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18 January 2018

Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

Children, Event, Families, RAF, Royal Air Force, Serving

RAF nursery formally opened by Lady Hillier with help from RAF charity

The Rainbow Centre childcare facility at RAF Marham officially opened an extension to the building this week enabling them to care for more children on a day to day basis.

In 2016 it became apparent that the Rainbow Centre would need to have an extension built due to the increased demand following the introduction of increased free childcare funding from 15 hours to 30 hours. The Rainbow Centre, rated as ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted, provides full and part time childcare for more than 400 children from RAF Marham and the surrounding area and employs over 70 staff.

18 January 2018

Plane Saver Credit Union

Families, Finance, Transition, Veterans

Plane Saver – How we’ve grown and moved forward to better help the people we serve

Plane Saver is a financial services provider with a social conscience. Working alongside some of the world’s leading organisations, we provide an ethical way for their employees to save and borrow with repayments straight from their pay.

We now serve over 12,500 members and continue to remain passionate about striving to improve the financial well-being of the people we serve. Now more than ever, organisations are fast recognising the benefit of a credit union facility for their employees, as they continually look to improve the financial well-being of their workforce.

11 January 2018

Royal Air Force Families Federation

Children, Families, RAF, Royal Air Force, Transition, Welfare

RAF Families Federation – Weekly Newsletter

Follow this link to all the latest news from the RAF Families Federation.

10 January 2018

Heropreneurs

Army, Courses, Employment, Events, Families, mentoring, Navy, RAF, Resettlement, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Transition

17th January – Heropreneurs “Curry” Night

Come and join heropreneurs and chef Paul McIntyre for a quirky curry, a few drinks & Paul’s story of leaving the military and becoming an award-winning chef & entrepreneur.

This event will be of value to anyone in the armed forces community who is interested in setting up or growing their own business & of interest to those allies who wish to work with them and support them.

9 January 2018

NHS England

Briefing, Families, Health, Mental Health, Serving, Veterans

NHS Veterans’ Mental Health Complex Treatment Service

As plans progress to launch the new Veterans’ Mental Health Complex Treatment Service (VMH CTS) across England on 1 April 2018, NHS England has appointed the following providers:

-Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (covering Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and the South West of England)
-Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (covering South East of England and London)
-Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (covering the North of England).
The provider(s) for the Midlands and East of England will be announced over the next few weeks.

8 January 2018

Forces in Mind Trust

Army, Children, Covenant, Families, Navy, RAF, Research, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Serving, Transition, Veterans

Research to improve delivery of the Armed Forces Covenant

Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) has awarded £174,737 to Shared Intelligence and NatCen, to research how organisations, excluding Local Authorities and Government departments, are delivering pledges under the Armed Forces Covenant in Great Britain.

The decision to commission this research came about from the impact of FiMT’s Our Community-Our Covenant report and the desire to understand delivery of the Armed Forces Covenant more widely. Shared Intelligence, in partnership with NatCen, were appointed to deliver this research following a competitive tender process.

5 January 2018

Ministry of Defence

Employment, Families, Reservists, Serving

Reservist employers toolkit

The employer toolkit provides information on all aspects of employing reservists. This includes: an outline of the benefits of employing reservists; guidance for line managers on how to manage reservists; managing requests regarding time off for training; details of rights and responsibilities, and financial assistance for employers and guidance and actions for when a reservist is mobilised, demobilised and returns to work.

4 January 2018

Royal Air Force Families Federation

Children, Families, RAF, Royal Air Force, Transition, Welfare

RAF Families Federation – Weekly Newsletter

Follow this link to all the latest news from the RAF Families Federation.

4 January 2018

Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

Events, Families, Funding, fundraising, Health, RAF, Royal Air Force, Sport

RAF Marham Flyers hit fundraising heights at New Year’s Eve run

The RAF Marham Flyers Running Club hosted its annual New Year’s Eve 10k and saw a record turnout of 219 runners. Held in aid of the RAF Benevolent Fund, donations from fundraisers taking part totalled more than £3,400.

Although there was a lot of surface water on the airfield following the previous day’s record rainfall, the damp, windy conditions did nothing to put off people from taking part to help support the RAF’s leading welfare charity.

4 January 2018

Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

Families, Grants, Health, Veterans, Welfare

RAF charity’s £34,000 grant means disabled veteran had Christmas in comfort

Former RAF telecoms operator Ian Park says works to adapt his home and ensure he can live on one floor have ‘changed his life’.

The RAF Benevolent Fund stepped in to meet the shortfall in local authority funding needed to adapt Ian’s home in Sudbury and enable him to continue living there with his wife and teenaged son.

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