The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust recently announced over £700K to support projects that provide targeted support for serving women through their Service Women: Seen & Heard programme.
Find out how these projects will work to empower both regular and reserve service women, helping them to make informed decisions and access vital resources to improve health and wellbeing.
Take back your life this No Smoking Day – Wednesday 12th March 2025.
- Quitting smoking is the best thing you can do for your health.
- It’s never too late to quit smoking. Even if you’ve tried quitting before, give it another go this No Smoking Day.
- When you stop smoking, there are almost immediate improvements to your health.
- There’s no need to go it alone – it’s much easier to stop smoking when you get the right support and there are lots of options to choose from.
- Getting free expert support from your local stop smoking service is proven to give you the best chance of quitting successfully. Some are now able to offer free vape starter kits too.
- NHS Better Health offers a range of free quitting support including the NHS Quit Smoking app, Personal Quit Plan, 28-day email programme, local stop smoking service look-up tool, as well as advice on stop smoking aids including information on how vaping can help you quit smoking.
- On average, you could save around £2,500 per year by quitting smoking.
Changes to strengthen Statutory Sick Pay
The Government has announced changes to strengthen Statutory Sick Pay which will benefit more than one million employees across the UK as part of efforts to grow the economy.
Through the Employment Rights Bill, Government is strengthening Statutory Sick pay by removing the Lower Earnings Limit so that the safety net of sick pay is available to those who need it most. We are also removing the Waiting Period so that Statutory Sick Pay is paid from the first day of sickness absence.
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