Aurora New Dawn job opportunity with the Armed Forces - remote working

Job opportunity with Aurora New Dawn:

Domestic Abuse Advocate, Armed Forces (Foreign & Commonwealth).

Please see further details: Domestic Abuse Advocate - Armed Forces (Foreign & Commonwealth), Portsmouth, Hampshire - Forces Families Jobs

Travel Information For BFB Community

2 RGR A Company has put together some travel information for BFB community. 

Click here to take a look

Step Together 'Armed Forces Community Programme'

Step Together run an 'Armed Forces Community Programme' supporting Personnel on Recovery Duty (PRD), Veterans and their families across the UK to make significant change in their lives. This is through one-to-one support and active engagement in the local community as a part of their recovery and resettlement.

Click HERE for more information

Togetherall Military Group

If you need somewhere to share how you’re feeling, @Togetherall has a dedicated group for the military community to connect, share experiences and support each other. The military community has access to the Togetherall peer support community, wherever they are, 365 days a year, 24 hours a day.​

Togetherall is FREE to anyone in the UK Military, Veterans & Family members aged 16+ visit togetherall.com to register.

Guidance on Service Pupil Premium - Updated 19 May

 Updated guidance on the Service Pupil Premium is now on Gov.uk at this link: Service Pupil Premium: what you need to know - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Tax Credits are ending and are being replaced by Universal Credit - claimants will be notified when they have to reclaim

Migration notices will be issued to all Tax Credit claimants over the next two years. Claimants will need to take action to ensure their benefits do not stop.

For further information please click here​

Service Community Information on Universal Credit and Other DWP Benefits

Huggable Heroes

https://huggableheroes.uk/​

Young Minds: Support for Parents

We know parenting isn’t always easy. Although it’s often amazing and rewarding to watch your children grow up, and to help them learn to be independent, it can also be really hard work. It can feel especially hard if your child's mood and behaviour seem different and you're not sure why, or what you can do to help.

​We have lots of practical advice and tips on supporting your child​.

Click HERE​ for further information

Brunei: Community Beach Clean - Friday 5th May 1700 - 1800 hrs @ Billionth Barrel

Armed Forces Pension Scheme: Retrospective Remedy Public Consultation

The MOD public consultation is open until 29th May 2023 and views are encouraged from affected* Serving Personnel and Veterans. The consultation can be found here.

The consultation provides an explanation of the remedy policies and the legislation which are required to be in place by 1 October 2023 to deliver the 2015 Remedy.

A recording of the consultation member briefings that took place throughout March 23 is available on YouTube and is complimented by an additional recording on Divorce and Dissolution of Civil Partnerships & Rejoiners also available via YouTube.

​For more information on the 2015 remedy, please visit Gov.uk or the 2015 Remedy on Defence Connect Page.

*potentially Armed Forces pension scheme members who were in Service both on or before 31 March 2012 and on or ​after 1 April 2015, with any break in service of less than 5 years.

Defence Connect (Defcon) – Defence Accommodation Policy

Our Defcon page will be external from 1 May 2023 giving access to family members and partners as well as Service personnel.

Over the course of the next year, we will update the page with the latest information and announcements on Defence Accommodation Policy.

Each member will receive a push notification email when announcements and changes are made to the page.

How to sign up:

* Click the link -

MS Form - Defence Accommodation Policy Defence Connect Page Application Form

Sway Link - Defence Accommodation Policy External Defence Connect Page (office.com)

* Complete the MS Form/ Sway Link

* Click the link on your confirmation email

Once members receive access to the Defcon page, they can opt to download the JIVE app to access defence connect.

The MOD Guide for Service Personnel 'Flexible Working and You'

The MOD Guide for Service Personnel, 'Flexible Working and You' was updated on 28 Apr 23. Please click HERE​ to access the new version

Brunei: Update on NEPALESE PASSPORT RENEWAL

UPDATE ON NEPALESE PASSPORT RENEWAL

1. NO service personnel will be travelling to KL for passport renewal from now on. Embassy staff will be coming to Brunei to facilitate the application process. Therefore, to aid the process, accurate stat is needed.

2. Please find this link or below QR code to the form that is intended to collect data of personnel including their dependants who will require Nepalese passport renewal.

a. The target group are Service Personnel and their dependant(s) with:

(1) Passport expiry before 30 Jun 2024, or

(2) Passport with less than six pages left (both sides)

Help for Households and Cost of Living Payments

QR codes should be scanned from a personal non-MOD device only

Please click the following link for further information: Cost of Living Payments 2023 to 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)