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St.Helens Armed Forces Covenant Report 2019 St.Helens Armed Forces Covenant Progress Report Report 11 St.Helens Armed Forces Community Covenant Progress Report 11 2018-19 St.Helens Armed Forces Covenant Progress Report 2019 Foreword After such a productive and event filled year I am once more reminded in viewing the information within this Armed Forces Covenant Report of the great honour it is to support the Armed Forces Community as St.Helens Armed Forces Ambassador. The diversity of the British Armed Forces Community never ceases to amaze me. It stretches beyond the differences between Her Majesty’s Naval Service, The British Army, and The Royal Air Force, it is more diverse that the different traditions and customs of Battalion, Regiment and Unit; the diversity of the Armed Forces Community reflects the diversity of society as a whole. In attempting to ensure we provide the Armed Forces Community with equality of access to Public Services, the Council and its Partners must keep this diversity in mind. In the modern Armed Forces there is a clear representation of both genders in all Services and Rank. The Community spans all generations from the youngest Cadet to the oldest Veteran. It incorporates the different ethnicities and cultures of the Commonwealth, as well as reflecting the varied identities of the Shires, Boroughs, and Regions that make up the Nations of the United Kingdom. In the past 5 years we have celebrated the Borough’s First World War Victoria Cross recipient, and they too reflect this diversity. One served with the local South Lancashire Regiment, a second with the London based Royal Fusiliers, a third with the Irish Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, and a fourth with the Canadian Royal Winnipeg Rifles. In St.Helens we have our very own Lancashire Artillery Pipes and Drums, linked to 103 Regiment the Royal Artillery Reserve, with its wonderful Scottish anthem of “Highland Cathedral”, its bagpipes and Tartan. All this historical and cultural reference remind us, that the modest Towns and Villages that make up the Borough of St.Helens are home to residents, including an Armed Forces Community, with a diverse heritage that stretches far and wide. Our Covenant pledge is to honour all the brave women and men of that Armed Forces Community, past, present, and future, and the Council and its local Partners hope that the readers of this report will appreciate our efforts in the last 12 months to do just that. Councillor Lynn Clarke Armed Forces Ambassador 2 St.Helens Armed Forces Community Covenant Progress Report 11 2018-19 Content Introduction page 4 Progress against promoting equality of access to public services page 5 Effectively signposting the Armed Forces Community to key Public and page 8 Voluntary and Community services Identify opportunities to recognise and honour the Armed Forces Community page 9 3 St.Helens Armed Forces Community Covenant Progress Report 11 2018-19 ST.HELENS ARMED FORCES COMMUNITY COVENANT PROGRESS REPORT 2018-19 REPORT 11 1. Introduction 1.1 The St.Helens Armed Forces Community Covenant was signed on 18 June 2012 between serving and former members of the Armed Forces and their families working and residing in St.Helens and St.Helens Council, St. Helens Local Strategic Partnership, the Charitable and Voluntary Sectors and other members of the civilian community of St.Helens. 1.2 The Community Covenant aims to encourage all parties within St.Helens to offer support to the local Armed Forces community and to promote equality of opportunity for Service personnel, families and veterans to access the help and support available from the MOD, from statutory providers and from the Charitable and Voluntary Sectors. 1.3 The St.Helens Armed Forces Community Covenant Steering Group (AFCCSG) was convened from representatives of the signatory agencies to co-ordinate and direct the implementation of the objectives of St.Helens Armed Forces Community Covenant. 1.4 The objectives of St.Helens Armed Forces Community Covenant are as follows: • Advance equality of opportunity for the Armed Forces Community to access public services • Education • Skills and Employment • Housing • Health and Wellbeing • To ensure members of the Armed Forces Community are effectively signposted to key Public and Voluntary/Community services. • Identify opportunities to recognise the Armed Forces through such activities as Freedom, Homecoming and Remembrance Parades and support to the annual Armed Forces Day. • Identify opportunities to access the Covenant Fund. 1.5 For transparency and scrutiny the St.Helens Armed Forces Community Covenant Steering Group provide a progress report annually to the Commanding Officer at Headquarters North West, St.Helens Council Members, and the General Public 1.6 This report identifies the progress that has been made against the objectives of the St.Helens Armed Forces Community Covenant for the period June 2018 to May 2019. 