My Support Space

You can sign up here to access a range of tools to help you cope and move forwards after crime. This is a free, safe, secure and confidential space where you can choose how you want to be supported after crime.

My Support Space is an online resource designed to help you manage the impact that crime has had on you.
You can work through a series of interactive guides which address your specific needs. The guides are designed to be completed in your own time and at your own pace. You can save your progress and revisit where you left off at any time.

https://www.mysupportspace.org.uk/

Zero Suicide Alliance

Save a life. Take the training

https://www.zerosuicidealliance.com/

NSPCC - Worried About A Child ?

CLICK HERE for further information

or email:

help@nspcc.org.uk

Understanding Universal Credit

Universal Credit supports you if you are on a low income or out of work. It includes a monthly payment to help with your living costs.

Visit the website to help you understand what Universal Credit means for you.

https://www.understandinguniversalcredit.gov.uk/

National Rail Guidance (UK)

Please travel responsibly and follow the guidance which will help us help you travel safely. In turn, we will be doing everything we can to keep you safe, including more frequent and thorough cleaning than normal on trains and in stations, giving face masks to our staff and providing clear advice in stations and on trains.

Check the website for all the information you need, including details around timetable changes.

Private Fostering

Please click here to read online

Army Speak Out Campaign

Everyone has the right to be treated fairly and with respect. If you feel that you are not being dealt with fairly, are being bullied or harassed or if you notice unfair treatment of others speak to your Chain of Command or your Diversity and Inclusion Adviser.

If you do not have access to your Chain of Command or would prefer external support to help you respond to or deal with any issues, speak to the Army’s Speak Out Team (0830-1700 Mon-Fri) on 0306 7704656 (Civ) or 96770 4656 (mil) or email Army-SpeakOut@mod.gov.uk.

Your call will be dealt with in confidence and no details will be passed back to your Chain of Command without your authorisation.

The Speak Out staff can also provide advice and support if you are experiencing domestic abuse / domestic violence or if you would like to report someone else that you believe is being committing or experiencing domestic abuse / domestic violence.​

Education Support Fund relaunch

MOD Education Support Fund (ESF) – Relaunch

The ESF, launched in 2011 and subsequently extended by the Secretary of State for Defence (2018-2020), provided funding to assist publicly funded schools, Academies and Free Schools throughout the UK to mitigate the effects of exceptional mobility and/or deployment of their Service communities; Regular Armed Forces, including Reserves on Full Time commitment (FTRS FC).

Funding from the 2020 ESF will benefit approx. 25,000 Service children across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

In light of ongoing rebasing activity, with further unit and personnel moves and associated disruption expected, the Directorate Children and Young People has secured £3 million from the Army TLB to fund an extension of the ESF for the 2020/2021 financial year. Minister for Defence Veterans, Reserves and Personnel clearance and support of the extension was received on 31 March 2020.

The 2021 ESF bidding round opens on Monday 1 June 2020 and closes at 1200hrs on Wednesday 7 October 2020. The application pack has been revised, and full details will be published on gov.uk shortly, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mod-support-fund-for-schools-with-service-children-grant-application-pack.

As in previous years, DCYP will manage and administer the ESF and all applications will be reviewed/scored by regional panels. Where there is evidence of an immediate need, in-year bids from schools/LAs are welcomed.

Contact: SO2 Policy, DCYP – DCYP-MOD-ESF@mod.gov.uk.

Respect Men's Advice Line

https://mensadviceline.org.uk/

Service Parents' Guide To Boarding Schools

To view this edition CLICK HERE

Moving Schools - A Parents' Guide

Moving on to a new posting or have you just arrived in Brunei?

CLICK HERE  to access Ministry of Defence 'Moving Schools A Parents' Guide'

Safe Spaces For Those Experiencing Domestic Abuse

A safe space for people experiencing Domestic Abuse during the Coronavirus outbreak

UK SAYS NO MORE has teamed up with Boots UK to launch Safe Spaces in their pharmacies across the UK.

Victims of domestic abuse will be able to access the consultation rooms in Boots UK pharmacies, where they will be able to contact specialist domestic abuse services for support and advice. The scheme is in response to the desperate situation facing many victims who are isolating with perpetrators during lockdown, and who may be restricted from reaching out to friends, family, co-workers or support services whilst at home. By creating this Safe Space in Boots UK pharmacies, we hope many will be able to safely access support whilst following Government guidelines.

Learn more about the Safe Spaces scheme at https://uksaysnomore.org/safespaces/

Support Helplines

 

Children And Family Court Advisory And Support Service (CAFCASS)

What is CAFCASS?

CAFCASS represents children in family court cases in England. We put children’s needs, wishes and feelings first, making sure that children’s voices are heart at the heart of the family court setting, and that decisions are made in their best interests. Operating within the law set by Parliament (Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000) and under the rules and directions of the family courts, we are independent of the courts, social services, education and health authorities and all similar agencies.

Our duty is to safeguard and promote the welfare of children going through the family justice system. Our experienced Family Court Advisers may be asked by the court to work with families and then advice the court on what we consider to the best interests of the children involved in three main areas:

- Divorces and separation, sometimes called ‘private law’, where parents or carers can’t agree on arrangements for their children

- Care proceedings, sometimes called ‘public law’, where social services have serious concerns about the safety or welfare of a child

- Adoption, which can be either public or private law

To find out more about CAFCASS visit: https://www.cafcass.gov.uk/about-cafcass/