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19 April 2018

Recruit for Spouses

Course, Courses, Education, Employment, Social Media

Google’s Digital Garage partners with Recruit for Spouses

The partnership is part of a drive to help those involved in the military build their digital skills

Helensburgh, 9th May 2018 : Recruit for Spouses (RfS), the award-winning social enterprise dedicated to returning military spouses to the workplace, has partnered with the Google Digital Garage to deliver digital skills training to those with connections to the military. The initiative will launch in Helensburgh, Scotland, on Wednesday 9th May – 24 hours before celebrations for the 50th anniversary of HMS Neptune.

12 April 2018

Help for Heroes

Competition, Education, Event, fundraising, Horticulture, Veterans, Welfare

Students and Veterans work together to create RHS Chelsea Flower Show Garden

Military charity Help for Heroes and Sparsholt College have announced their partnership for RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018. Their garden, The Force for Good, will tell the powerful story of the role horticulture plays in the recovery and ongoing support of injured British Armed Forces personnel and their families. Individual stories are told through the three elements of the garden as the team of college and former-military gardeners inform visitors of the journey from injury or illness through to recovery and beyond. The Force for Good garden is a demonstration of how horticulture has given these individuals a second chance at life and how everyone can benefit from its therapeutic benefits.

27 March 2018

Forces in Mind Trust

Charities, Education, Leadership, Research

FiMT’s Specialist Fellows on the Clore Social Leadership 2018 Experienced Leader Programme

Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) is delighted to announce the five Specialist FiMT Fellows who have been selected to take part in the newly remodelled Clore Experienced Leader Programme.
Designed to fit around the needs of those with existing commitments, Clore Social’s Experienced Leader Programme is a one-year programme for professionals with 6-10 years’ experience as a social sector leader who wish to engage in sector wide leadership by developing their existing leadership skills.

23 March 2018

Reading Force, The Annington Trust

Children, Education, Event, Families, Serving

Reading Force launch at Colinton Primary School with VIP Vivian French

On Wednesday 7th March Reading Force launched at Colinton Primary School, Edinburgh, with special guest author, Vivian French. Vivian has written 300 children’s books, including the The Cherry Pie Princess, the Knights in Training series, and most recently Robe of Skulls.

As well as giving the children an inspiring and fun day with a real-life author, the launch raised awareness of Reading Force, the shared reading charity for military families, and how children and families can get involved.

20 March 2018

University of Winchester

Army, Children, Education, Families, Navy, RAF, Research, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy

SCiP Alliance launches stakeholder consultation: please participate if your role involves supporting the children of Service personnel

The Service Children’s Progression (SCiP) Alliance is committed to enabling Service children to make informed and confident transitions through further and higher education and into thriving adult lives.The Alliance is asking all professionals who have an interest in the educational attainment and progression of Service children to help inform our future strategy and activity plans. If your role involves supporting the children of military personnel please help to shape the future of the SCiP Alliance by telling us how we can make our work most helpful for you.

6 March 2018

Ministry of Defence

Children, Courses, Education, Employment, Serving, Transition, Veterans

New bursary to get veterans into teaching

New government bursary of £40,000 available from September 2018 for ex-service personnel to retrain as teachers

Pupils across the country are set to benefit from the leadership and world-renowned expertise of our armed forces – as the government unveils a £40,000 bursary for ex-service personnel to retrain as a teacher.

6 March 2018

Naval Children’s Charity

Appointments, Charity News, Children, Education, Families, Support, Welfare

Director of Royal Navy & Royal Marines Childrens’ Fund to retire after 36 years

The Trustees of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Children’s Fund would like to announce that after 36 years dedicated service, our Director, Monique Bateman MBE will retire. She will be succeeded by our Assistant Director, Ms Clare Scherer, who will assume the appointment from 11 May 2018. The Trustees would like to express their gratitude to Monique for her years of exceptional, dedicated service. She will be sadly missed by staff, Trustees and, most particularly, by the many thousands of children and their families whose lives she has transformed.

5 March 2018

University of Winchester

Army, Children, Education, Families, Marines, Navy, Qualifications, RAF, Research, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Serving, Welfare

University regulator publishes guidance encouraging universities to include Service children in their support and outreach work

The SCiP Alliance has worked closely with the new government regulatory body for higher education, the Office For Students and its predecessor OFFA, to ensure Service children are considered alongside other underrepresented groups when universities formulate their outreach plans with their Widening Participation teams. Work by the SCiP Alliance and its partners is referenced in new guidance published by the OFS to inform institutions’ planning for 2019-20.

22 February 2018

Reading Force, Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

Children, Collaboration, Education, Families, RAF, Royal Air Force

Reading Force launches partnership with RAF Benevolent Fund at RAF High Wycombe

Reading Force, the shared reading charity for all UK military families, is pleased to announce a pilot to roll out its activity in five RAF Benevolent Fund Ben Clubs, with a special launch at RAF High Wycombe Ben Club this week.

The Reading Force charity encourages military families to share books, whether at home together or separated by deployments or training – in which case books can be read over the phone, Skype or FaceTime.

21 February 2018

SSAFA

Education, Remembrance, Research

Lest we remember – was the home front in France?

SSAFA urges the Nation to share their First World War stories as Millennials display a lack of knowledge

This year marks the 100-year anniversary of one of the most significant moments in British history but new research commissioned by SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity has revealed that many young people have no idea about the historic facts surrounding World War One.

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