Mj Vallely Deputy Head RAF HIVE (Service Delivery Manager)
What is deployment and what support is on offer? D
eployment is when aserving person (your spouse, partner,son, daughter,father,mother,brother,sister etc.) is required to go to aspecified operational location away from their family,the time
scales vary but this could be six months or longer.Whether this is your first ‘Deployment Separation’oryou have been through them before, they can still be extremely difficult for both the serving person and their family.
The affects of this are many,from the simple things on aday to day basis (dealing with bedtime routines/household chores) to that emotional support that daily contact brings. Often military life means you are away from family and friends, this is where your RAF HIVE Information Officer (HIO) and the Station Community Support Team can assist with supporting you.
RAF HIVEs supply RAF HIVE Deployment Packs (these can differ from station to station) and these are full of useful information:
•Booklets and DVDs on the deployment process and contact information for the Station and various outside supporting agencies
•Leisure vouchers
•Small ‘gizzits’ for children, these will differ from station to station but may include:
oOur ‘RAF HIVE Hello from Home’ book packed full of activities including a‘Chuff Chart’ to count down the days
oDetachment maps oTalking Tins oCloud Pets oCuddly toy oJournals oSweet hampers oPhone holders o‘Stay Positive Wall’ charts o‘My Busy Week’ books
•Forms to notify schools when aparent/guardian is deployed
•BFPO postal blueys and the INtouch mail service (a system that provides deployed personnel with ahard copy of aletter but sent from home via email)
•Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC) card
•Information on Storybook Wings (recorded stories made by serving person)
•Station magazine ENVOY
SPRING 2019
raf-ff.org.uk
The RAF HIVE management team provides comprehensive Social Media coverage using both Facebook and Twitter; additionally,each station has individual RAF HIVE station accounts. Youwill be able to find information on all station activities including Deployment Trips/Events and deployment coffee mornings on these sites.
RAF HIVE are there to listen and signpost you in the right direction; please do not sit at home worrying, come and talk to the RAF HIVE Information Officer and join in with the activities on your station. If you are an ‘old hat’ with ‘Deployment Separation’please come and talk to someone who isn’t, your knowledge and support could be invaluable to others.
@RAF HIVE Facebook @RAF HIVE Twitter RAF Community Support
There is also lots of information available on the RAF Community Support web site pages;
raf.mod.uk/serving- families/deployment/
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