New Accommodation Offer Roadshows: Register to Attend In Person or On Line

MOD recognises that our accommodation offer should reflect a modern Defence and support Service personnel, their families and partners in their mobile lifestyle.

The New Accommodation Offer will modernise the policy to Defence housing, widening the benefits at home and, in time, overseas.

Defence would like to invite you to hear the details directly from the programme team.

Join us for a comprehensive event with time for questions on-line and in person.  For details of how to register to attend, in person or virtually, use this link..

New Accommodation Offer: Live-Stream Dates

For those unable to attend a New Accommodation Offer Roadshow in person, check out the live-stream events - open to all Service personnel and their partners/families. 

Use the link at the time of the event.​

For further information on how to join the live-streams, please see this Sway: New Accommodation Offer Live-Stream Dates (office.com)

Service Family Accommodation: Preparing Your Home for Winter

A Winter Protection Guide has been published for SFA occupants, with guidance on preparing your home for the winter months and how to respond should an issue arise.  To view the full guide, use this link .

Minister for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families, Dr Andrew Murrison Announces New Accommodation Offer and Widening Accommodation Entitlement

From March 2024, the MOD will begin introducing a New Accommodation Offer for our Armed Forces. Some of the changes will be available immediately whilst others may only apply to you when you are assigned to a new role, when your personal circumstances change, or at the end of the three-year transition period.

The New Accommodation Offer will modernise accommodation entitlements, improve the standard of Single Living Accommodation, update the Overseas Accommodation Offer and, overall, give our people more of a say in how they live.

The development and design of the policy has been informed by research and engagement with Service personnel and families, including through a three-year pilot which led to changes to the policy and how it is implemented.

MOD Accommodation Team: We Want Your Views

The MOD Accommodation Team are reviewing what items of furniture (for example, beds, settees, bookcases etc.) are provided to you in SFA and how furniture provision could be improved for you and Defence.  

Defence Transition Services: Civilian Housing Briefs Sept to Dec 23

 

Service Family Accommodation (SFA) UK - Communications Update

Update on FDIS  UK performance

For updates on the action DIO is taking to improve the performance of the accommodation contracts, please read the Families First Newsletters which can be found here: on Service Family Accommodation - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Online forms for in-home requests are now available on the Pinnacle website

Online forms are now available at In-Home Requests - Pinnacle Service Families to make it easier for families to submit in-home applications for pets, visitors, nannies/au pairs, minor encroachments or to run a business.

Update for Tax Free Childcare for Non-UK National Personnel and Families.

                             

For more information, visit the Defence Childcare portal ​(on MODnet), Discover My Benefits or dial in to one of the Wrap Around Childcare Webinars.

To view/listen to the update, please CLICK HERE

How to Handle the Green Bins in the Hot Weather

Now that Summer has started and the temperatures are getting hotter. ASP is asking customers to take a little extra care with the Green / Bio bins. 

UK SFA Broadband Boost

Better broadband is on the way for military personnel and their families. Teams across Defence have already improved broadband speeds and reliability for Service Family Accommodation (SFA). 

Working hard with industry partners, they’re ensuring everyone has access to high quality broadband. 

How can SFAs report a slow download speed issue?
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We’re still making improvements and need your help to deliver the best service. If you’re a resident in SFA and suffer from poor download speeds, we’d like to know.

 Please take a screenshot of your speedtest and let us know the time and day of the reading. Send this to ukstratcomdd-cis-fc-brdbnd@mod.gov.uk.

DIO UK Newsletter

Landlord Gas Safety Inspections (LGSIs) in Service Family Accommodation (SFA) UK Only

DIO and its suppliers are undertaking an important programme of works to carry out Landlord Gas Safety Inspections (LGSIs) across the SFA estate. This programme of works will commence on 22 May 2023 and is scheduled to complete by the end of June 2023.

You will be notified via letter if you are impacted. For families with short notice appointments during the week commencing 22 May 2023, you may also receive a telephone call and email from the suppliers.

DIO Service Family Accommodation Newsletter : Families First Issue 6

DIO Service Family Accommodation Newsletter : Families First Issue 6

Further info on SFA - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/defence-infrastructure-organisation-service-family-accommodation​

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.

Scottish Veterans Residences vacancies in Edinburgh

Scottish Veterans Residences is a charity established in 1910 to support former members of the Armed Forces of all ages who are homeless, isolated or in need.

We provide high quality accommodation with dedicated support at our residences in Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow. Each residence is a Registered Housing.

We currently have vacancies in Edinburgh.

For further information click on image.

DIO - SFA Newsletter - Issue 5 UK

Please click here to read issue 5 of DIO's Families First newsletter

Families First Newsletter Nbr 4

DIO have published their Families First Newsletter - Issue 4
To read, please CLICK HERE.

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Service Family Accommodation Newsletter

​​To read issue 3 of the Families First Newsletter, please CLICK HERE​.

Civilian Housing Briefs online April-July 2023

 

SFA Family Home Condition Assessment from DIO

While we continue to routinely collect information about the standard of Service Family Accommodation, it is important to us that we have the fullest possible picture of the condition of our Service family homes. This will help us to achieve maximum future investment in our SFA and ensure that spending can be targeted where most needed.

We would really welcome your view and experience of living in a Service family home. It is key to us gaining a more comprehensive understanding of our SFA. We would there appreciate if you would take the time to complete the following short survey - SFA family home condition assessment