Easy Resettlement Magazine - Spring Issue

Have you read the Spring issue of Easy Resettlement yet? Easy Resettlement is a quarterly magazine that assists Service leavers with their resettlement process. 

We work with numerous employers (many of whom have pledged their support through the Armed Forces Covenant) as well as training providers, armed forces charities and organisations such as the CTP and ELCAS about your entitlements, all of which will assist you in moving through your resettlement process. 

You can read the Spring issue as well as back issues and to make sure you never miss a copy you can subscribe for free.

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Civvy Street - May 2024 Edition

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Antwerp Gate Closure - GE Public Holidays - May 2024

• 9th May – Gate will close 1800 hrs on 8th and reopen 10th at 0700 hrs
• 20th May – gate will close 1800 hrs on 17th reopen 21st at 0700 hrs
• 30th May – Gate will close 1800 hrs 29th reopen 31st at 0700 hrs

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Quest Magazine May Edition

 

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Fighting With Pride Guide to Help & Support 2024

Three of the pillars of action for Fighting With Pride (FWP) are Direct Support, Community Building and Capacity Building. 

In partnership with The Veteran UK we have produced a resource to showcase our community, highlight the direct support we are gaining from partner organisations, government and service chiefs and list the many organisations joining our Pride in Veterans Standard (PiVS), expanding our capacity to reach LGBT+ veterans, serving members, reservists, adult cadet force members and their families.

This is our inaugural digital version, focusing on the community and listing the rapidly growing number of organisations joining PiVS and offering services and support to you. 

It shows organisations, local and national, that offer support from housing to employment, education to therapy, social networks to physical and mental health services and so many others, and who, as members of PiVS, have shown a commitment to the particular help and support needed for LGBT+ veterans and families.

Sennelager QM to Ride 100 Miles for Charity

 

The Quartermaster for the Sennelager Garrison will be raising funds for the British Heart Foundation riding 100 miles through London/Essex on Sunday 26 May 24. 

You can help raise funds here in Sennelager in the following ways:

• Charity tins for donations are located in NAAFI stores and dinning areas
• Drop off items for a Flohmarket at Brydon House Welfare hub by the 8th May
• Donate via Just Giving using the QR code in the poster above
• Donate cakes (Homemade or purchased)  and join a garrison coffee morning on the 8th May. Bacon rolls, cakes tea and coffee available 

Any support that the community can provide will be gratefully received. 

Tickets For Troops

You are eligible to apply for tickets through Tickets for Troops if:

• You are a serving member of HM Armed Forces
• Have been medically discharged from the Forces since the commencement of military action in Afghanistan in 2001
• You have been awarded a medical pension by the Ministry of Defence and discharged after 2001
• You are the next of kin to a service person who has died as a result of their service

Serving members include both Regulars and Reserves, membership is not open to Cadet Forces, Officer Cadets nor MOD Civil Servants.

Serving members must have a valid MoD 90 (Service ID Card) and Service ID number to register and use the tickets available on this site. Those who have been medically discharged must enter the Service ID Number issued to them whilst serving in the HM Forces.

You will be required to verify that you are eligible to use Ticket For Troops. ​​

To sign up or to see the latest events, please visit www.ticketsfortroops.org.uk​.

Candle in The Wind - D- Day 80 Remembrance Service at the Mohnesee

 

HIVE 40th Anniversary: Request for Anecdotes and Memories

 

Garrison Family Day Trips - We need your input!

 

The Sennelager Welfare and Community Support Team are planning coach trips for all entitled members of the community with SOFA Status. 

We need your input!

If you would be interested in the day trips  please use this link or scan the QR code above to answer a very short survey.

Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust: Service Pupil Support With New Round of Funding

Great news for schools supporting Service children in the UK! The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (the Trust) has announced a new round of the Service Pupil Support Programme.

Part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Families Fund (AF3), the Service Pupil Support Programme will award grants of £5,000 to £80,000 to projects supporting Service children along their educational pathway.

Civvy Street - March 2024 Edition

The latest edition of Civvy Street is available here​

What's On 23rd -31st March 2024

The BBQ & Streetfood Festival in Verl for the whole family

• 23rd March Saturday 12:00 p.m. - 10 p.m
• 24th March Sunday 12:00 p.m. - 8 p.m

Directions

12 Food stalls will cater for meaty, vegetarian & vegan choices. For the kids a  specially equipped kids area with a bouncy castle, while parents enjoy their food and drinks

For the first time, a selection of sports cars will also be on display, which may be helpful when deciding on your next car.

On Saturday evening, our DJ awaits you with the Food & Wine Lounge, where you can try our wine and menus in a great evening atmosphere.

Paderborn special event tours

31st March - Explore The Water Cellar- Paderborn Imperial Palace Museum 15:00

The tour is free to join you will need to pay €4.50 to enter the museum. Families get to the bottom of the legends surrounding the Paderborn springs and explore the spring cellar together in the museum in the Imperial Palace and in the Pader spring area.

Paderborn Easter run

27th March - Paderborn Easter Run

Enjoy watching Germany's oldest road race. Or you can register to take part in any of the public events held over the weekend.

Bad Lippspringe Forest Lights 

This event runs until Apr

Enjoy the forest with brand new lights for this year. Food and drink available from the beer stand. 

The prices for the forest lighting are valid from 4 p.m.

€9.50 for young people and adults   

€3.00 children aged 3 to 17 inclusive

Entrance until 9:00 p.m
Lighting until 10:30 p.m

Bonfires - Celebrate the end of winter in the traditional German style with a bonfire to scare of the dark of winter and welcome in spring.

