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Thursday 17 October 2024

Flooding - DIO and Pinnacle have provided some handy information around flood proofing.



Pinnacle - flood preparedness

RAND Europe Research - Meeting the Needs of the RAF and RN/RM Family.



RAND Europe is currently undertaking research to support the Royal Air Force (RAF) Benevolent Fund and Greenwich Hospital in understanding the current and future size, demographics and support needs of RAF and Royal Navy/Royal Marines (RN/RM) Service People, Veterans and Families.

We are recruiting participants!

As part of our research, we want to better understand the experiences of current and former RAF, RN and RM serving personnel and their families. We are intending to do this through interviews and surveys, focusing on:

Autumn updates from Recruit For Spouses.



Please click here​ to read the Autumn edition of The RFS Digest



Further information has also been released regarding the launch of RFS's Foreign & Commonwealth programme, which is now open for applications. Updates can be found here

Autumn Ale-lympics


Join in the Autumn Ale-lympics at GK from 5-8pm on 30th October 2024

For full details click here

Wednesday 16 October 2024

British Community Halloween Party



British Community Halloween Party on Thursday 31st October 2024
Join the CLOs (Community Liaison Officers) in the Brit Bar ahead of Trunk or Treat for an afternoon of ghoulishly good fun! The party starts at 3pm and finishes at 6pm, just in time for Trunk or Treat over at GK.

Our CLOs Sophie and Emma are also looking for 4-5 volunteers to help with the decoration and crafts for the event. Please email: GSO-EJSU-Netherlands-Community@mod.gov.uk if you can spare a couple of hours to support us.

Serve and Protect Webinar: Understanding Wills & Lasting Power of Attorney's.



Monday, November 4 ⋅ 12:00 – 12:30

Want to gain a better understanding of setting up a Will and LPA? In this free webinar by the team at Serve and Protect Credit Union, we'll help you understand the importance of having a will in place which is vital to ensure that your money, property and possessions are distributed exactly how you wish after your death and that your loved ones are properly cared for. Also looking at setting up a Lasting Power of Attorney which allows you to appoint people you trust to make decisions about financial affairs and health and care, if you are unable to due to injury, accident or illness

We look forward to you joining us. Book your place today! 👇 completely free

Webinars - Serve & Protect (serveandprotectcu.co.uk)

Veterans ID Card accepted as Polling ID.



The government has backed the armed forces community by allowing HM Armed Forces Veteran Cards to be used as Voter ID in forthcoming elections.

More information can be found here.

Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust: Over £380K awarded to enhance Early Years provision for Service families.



The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (The Trust) have awarded funding worth over £380,000 to a further 12 fantastic projects supporting Service children in the latest round of the Early Years programme!

These projects are set to help enhance early childhood education and childcare to better support the unique needs and challenges of young children from Armed Forces families.

Tuesday 15 October 2024

Defence Children Services: New information on school admissions and education support to Service families


Defence Children Services and Education Advisory Team (UK) have released some new information for Service families. This includes guidance about key dates related to school admissions which are coming up; the first of these is October 31st for families who have a child due to start secondary school in September 2025.
There are also leaflets explaining the support available from EAT (UK) and the Overseas Education and Supportability Team (OEST):​Letter for families​DCS also has a new website with comprehensive information for Service families: www.dcs.school

Pumpkin Decorating Contest

Pumpkin Decorating Contest at the Brunssum Commissary on 20th October at 1pm.

There are awesome prizes to give away to the winners in each age category, and entry is free.

Age categories:
5-11 years old
12-17 years old
Adults

Come for the contest but stay for the free food and drinks. Don’t forget, there will also product samples so you definitely want to get a chance to taste those too!