling, from emotional isolation to the strain of deployments, so you can finally do something about it
• Set boundaries and properly ask for support
• Feel understood from the first session, live and online, alongside 19 others who already get it

One spouse from a previous cohort said: "This programme is brilliant in helping you deal with the coping methods and boundaries to protect yourself, and effectively communicate what you need and why."

ESBA Parkrun is back! - Saturday 19th September

  ESBA PARKRUN IS BACK!

Saturday 19th September

0800 start, 0750 brief

Behind the UAO, Ay Nik

Pass holders only

Everyone we’re just over TWO WEEKS away!

After our summer break, ESBA parkrun is nearly back — and we’d love to see as many of you as possible on that start line!

Whether you want to chase a PB, get back into fitness, enjoy a steady jog or walk the whole 5K and have a chat — parkrun is for everyone.

Run it
Jog it
Walk it
Volunteer

No minimum standard. No pressure. Just come and get involved.

ESBA PARKRUN ESBA COMBINED MEDICAL PRACTICE

We’re really pleased to be partnered with ESBA Combined Medical Practice as a parkrun practice, encouraging our community to get moving and support both physical and mental wellbeing.

And remember — you absolutely do not have to be a runner! Walk, jog, run or volunteer; it all counts.

If you’ve spent the summer thinking “I really need to start doing something…” — 19th September is a pretty good place to start.

CHASE THE PACER – SATURDAY 3RD OCTOBER!

Our Chase the Pacer event returns with pacers confirmed for:

20 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 mins

Leave the Garmin at home (or resist looking at it! )

Choose your target time

Lock onto your pacer’s heels and let them worry about the clock!
Our pacers will aim to run consistent, even splits throughout the 5K, helping you stay on target from start to finish.

We’re still looking for 35 and 40-minute pacers!

We’d also love to build a pool of pacers so we can hold Chase the Pacer on the first Saturday of every month.

Pacers receive both a participant and volunteer credit .

But first…

19TH SEPTEMBER — WE’RE BACK!

Dust off the trainers, grab a mate and come walk, jog or run with us.