IN THE NEWS
Welfare and Leisure Facilities
News
Get on the housing ladder
Home liability insurance
The new RAF Welfare and Leisure Ameniti es Guide is now ‘live’. The guide provides links to faciliti es such as motor homes, minibuses and contact houses.
Future accommodation
The Government will extend its Forces Help to Buy scheme to 2018, the Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon announced, helping thousands more to get on the housing ladder.
Licence to Occupy survey - report
Within the Licence to Occupy there is a clause that states that you are liable for damage you cause up to at least the sum advised currently by the MOD, which from 1st August 2011 is set at £20,000.
Dealing with damp and mould
You can fi nd out what was said in the debate at Westminster Hall on the Future Accommodati on Model (FAM) through Parliament TV. The link to the debate is on the RAF FF website.
Compensation scheme
The RAF Families Federati on recently conducted a survey on ‘Licence to Occupy’ insurance. Our report on the results of the survey is now available online.
Scheme rewards members
There is a downloadable infographic available from CarillionAmey showing you the process to follow when dealing with damp and mould in your Service Family Accommodati on.
Military entrepreneurs
Rail passengers will soon be able to claim compensati on if their train is more than 15 minutes late under an improved compensati on scheme announced by the Transport Secretary.
New Forces in Mind Trust award
The Royal Air Forces Associati on has launched a new scheme to give members discounts on a wide range of products and services.
Thank you from the Big Salute
The unprecedented success of military entrepreneurship has been celebrated by the government, big business and chariti es, on the third anniversary of the business support service X-Forces.
Spectacular new hangar at IWM
National Lottery investment
The Royal Air Force Museum is delighted to announce that it has been awarded £4,595,600 from the Heritage Lott ery Fund (HLF) for the next phase of its RAF Centenary Programme.
Crew run rings around the rest
The idea was simple: fl ip a 275lb tractor tyre 8 miles around RAF Northolt airfi eld within six hours, and a goal of raising £1,000 for the RAF Benevolent Fund.
CEO of Recruit for Spouses Wins
The force behind Recruit for Spouses, Heledd Kendrick, won the ‘Special’ Award at the Women in Defence Awards 2016, which celebrates the individuals who promote the value of women in defence.
Mini missile decoy for RAF
A grant of £39,478 has been awarded to Swansea University for the very fi rst evaluati on of gambling-related problems among UK veterans.
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The BFBS Big Salute has raised more than £27,000 since April this year, thanks to the generosity of fundraisers in the forces community and supporters around the globe.
Aircraft Restorati on Company reveal its spectacular new Stephenson Hangar at IWM Duxford, built primarily to house major maintenance work to be carried out on the BBMF’s Avro Lancaster.
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has placed a £2.5 million order for UK- designed and built miniature decoys which will help to protect combat jets from missiles.
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