PARTNERS AND SPOUSES IN BUSINESS SPOUSE
EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT
TRIAL SUCCESS
Samantha Drew is currently based with her husband in Cyprus and has taken full advantage of the MOD’s Spouse Employment Support Trial in order to develop her career in f tness.
Tell us a bit about yourself… I’m 30 years old and am originally from Stourbridge in the Midlands. I met my husband Craig five years ago and we have been married for four years. We lived at RAF Brize Norton and RAF Odiham before arriving at RAF Akrotiri in January 2015. I have absolutely loved the transition into military life and deem it to be a positive and varied environment. I have loved moving to different camps, making new friends, and experiencing second hand what the military has to offer us as a couple. Of course supporting my husband in his quest to serve the country and further himself in the Armed Forces is my number one priority but I felt at the age of 30 years old I knew what I wanted from life, felt settled and had a burning desire to educate myself.
Where did you hear about the trial? I wanted to use my time here in Cyprus wisely by furthering myself and my career, but wasn’t sure exactly how to go about it. As I am currently overseas I thought my options might be limited. Whilst exploring the possiblities initially through the Joint Educational and Training Serivces (JETS) Academy, I was made aware of the MOD’s Spouse Employment Support Trial, which included funding for vocational training, and immediately called to register. I then began to think about the training I wanted to do: I have always been involved in fi tness from an early age and am a keen weight lifter, so I knew that I wanted to do something in that sector.
As part of the programme, I was put in touch with my career consultant,
Anthony and we then started to explore how I could go about studying fi tness, and identifi ed a personal trainer course that suited my needs perfectly.
How have you felt about the support so far?
Fantastic! From the application stage to the careers advice to the funding from the fi nance team it has been effi cient and effective. From the day I put my application in to getting started on my course it took around six weeks.
I was able to work with my consultant Anthony to create a Spouse Development Plan (SDP) to record my goals and actions, and also had access to the CTP’s website and online resources. Anthony’s advice was vital in enabling me to pick the right company to study with, as in the beginning I had no clue how I was going to study – especially being overseas and
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