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MainThe Official Magazine of RAF HaltonpointSpring 2015 Red Nose Day Mainpoint Spring 2015 1 STATION SNIPPETS | COMMUNITY AND CHARITY | SPORTS MainThe Official Magazine of RAF HaltonpointSpring 2015 Station Commander’s ForewordForeword Group Captain A S Burns MSc MA BSc RAF One team, training people for Defence Mainpoint Spring 2015 1 STATION SNIPPETS | CO MMUNITY AND C H A R ITY | SPOR T S Editorial Team Editor Flight Lieutenant James Lambert, OC Crime, Special Investigations and Intelligence Branch. Tel: 95237 6747 Email: james.lambert626@ mod.uk Deputy Editor FS Greg Saunders IMLC DS Airmen’s Command Squadron Tel: 01296 656380 Email: [email protected] Distribution Courtesy of the Central Registry and Fire Section Photography Support Kate Rutherford, Michelle Sage & Luka Waycott. Tel: 01296 656117 Publishing Team Published Lance Publishing Limited, 1st Floor, Tailby House, Bath Road, Kettering, Northants, NN16 8NL Tel: 01536 512624 Email: [email protected] Visit: www.lancepublishing.co.uk Advertising Sophie Thurlby Tel: 01536 526667 Welcome to the Spring edition of Mainpoint. took up cycling, bought the Email: [email protected] bike and shiny kit, but was not s the excitement of seeing Haddington Close. This was progressing as well as he hoped. Designed the sun again climbs, I all undertaken in cooperation He therefore asked advice as to Lance Publishing Ltd Awould like to take this with Bucks County Council and how Team Sky had been able Tel: 01536 521126 opportunity to once again say the local community as a clear to improve so much, and was Email: [email protected] thank you. Across the whole of example of the value of the advised that they put olive oil the Stn you continue to deliver Armed Forces and Community on their wheels. When asking if Printed and I remain in awe of what RAF Covenant. This took a while that made a difference he was Lance Print Ltd, 29/30 Stapledon Halton people continue to do but was undertaken following advised that it hardly made any Road, Orton Southgate, both in and out of work. comments from Stn personnel. difference. He rightly challenged Peterborough, PE2 6TD I have also been delighted Other improvements are more ‘why bother then?’ The response Tel: 01733 390564 as I make my way around subtle; however, I assure you that was ‘No, you missed the point’, it the Stn by the dialogue and any initiative that can potentially hardly makes a difference’. The Email: [email protected] questions I receive. From more improve things for our people point being that cumulative Visit: www.lanceprint.co.uk formal Town Hall meetings, to will be considered and acted 0.1% improvements make a being approached during my upon if possible. huge difference over time. Disclaimer: day to day business, the very As regards such Each and every one of us, This publication is copyright Lance Publishing fact people are challenging the incremental improvements, regular, reservist, civilian and Limited and may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form in whole or in part without prior written accepted norms in order to try I would offer the following contractor has a part to play in permission of Lance Publishing Limited. While and improve Stn life is refreshing. anecdote told to me by Mr Frank this and I challenge everyone to every care has been taken during the preparation It proves to me that people are Diock (a famous athletics coach find some small way in which life of this magazine, Lance Publishing Limited cannot taking personal ownership of in the 1980s). I appreciate that for you and your people could be held responsible for accuracy of the information herein or for any consequence arising from it. Views making things better for all of us. many of you may already have be made better. RAF Halton Expressed in this publication are not necessarily Some results are more heard this story but for everyone is already a great place to live those of the Royal Air Force or the Ministry of tangible than others, such as else I would like to replay it here: and work and I believe we can Defence. All images © Crown Copyright unless otherwise stated. the recent improvement of the Frank told the story of a continue to make it better. Have play parks in Tedder Rd and middle aged individual who a great Spring! Mainpoint Spring 2015 3 Contents Spring 2015 Station snippets commUNITY & CHARITY Sports RAF Halton Play Park Poject Parents’ Emotional Station Gym News 7 20 First Aid course 28 8 Station Health and 29 Extreme Challenge Run, Wellbeing Day 20 Lowland Rescue Row and Cycle for Nigel 8 Pride as Second Son Graduates 20 Chaplaincy Corner 30 Airmen take the Plunge 9 Stress Management 22 SSAFA at RAF Halton 31 Luge No Smoking Day 2015 Anthony Nolan 9 24 Awareness Day Halton take charge of a 10 Link Air Training Simulator NC801 RAF Halton Co- 25 Responders, South Central 11 Initial Military Fitness (IMF) Ambulance Service (SCAS) Logistics and Supply St Louis School visit to 12 Training Squadron 25 Trenchard Museum and Air Power Centre Saddle Club reopens 14 Red Nose Day 2015 Operations and 26 18 Planning Wing Mainpoint Spring 2015 5 Aylesbury Vale Station snippets Golf Club Special Green Fee Rates for RAF personnel Just £15 with your ID card (normal fee £24 - £34) Challenging tree-lined course RAF reduced membership rates - pay monthly - no contracts Aylesbury Vale Golf Club Stewkley Road, Wing, LU7 0UJ 01525 240196 [email protected] www.avgc.co.uk Saturday 9th May 11am- 2pm Grant scheme, which aims to Assisting the Station improve integration between Commander at the opening was RAF Halton Play the military and civilian the Chairman of Buckinghamshire communities, who pledged County Council, Councillor £200,000 to the project. The Zahir Mohammed. Councillor Park Project play parks are ideally situated Mohammed, who is also the close to MOD provided Service Armed Forces Champion for n the 4 February 2015, Lightmain was the chosen Families Accommodation but Buckinghamshire, enthused the RAF Halton Station company to deliver the facilities due are easily accessible by the local that the new facilities will “be a O Commander, Group Captain to their proven delivery at other community as well which made fantastic resource for the children Adrian Burns, officially declared military sites and Annington Homes the refurbishment ideal for and young people of both Service the long awaited Play Park Project were approached for permission to Covenant funding, as the newly and Civilian families”. He went on open. The requirement for the build the MUGA on a disused car established Princess Mary’s to say, “they’ll be a great benefit project was first highlighted by the park. Final permissions were granted Gate housing development will to the communities of Wendover RAF Halton Youth Club who were by the Bucks County Council also reap the benefits of the and Halton for many years comparing facilities in the local area Planning Authority which gave the Haddington Close parks. The to come.” and noticed that the Tedder Road project the green light. other main external contributor After many months and years and Haddington Close play parks The Play Park Project has had was from Section 106 funding, of planning the sites at Tedder were in desperate need of a face lift. the benefit of a number of funding with a contribution of £90,000. Road and Haddington Close are The whole process has seen these sources from the Station as well as This funding is provided now the home of brand-new completely refurbished as well two significant external contributors. through a levy paid by housing top quality recreational facilities as the installation of a brand new The first contribution came from the developers to local councils to for kids from RAF Halton and the multi-use games area (MUGA). Armed Forces Community Covenant help fund community projects. local community. Mainpoint Spring 2015 7 Station snippets Station snippets Stress Management n this busy and seemingly Stress Awareness and Suicide ever changing world we live & Deliberate Self Harm briefs I in, balancing family and work to various audiences across the commitments has never seemed RAF. The briefs are interactive harder. Money worries, housing, with maximum participation family and career issues can actively encouraged. In addition sometimes weigh people down we also deliver the Trauma Risk and the pressure can, for some, Management (TRiM) course, seem to be overwhelming. which is a helpful tool in enabling Based in the Old Workshops, someone who has experienced a RAF Halton there is a small potentially traumatic incident to team of personnel working better deal with the aftermath. hard to combat the effects of Recently, members of the stress within the RAF. The Stress SMARTT have trained to be Mental Management and Resilience Health First Aid instructors (MHFA). Pride as Second Training Team (SMARTT) deliver This course has been developed courses and briefs to educate in partnership with The Royal personnel about mental health British Legion, Combat Stress and issues and the signs and Soldiers Sailors and Air Forces Son Graduates symptoms of stress. Our aim is Association (SSAFA). MHFA is not to solve the problem for the running in more than 20 countries person but to empower them and is focused on increasing Flight Sergeant Andy Cairns from the Force to take control of the issues the mental health literacy of the he follows them. As they are which also blew a hole in the for themselves whilst giving population. We aim to publicise Development Flight at RAF Halton attended the both Movers, (I am Personnel aircraft which Thompson climbed information on specialist help the availability and start delivering Graduation Parade of 539 Thompson Intake to Support) I’m hoping I’ll get good across to rescue the Rear Gunner, when necessary.