HEALTH &WELLBEING RAF COMMUNITYSUPPORT UPDATE ByWOPhil Chadwick
In this edition Iwanted to mention two places which are available for RAF personnel and families to make use of.I’m also highlighting anew initiative by the Royal Air Forces Association to help with ‘contact visits’.
The Nuffield Centre, Anglesey The Nuffield Centre at the Joint Service Mountain Training Centre (JSMTC) Indefatigable provides affordable accommodation for Service personnel and their families on the banks of the Menai Straits, Anglesey in North Wales. Only aminute’s drive from the A55 and A5, access is easy and the Centre is an excellent base for exploring the coast and mountains of North Wales. Accommodation at the Centre includes family rooms (en-suite with a shared kitchen area) at £25 per night, dormitory rooms at £7.00 per person per night and acampsite with pitches from only £10 per night.
If you’ve never been to the Isle of Anglesey before, it is abeautiful part of Wales and is adesignated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Its coastal path, which is 125 miles long, follows most of the island’s coastline and passes through farmland, coastal heath, dunes, salt-marsh, and a National Nature Reserve.
For more details, including how to book any of the accommodation mentioned above, please visit the Nuffield Centre website here:
nuffieldanglesey.org.uk/
The Services Cotswold Centre The Services Cotswold Centre is located in Corsham, Wiltshire and comprises 60 self-contained chalet style homes providing short-term transit accommodation to Service personnel and their families, particularly during the transition to civilian life. In May this year the Management Board* of the Services Cotswold Centre agreed to extend the eligibility to stay there to single Service personnel. This welcome move recognises an increase in the requirement for short- term accommodation for single personnel leaving the Services.
Charges for using the Services Cotswold Centre are very reasonable and the site has aprimary school, community centre and fitness suite. Full details, together with abooking form, are available from the website below:
gov.uk/government/publications/ services-cotswold-centre
*The Management Board is made up of representatives from the three Services under the direction of Colonel Army Welfare Service.
RAFA’sHelp with ‘Contact Visits’ For many years the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) has helped RAF
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personnel who are separated from their children host contact visits with those children by helping to furnish and decorate unit contact houses. However,weknow that not all units have acontact house and even if they do, they are often fully booked. To this end, in May RAFAinitiated ascheme where RAF personnel who are unable to access acontact house can be reimbursed some of the costs for a contact visit. This assistance is only for individuals who are separated from their dependent children and the number of contact visits which will be supported is limited to 4per
year.Individuals who book themselves into ahotel can be reimbursed up to £25 per night for a2-night contact visit on up to 4occasions per year.On completion of aproforma and proof of your stay (hotel receipt in your name), RAFAwill then reimburse you up to the £25 limit.
If you have any questions about this process, please get in touch your unit HR or call me on 01494 496344.
raf-ff.org.uk
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