Statutory and Mandatory Inspections - SFA

It is a legal requirement to undertake gas and electrical safety checks in your home to reduce the potential for a carbon monoxide incident or an electrical fire, to ensure your home is kept safe and compliant and to keep you and your family safe from harm.

If your property is due a gas or electrical check the National Service Centre (NSC) will contact you via email to arrange a suitable time for the check to take place. It is extremely important that you reply to an email to confirm the appointment date and time is suitable. Pinnacle can change the appointment time if it is unsuitable.

In addition, it is important that you allow the Regional Accommodation Maintenance Services contractors (VIVO or Amey) access to your home to carry out these vital safety checks.

Struggling with the rising price of energy? Support is available no matter who your energy supplier is

Independent fuel debt advice - British Gas Energy Trust

SFA Window Safety Restrictors

The safety of families living in Service Family Accommodation (SFA) and Substitute Service Families Accommodation (SSFA) is a top priority. With warmer weather meaning more windows will be open in homes, we would like to remind families to check that all window safety catches/restrictors are working correctly.

If restrictors are not working or windows can be opened more than 100mm when restrictors are engaged, then please report the fault to the National Service Centre immediately on 0800 031 8628 to ensure a repair is carried out. If you live in SSFA, please contact Mears on 0800 032 4547.

Please note that window restrictors must not be disengaged for any reason where children or vulnerable members of your household are at risk from falling.

For more advice about preventing accidents in your home visit the Child Accident Prevention Trust website.​

Armed Forces Education Trust

The Armed Forces Education Trust provide educational grants so Service Children don't miss out, whether individually or as a collective within a school setting.

If parents or schools wish to get in touch with, or to enquire about a grant visit the website - www.armedforceseducation.org​ for more information​

Defence Child Bereavement Network

Brunei: BruHealth App - vaccination status

For those experiencing difficulties seeing their vaccination status on the BruHealth App, please follow the steps below: 

Checklist for tick doses:

1. Authenticated 

2. Entered BruHIMS BN number

3. If all of the above is done, send a screenshot of the error and bruhealth page for reporting via email to: bruhealth.support@moh.gov.bn

You will also need to supply: 

Full Name 

Passport/IC Number 

BN Number 

Get Safe Online - Going online when you’re out and about

Top online safety tips for when you’re out and about

• Never use Wi-Fi hotspots when doing anything private or sensitive: they may be insecure, or somebody may have set up a fake hotspot to intercept what you’re doing. Instead, use your data or a secure mobile router (dongle), or wait until you can connect to secure Wi-Fi. If you use a VPN (virtual private network), bear in mind that the provider could
access your communications.

• Use Bluetooth and mobile fi le-sharing apps with care. Ensure they’re switched off when not required. If you do use Bluetooth, make sure your devices are not left ‘discoverable’. Don’t pair devices in public in case someone is scanning you while you create the connection. Restrict access to unknown, paired devices. Never accept fi ls transmitted via Bluetooth from unknown or suspicious sources.

• Never leave devices unattended, nor in view when not using them, on your seat or table, at the gym, in a vehicle or on public transport.

• Be aware of who’s around you and may be watching what you are doing online. Consider using a privacy filter which effectively obscures your screen from people sitting either side of you.

• Avoid getting distracted by somebody who could steal your device.

• Try not to use your device or have it on show when walking around. You could risk becoming a victim of theft and your personal safety could be compromised.

• Don’t forget that many apps connect to the internet in the background so you should check your settings to be sure of what information is being sent.

• Consider disabling geolocation on devices and apps (including social media and fitness apps and your camera). Ensure your home or place of work isn’t revealed if the device falls into the wrong hands or its security is compromised.

Click here for more info. 

Thriving Lives Toolkit Launched

 

The Thriving Lives Toolkit is a free evidence-based framework of seven principles to assess, develop and implement a support structure to best allow Service children to thrive. Click here to find out the seven key principles.

Global Bullion Vault (Safe Box) Ashford, UK

“265508 burglaries occurred in 2020/21 in England and Wales, that is, one house burgled every 117 seconds” (www.ons.gov.uk). Global Bullion Vault is the first independent safe deposit box centre in the whole of the Kent.

Click here to view Global Calender. 

Our security at glance

Vault

Our six-sided vault, which houses and protects safe deposit boxes holding your valuables, exceeds the standard bank vault’s strength by a large margin. Our vault is manufactured, tested, and certified to the European Standard 1143-1 EX CD, which verifies the burglary resistance to Diamond Core Drilling and highly demanding Explosives.
Extremely secure safe deposit lockers

Our lockers are far more secure and modern than the normal high street bank lockers. SSF1048-2 is the only standard in Europe for lockers and all our lockers are manufactured, tested, and certified according to the standard.

High grade intruder alarm system

Our high-grade alarm system is equipped with several high-tech sensors and other sophisticated alarms kits.

The whole system is continuously monitored 24 x 7, 365 days a year.

It also adds to peace of mind that our centre is literally a short walk away from the Ashford police station.

Continuous CCTV

Our entire premises is covered and monitored 24 x 7, 365 days a year by high quality CCTV system which is integrated to our access control system and the intruder alarm system, enabling us to monitor and record every single activities within and outside of our centre for the peace of mind and security.
Biometric access control

Only the registered customers and the authorized visitors are allowed inside the vault. Access inside the vault and the lockers is granted only to the registered customers following the several successful security verification procedures.

Insurance

We also offer all risk insurance cover for your valuables. Each box comes with the varying level of complementary insurance covers according to their sizes. Wear cover is also available. 

Trained DBS checked staffs

All our staffs are DBS checked and trained in security and customer service. Our staffs serve the customers in line with our comprehensively developed company’s policies and procedures, designed for the utmost security and privacy.

Please note that HIVE does not advertise for companies. This has been published solely to inform the BFB Community about the safe deposit box centre in Kent.

Moving to Shorncliffe or Dover? Find out whats on offer...

 

The next functional skills course will be running in September in Shorncliffe. To book a place, contact: Satbinder.Chopra101@mod.gov.uk