• 31st  March Paderborn Easter Bonfire
• 31st March Arnsberg  1 hour from Sennelager - Arnsberg Easter Bonfire

Every year, Lent ends in Arnsberg with a remarkable Easter fire spectacle with huge fireworks displays.

On Easter Sunday, after dark, 350 torchbearers parade past the Stations of the Cross bathed in Bengali light and then form a huge cross on the top of the mountain.

With all the church bells in the city ringing solemnly, the pile of wood is lit and Easter songs are heard. A fireworks display concludes this remarkable event.

Ludge 46 mins from Sennelager  -  Ludge Giant burning wheels

Every year on the first Sunday after the first spring full moon, in Lügde, following the custom of the fathers, on the first day of Easter at nightfall, burning wheels are rolled down from the Osterberg into the Emmer valley at 9 p.m.

Recklinghausen Palmkirmes 1hr 20mins from Sennelager

The Recklinghausen Easter fireworks take place this week on the 21st at 9pm. 

The Palm Kirmes runs until the 24th March. 

Drive time to Recklinghausen is 1hr 20mins 

Victory Services Club D-Day 80th Anniversary

Bring your dancing shoes and prepare for an unforgettable experience as The Polka Dots take the stage at our D-Day 80th Anniversary Luncheon at the VSC on 6th June 2024! 

Cost £44pp 

Their beautifully blended voices, high-energy dance routines, and stunning designer costumes will infuse the event with an irresistible swing. Get ready to groove to classic tunes from legends like Glenn Miller and the Andrews Sisters, as well as cheeky retro twists on modern hits by Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston. The Polka Dots deliver each performance with a perfect blend of pizazz, professionalism, and audience interaction, ensuring that everyone will be up on their feet and immersed in the celebration!

New Defence Domestic Abuse Action Plan

The MOD Domestic Abuse Action Plan 2024-29 is a five-year plan detailing the key actions defence is taking to tackle domestic abuse. 

The plan sets out how defence will prevent, intervene, and partner, to support those affected by domestic abuse and ensure those who perpetrate abuse are held accountable. The defence approach includes the implementation of a coordinated community response model, data and research working groups and the development of a military domestic abuse practice network.

As an employer, defence has a moral and legal duty of care for our personnel. But we also recognise a responsibility that extends beyond that, as articulated in the Armed Forces Covenant, that those who serve or have served, and their families, should be treated fairly. This plan reiterates defence’s commitment to create and maintain an environment that does not tolerate domestic abuse and raises awareness of the work taking place to tackle domestic abuse within the defence community.

Access via the link:

No defence for abuse: Domestic Abuse Action Plan 2024-2029 (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Marienloher Straße - WWN Will Lay a Power Line From March 4th

Marienloher Straße - WWN will lay power line from March 4th


From Monday, March 4th, Westfalen Weser Netz GmbH will re-lay the power line on Marienloherstraße. For this purpose, Marienloher Straße will be closed on one side for around 100 meters from the Schloßstraße roundabout.

The work is being carried out using the open construction method and is expected to last until March 22nd in this first construction phase.

The second construction phase will then start, probably from March 25th. Here, Schloßstrasse will be closed on one side from the roundabout for around 100 meters in the direction of Paderborn. A new power line is also being laid here using an open construction method.

The second construction phase is scheduled to be completed by May 3rd.

New Sticker Album for Paderborn

Panini sticker albums and Paderborn Stadt have combined to produce a unique album for Paderborn. 

Starting on Monday, February 26th, albums and stickers will be available at all kiosks in the city, at many retailers in the Paderborn Advertising Association and online, from juststickit.de.

The album consists of 36 pages and has space for 212 original Panini stickers. The adhesive pictures show the city in all its facets: the city's history, the most important buildings, the stars and celebrities, the SC Paderborn 07, the major sports clubs, the surrounding area, the city's well-known brands and innovative companies, the best of art, culture and much more. Loving texts explain each image and make the album a real reference work. The whole thing is collecting fun for the entire family.

The project includes a circulation of 25,000 albums and 250,000 sticker bags including 1,250,000 stickers. Collecting is worth twice as much! 

There are seven gold stickers hidden in the collection that represent instant wins. Seven lucky people can win either wall boxes from Stadtwerke Paderborn or 1000 euro vouchers from the Verbundvolksbank OWL Paderborn branch for non-profit associations in Paderborn.

What the Panini brothers invented in Italy in 1961, more than 70 years ago, still fascinates young and old today: collecting, exchanging and sticking stickers. What began with football now exists in Paderborn - hardly any topic is more identity-forming than home. All of Paderborn – printed in Italy, on the machines that otherwise print Ronaldo and Messi!

The slogan “Collect, exchange, stick” has been expanded to include the term “learning” – there is a carefully researched short text under each picture. The album should and will connect generations.

FamCAS 2024 is now open, and we want to hear from you!

Completing the survey provides senior policy makers with invaluable information that facilitates policy change, in areas that matter most to the families and partners of Serving Personnel, so your opinion matters.

To check whether you have been invited to take part, please click here to access the Survey checker and follow the onscreen instructions. This works best in Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge! If you haven’t been invited to take part this time, you will have the opportunity to leave a comment instead.

Alternatively, you can go straight to the survey, by clicking on the below link or scanning the QR code below and enter your Serving Partner’s Service number to get started! The survey is online only this year!

Click here for the FamCAS Survey 24
The closing date for FamCAS is 22nd April 2024. Thank you!

                                                       

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