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Wednesday, 27 August 2025

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) bulk recruitment – EO Work Coach roles, West Midlands

The Department of Work and Pensions has 100 new DWP Work Coach Executive Officer opportunities in the West Midlands. These are now open for applications until 09 Sept 2025.

Civil Service Jobs link: Universal Credit Job Centre - Work Coach - West Midlands (Ref: 743)

More information on DWP, the roles available and the application process can be found on the DWP EO Microsite.

Dhekelia Key Cinema listings - revised schedule


 Additional screening of Nobody 2, Thursday 04th September.

Tuesday, 26 August 2025

September webinars from Serve and Protect Credit Union

This September, Serve and Protect Credit Union are delivering a range of free educational webinars on the following financial topics:

Thu 4th - Eco-Friendly Ways to Save Money

Mon 8th - Budgeting 101: Take Control of Your Money

Wed 10th - Harmful Effects of Gambling: Presented in Collaboration with GamCare

Tue 23rd - The Road to Financial Resilience: Preparing for the Unexpected

Thu 25th - Credit Score 101: Tips to Boost Your Score

Thu 25th - People Over Profit: The Credit Union Movement

Tue 30th - Before You Borrow: Key Things to Know

With actionable tips to prepare for financial emergencies, improve your credit score, and budget your money, don't miss out on these free webinars from Serve and Protect!

🔗 Register here: https://sandpcu.co.uk/hs-webinars

Friday, 22 August 2025

Outstanding GCSE Results at The Duke of York’s Royal Military School


Outstanding GCSE Results at The Duke of York’s Royal Military School

Students at The Duke of York’s Royal Military School are once again celebrating a year of exceptional success in their GCSE examinations, with nearly a third of all entries achieving a grade 9-7. 79% of students achieved a grade 4 or above in both English and Mathematics. This year’s results reflect the hard work, determination, and ambition of Dukies, with a significant number earning coveted academic and sports scholarships as they move into Sixth Form.

Thursday, 21 August 2025

Episkopi: Community Notice – School Bus Registration


All parents are kindly reminded to register their children for the school bus service by the end of August.

- This applies to all students – both those who used the bus service last school year and those who are new to the service this year.

Registration is required to ensure proper planning of routes, seating, and safety arrangements before the new school term begins.

Deadline: August 31st
Where to Register: Community Support Office, Building 330, Room 3.

2025 Army Families Federation questionnaire on Service pay

The Army Families Federation (AFF), Naval Families Federation (NFF) and RAF Families Federation (RAFFF) are jointly running a questionnaire to hear from Regular Service Personnel and their families about satisfaction with pay and personal financial circumstances over the past 12 months.


The responses will help to:

  • Better understand the financial challenges faced by service families.
  • Identify any trends or issues specific to each of the single services.
  • Provide robust, evidence-based feedback to the MOD, the Armed Forces Pay Review Body, and other key stakeholders.
To take part in this questionnaire, which is open to serving personnel, spouses and partners, please click the link below.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AFF2025_Pay_Questionnaire

The questionnaire should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete and every response helps strengthen the evidence that family federations can present on behalf of families.

Wednesday, 20 August 2025

Career Transition Partnership Employment Fairs – remaining 2025 dates

To view all CTP employment events, and to register to attend an event, please visit: https://www.modctp.co.uk/home/list-events

Serve and Protect Credit Union – Aug & Sept Financial Education Webinars


Serve & Protect Credit Union have the following upcoming financial education webinars:

Topic: Before You Borrow: Key Things to Know

Going Forward into Employment (GFiE): Latest HMRC Vacancies in Newcastle, Belfast and Portsmouth - available exclusively to Service Leavers, Veterans and Military Spouses/Partners

The following vacancy is now open for applications under the GFiE Scheme:
GFIE-448 – HMRC Review Officer - Newcastle, Belfast and Portsmouth

Closing Date: 12 September 2025

GOV.UK: Updated guidance for Service personnel and their families on Early Years childcare and child welfare policies

The Gov.uk website has been updated today, with new information in the ‘Free Early Years Childcare entitlement for children aged 9 months to school starting age (including 15 or 30 hours’ free childcare)’ and ‘Overseas Nursery Authority (ONA)’ section.

To review the revised information please go to: Guidance for Service personnel and their families on child welfare policies