E m e r g i n g I s s u e s
Happy Holidays for Children with Additional Needs
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SAFA – Forces Help is taking registrations for their 2010 holidays. The fun week-long
breaks can prove life-changing experiences for youngsters. A father from Odiham said, “Liam came back and did not stop talking about it for days. He had been rock climbing, abseiling, kayaking, orienteering and swimming. It did so much for his self- esteem. He took part in everything and enjoyed every moment.
Read to Your Child Every Night while You are Away
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hanks soooo very much for the lovely story you have recorded onto CD for Joshua! We got it
this morning. I put it on in the kitchen and started to cry! We listened to all of it together, Thank you so much for taking the time to do this!”
Story Book Wings is an initiative whereby recordings of deployed parents can be sent to their child(ren). A bed time story, nursery rhymes, poems, they will love to hear the sound of your voice and it is there for them whenever they want to hear it. The recordings have added sound effects to make them that little bit more special. All you have to do read that story. The Story Book Wings team will do the rest.
THE EVIDENCE YOU GAVE US
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6,000 individual votes were secured last year during the Federation’s
workshops. The results are now available for all to see in the Federation’s Evidence Report. The evidence gathered has already been used to inform policy debates on issues such as: the definition of family, the length of Operational deployments and the all- important deliberations by the Armed Forces Pay Review Body.
New Man Heads up Customer Services at MHS
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amie McDonald is the new man at Modern Housing Solutions (MHS). He is the Customer Services Director and joined MHS in April. This is a new role at MHS and Jamie is keen to ‘place MHS customers at the heart of all he does’. He says he will be challenging and supporting the
Operations team whilst driving continuous improvement across the business. Jamie is also responsible for the Customer Helpdesk.
This Year’s Big Lunch
Further details on all these stories can be found on the Federation website at www.
raf-ff.org.uk. Click on ‘News’ block or search the site using key words.
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he Big Lunch is inviting you and the 61 million people across the UK to sit down and have lunch with your neighbours in the middle of your street on Sunday 18th July as a simple act of community. An Eden Project initiative, it took place for the first time last year and many RAF units joined in.
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