Friday, May 10, 2024
Overseas Survey - Thank You
An update on the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) overseas families survey, which took place last summer.
- Thank you to the overseas personnel and families that took the time to complete the MOD's overseas families survey, which ran from July to August 2023.
- Your feedback is helping to shape Defence policy and processes to better meet the needs of you and your family.
- An MOD report is due to be published this year outlining key survey findings and will be publicly available on Gov.uk. Further details will be shared in due course.
To find out more about Defence's 10-year plan to drive forward positive initiatives for Service families, read the Armed Forces Families Strategy 2022-2032.
If you have any questions, please contact: People-AFFS-FamiliesTeam@mod.gov.uk.
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
HIVE Update
Garrison News
- Oberhausen Coach Trip - Book your coach trip by this Friday - Tickets for the coach trip to Oberhausen must be confirmed by this Friday.
- Gate Closure -Antwerp Gate Closures for German Bank holidays are on the 9th, 20th and 30th May this year.
- Euro 2024 Flights are getting expensive around the dates of the England games in Germany for the euros. June 16th, 20th & 25th Gelsenkirchen, Frankfurt & Cologne
- Health and Wellbeing Fayre - Keep the 22nd May Free and join the Health & Wellbeing fayre for free tea & Coffee plus tasters from the NAAFI team. supporting our SP and their families.
What's on
German Fathers Day 9th and Mothers Day 12th May
Schloss Neuhaus Beer Festival
Starts this week on Thursday - German Fathers Day. the Gardens are transformed into a giant bar complete with music and food. the Mayor of Paderborn will tap the first Keg on Thursday 9th and the event runs until the weekend and wraps up on Mothers Day
- May 9th: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- May 10: 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.
- May 11 : 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. May
- 12: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m
Street food festival Dusseldorf 9th -12th May Starts 4pm Fri 12 noon on Sat & Sun.
Property - people have been asking what you need to do to buy property in Germany as an expat - Here is an online webinar to help 13th May
The Stuttgart Cansttater comes to a close this weekend on the 12th May - Large fireworks and funfair with Beer fest.
Hamburg port anniversary celebrations 9th -12th May
The event celebrated by the Hamburg Port Anniversary is the declaration of Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa, in 1189, that Hamburg's port was a custom-free zone. It was this tax exemption that enabled Hamburg to prosper and eventually become the third-largest port in Europe, and so it is celebrated at this triumphant anniversary, year after year.
Frankfurt Green Sauce Event
This Frankfurt speciality consists of sour cream, oil, vinegar, mustard, hard-boiled eggs and seven herbs (parsley, chives, chervil, cress, borage, sorrel and salad burnet). Green sauce (Grüne Soße), known as “Grie Soß” in Frankfurt dialect, is usually served cold, with boiled potatoes and hard-boiled eggs. A whole host of events will celebrate the sauce from the 11th - 18th May in Frankfurt, more info here.
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