SSAFA Health Visitor - EJSU Page

Our SSAFA Health Visitor has set up a group to share public health messages, hints, tips and guidance for children and families across mainland Europe. 

Join the group and keep up to date with the latest information.

Families First - #2 DIO Accommodation News for SFA Residents (UK)

Click here to view this latest issue online

Little Troopers - Applications for March Residential Weekend in Swindon

Little Troopers opens applications for March residential weekend in Swindon  

MOD 's Kooth Delivers Children's Mental Health Week 6th-12th Feb

Kooth is available for children with a parent serving in the British Armed Forces or working for the MOD or the British Government in the UK or overseas, aged 11 until their 19th birthday 🙌

Advocating for Vulnerable Veterans: the Acute Hospital Settings Programme

TAFCTF are hosting a webinar on Tuesday 31 January.
The positive impact of Armed Forces advocates on veterans in acute hospital settings will share more on the latest findings from the Supporting Armed Forces in Acute Hospital Settings programme.


You’ll hear from the programme lead Steven Inman and Project Co-ordinator Gemma Calvert, as well as programme evaluators at Chester University, Dr Becky Randles, Lottie Ainsworth- Moore, and Professor Alan Finnegan.


TAFCTF are also honoured to be joined by four of the projects from across the UK who’ll be sharing insights into the work they are doing for vulnerable veterans.


It’s free to join for this great learning opportunity, click here to register​

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Little Troopers All Together Online - Sciencedipity - Sat 4 Feb

All Together is a deployment club for military children, part of that programme is All Together Online! 

This is a series of exciting, live, online events aimed at military children under 11 who have a parent away from home.

Our third online All Together session of 2023 is THIS Saturday 4th February at 1000hrs Sciencedipity ~ Paper STEM Challenge.​

Find out more HERE​

Mental Wellbeing Platform for Service Children - Launching 7th Feb

Kooth is now available for children with a parent serving in the British Armed Forces or working for the MOD or the British Government in the UK or overseas, aged 11 until their 19th birthday 🙌

Bounce Forward - Raise Resilience; 7th Feb

 

Bounce Forward - Raise Resilience; 7th Feb

 

Empowering Military Families; There is an immediate need to preserve children’s emotional well-being and build mental resilience. This course has been designed to support armed forces families to develop the skills, knowledge and strategies to not only face the setbacks that inevitably will come, but also be able to thrive in life.

 

Through Raise Resilience, you can support yourself and your children to communicate effectively, develop empathy, nurture a growth mindset and understand emotions.

The training is focused on helping family units navigate times of transition. 

 

The offer provides access to attend and participate in an online free training programme through Bounce Forward to help build mental resilience as a key skill for living.

http://ow.ly/h5Bj​50MweCF

Kooth - Online Mental Health and Wellbeing Support for Ages 11-18 yrs

Kooth is now available for children (aged 11 until their 19th birthday) with a parent serving in the British Armed Forces or working for the MOD or the British Government in the UK or overseas.

Home Fire Safety Week

It’s estimated one in four UK households are in fuel poverty. The campaign will reflect the current cost of living issues which are pushing more households into fuel poverty, there are potential corresponding fire risks associated with the pressures people are facing.
The main areas covered will be: Smoking with specific reference to illegal tobacco products

Electrical safety

Home heating

Emollient products, for more information click HERE

Services Cotswolds Centre

 

Defence Child Bereavement Network

 

AWS Community Support Volunteering Summer 2022 (UK)

Out of School Adventures is back for the Summer!

Building on the success of last years summer programmes and residential activities our ambitions are as big and as bold, if not bigger and bolder than last year! Plans are coming together.....

Women in Employment

Developing career opportunities for women from the Armed Forces community: 

The Officers’ Association Women into Employment virtual event, now in its second year, recognises the unique challenges female ex-military personnel can face when moving from military to civilian employment.  

Little Troopers 2022 Family Survey

Little Troopers is now ten years old! To make sure they continue to provide your little troopers with the best support possible, they would love to hear from you about how you use the charity, what you find most helpful and what you would like to see more of.

Please take five minutes to complete the online family survey. If you have any questions please email info@littletroopers.net or visit www.littletroopers.net.

We Need Your Help – Research Opportunity for Non-Serving Partners!

We are running two focus groups (one on Tuesday 15th and one on Tuesday 22nd March) to understand communication between Defence and non-serving partners of those in the military. 

This research is important and will help to shape how Defence communicate with families and to deliver their family strategy in the best way possible.

 
We would like to hear from any of our non-serving partners to understand the best channels of communication in which to engage with this audience.

The focus groups will last an hour each and will take place 6:30pm – 7:30pm on Tuesday 15th March or Tuesday 22nd March via Zoom.

Here is the link to the recruitment survey 

The Ministry of Defence has launched a new online community called ‘Trusted Voices’ designed to allow anyone working for Defence to have their say on a variety of topics and shape the way the services and MOD communicate with you.

SSAFA event: Military Families Affected by the Suicide of a Loved One (MFAS) Support Group

SSAFA Support Groups is pleased to announce that our Military Families Affected by the Suicide of a Loved One (MFAS) Support Group will be holding its first Face-to-Face weekend meeting since 2020 on Saturday 02 April 2022 and Sunday 03 April 2022.

The venue will be at our Central Office, SSAFA – the Armed Forces charity, Queen Elizabeth House, 4 St Dunstan’s Hill, London EC3R 8AD

Armed Forces Families Strategy - Support for Military Families

Wide-ranging support boost for military families

The Families Strategy, a new 10-year plan recognising the unique nature of military life and setting out bespoke support for service families, has been published....

The strategy is designed to address  the issues childcare, access to education and accomodation faced by Forces Families. 

Read the full report here.

Armed Forces Families Strategy - Support for Military Families

 

The Families Strategy, a new 10-year plan recognising the unique nature of military life and setting out bespoke support for service families, has been published 19th January.