Friday 14 October 2022

Employment Workshop for Service Families - Amazon


MILITARY FAMILIES EMPLOYMENT WORKSHOP – WEDNESDAY 2nd NOVEMBER 2022

We are delighted to announce that for the first time, Amazon UK are hosting an Employment Workshop for military spouses and children of Servicemen and women aged 17+ on Wednesday 2nd November 2022, in our Headquarters in Shoreditch, London. The aim of the event is to help military spouses and forces families to into employment. Full details are at the link below, but we are planning to have sessions on apprenticeships, CV writing and interview skills, plus guests speakers from LinkedIn and Amazon Web Services for careers in technology.

Spaces are limited to we encourage people to sign up well in advance:
​​https://amazonforcesfamiliesworkshop.splashthat.com/

 

Monday 10 October 2022

Positive Pathway Programme - RFEA

 
The 'Positive Pathways' programme at the University of Winchester is a two-year long project which aims to support ex-forces, military families and reservists in exploring pathways into Further Education and Higher Education and build the skills and confidence to do so. This survey is to help inform the development of targeted outreach activities and tailored transition support through the 'Positive Pathways' programme, in partnership with the RFEA (the Forces Employment Charity).

The coordination of the activity delivered in the Positive Pathways programme at the University, under the EM3 Armed Forces Veterans and Families Programme led by RFEA, is part funded by the European Social Fund, January 2021 – December 2024.​

 

Guidance: Help for service leavers from Defence Transition Services

 

For information about how military personnel and their families can get more support and extra help from Defence Transition Services when leaving the armed forces, please click HERE
 

Who are HIVE


 

Kooth



Children and young people with a parent Serving in the Armed Forces often face moving from place to place with their family, living overseas, attending several schools, leaving friends behind and making new ones. Being part of an Armed Forces family can also mean long periods of separation from the Serving parent when they are deployed or away training.

Kooth and the British Army Regional Command, on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, are working together to provide easy access to mental health and well-being support for children and young people aged from 11 to their 19th birthday. Kooth.com/mod is available for all children and young people with a Serving parent and children and young people who are living overseas with parents working for the MOD or British Government.

Celebrating Forces Families

 

Army HIVE is proud to be once again supporting the Celebrating Families Forces Awards for 2023 as part of the Partner Employment Working Group​

About the PEWG — Celebrating Forces Families

Sponsorship for the 2023 event is now open, for more details visit Sponsorship — Celebrating Forces Families

UK Government Advice on Domestic Abuse Updates

 

The UK Government Website have updated their advice on domestic abuse in the following areas:​

Guidance and support for those affected by or dealing with cases of domestic abuse in the Armed Forces Community.​

www.gov.uk/government/collections/domestic-abuse-guidance-and-support-for-the-armed-forces-community

​A hand book for civilian suppport services, designed to help and informa civillian support services who are working with the Armed Forces:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-domestic-abuse-a-handbook-for-civilian-support-services​

Support within the foreign and Commonwealth community for those affected by domestic abuse:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/support-within-the-foreign-and-commonwealth-community-for-those-affected-by-domestic-abuse​