4 St.Helens Armed Forces Community Covenant Progress Report 11 2018-19 2. Progress against promoting equality of access to public services 2.1 This section sets out an update of the issues raised by the Armed Forces Community linked to the public service areas of (i) Housing, (ii) Education / Skills, (iii) Employment, (iv) Health and Wellbeing. 2.2 Torus Housing run “Under One Roof”, the St.Helens choice based social housing letting scheme, which governs the allocation of Registered Social Housing in the Borough. Under the scheme, social housing applicants bid on available property. Where there is more than one applicant the bidders are prioritised in ‘bands’ dependant on their housing needs; with ‘Band’ A being the highest priority, and ‘Band’ D being the lowest. Homeless people, including homeless Armed Forces Veterans, receive the highest priority under the Choice Based Letting Scheme = ‘Band A’, which is defined as Urgent Housing Need. The table below shows the Armed Forces enhancements within the ‘Under One Roof’ choice based letting scheme. Armed Forces With Significant Housing Need Without Significant Housing Category Need Regular Forces and Band B (with a 12 month Usual banding according to Wounded enhancement on the waiting list) need Former Regular Band B (with a 12 month Usual banding according to Forces (Veteran) enhancement on the waiting list) need Regular Forces Band B (with a 12 month Usual banding according to Widow(er) in Forces enhancement on the waiting list) need Accommodation Regular Forces Band B (may apply 6 months Usual banding according to being discharged or before discharge / redundancy) need made redundant Reservist and Band B (with a 12 month Usual banding according to Wounded enhancement on the waiting list) need In order to be eligible to apply for social housing people who live outside of the Borough must have a local connection to St.Helens; e.g. family members living in the borough. However, Armed Forces applicants who live outside of St.Helens (including Armed Forces Personnel returning from postings abroad) are given a special status; they do not need to have a local connection in order to apply for social housing in St.Helens. 2.3 Armed Forces Families receive a specific dispensation under St.Helens Council’s School Admissions Code which reflects the unique circumstances faced by Armed Forces Families when being posted to different locations. Unlike civilian applicants, the School Admissions Team will consider applications for school placement from re-locating Armed Forces Families before they physically move to the area. Approval of such a request is conditional on the application being accompanied by an official letter from the appropriate Armed Forces Officer, declaring the relocation date and postal address to which the family is moving. 2.4 In relation to employment the main partner is St.Helens Job Centre Plus. Job Centre Plus works closely with the Career Transition Partnership and Army HQ North West to ensure that Regional Service Leaver have appropriate information about employment and self- employment opportunities in St.Helens. This includes making use of the “St.Helens Armed Forces Information Leaflet” developed by the Council, and including information that people moving or returning to the borough would need to know. 2.5 The Armed Forces Community has a priority focus within St.Helens key health assessment tool The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) and this is reflected within the St.Helens Health and Wellbeing Strategy. The key issue for Armed Forces Community Health Commissioning have been identified as Addiction, Mental Health, Homelessness, and Social Care. Specialist mental health and addiction support is available, this includes Bridgewater 5 St.Helens Armed Forces Community Covenant Progress Report 11 2018-19 HNS Trust’s Live Life Well Ex Armed Forces Service provided by, and ‘Change, Grow, Live’ the free and confidential drug and alcohol service, and the specialist psychological therapy service ‘Veterans in Mind’. 2.6 St.Helens Council’s People’s Services commission the ‘Veterans in Mind’ service from Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Veterans in Mind provide specialist high quality mental health care, with a focus on improving psychological wellbeing, increasing social networks, and long- term recovery. The service works in partnership with Combat Stress to deliver clinical treatment and welfare support to veterans who suffer from ongoing psychological issues resulting from their time as a serving Armed Forces member. 2.7 ‘Veterans of the Foundation’ is the St.Helens Rugby League Football Club’s Community Foundation’s Armed Forces Hub. This is the key partner providing services and support to the Armed Forces Community in St.Helens. The Veterans of the Foundation Armed Forces Breakfast Club is held every Thursday at 9am and operates from the Red V Café at the Totally Wicked Stadium, McManus Drive, St.Helens, WA9 3AL. The Breakfast Club is regularly attended by Veterans and Serving Members of the Armed Forces and provides people with an opportunity to socialise and address any issues people may be experiencing.
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