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Homeportederation’S Magazine for RN & RM Families Now Incorporating the Royal Marines Association Front Cover: Spring 2016 | FREE China Fleet Club Homthe naval Families Federation’s Magazine eporfor Rn & RM Families now incorporating the Royal Marines association t Spring 2016 | www.nff.org.uk Focus on Scotland inside Do you have a Survival tips •P• P2626 &2& 277M MyyN Navyavy –T– Thehe Offer •P• P6363 &7& 700 Win aSummer Getaway ‘Funninator’ for Parents in the French Alps of Trainees •P• P59-6159-61 Spousal Employment |page 53 |pages 54 &55 AREAS ALL ’ IN 2015 torate ‘EXCELLENTInspec RATED Schools Independent Inspire, Challenge &Lead The RoyalHospital School is aleading co-educational independent school for 11 to 18 year olds,located in 200 acres of Suffolk countryside.Ithas athriving Combined Cadet Force, 65% of pupils boardfull time and more than 200 pupils haveaconnection to the armed services. Fees arediscounted for services families eligible OPEN MORNING for CEA and all RN and RM personnel, both SAT14MAY retired and serving, can apply for means-tested 2016 assistance with fees. Formoreinformation contact Kate Evers,Registrar on 01473 326136 or [email protected] or visit www.royalhospitalschool.org | Contents news &views Introducing Yo ur Regional Liaison Te am ............. 6-7 interview page 32 Penny Mordaunt, Minister of State for the AF..... 8-9 Feature Focus on Scotland ......................................... 10-17 Covenant Employers Get Gold for Supporting the AF..........22 navy Life The Naval Families F My Navy –The Offer.................................... 26-27 Homeportederation’s Magazine for RN & RM Families now incorporating the Royal Marines Association FRonT CovER: Spring 2016 | www.nff.org.uk FREE China Fleet Club........................................... 28-29 Focus Our front cover shows HMS on Scotland Service Complaints Ombudsman ARTFUL,the third of the subsCRipTions Royal Navy’s new Astute Increased Powers................................................30 Class attack submarines. The Naval Families Federation relies on Our thanks go to Neil Smith Units and Establishments to distribute copies Royal Marines Association BA MSC MCIPR, Assistant to all families as quickly as possible. If you are Introducing the Royal Marines Charity .................40 Head of Submarine not in aap positionosition to obtain aac copyopy through Communications & inside the usual Naval Service channels, e-mail: Do you have a Surviv al tips •P• P2626 &2& 277M MyyN Navyavy –T– Thehe Offer ‘Funnina •P• P63 & 70 tor’ for Parents 63 &70 Win aSummer Getaway [email protected] with your postal address Engagement to FOSNI/ in the French Alps of Trainees Being aRM–It’s in our Family Genes............ 46-47 •P• P59-6159-61 Spousal Employment |page 53 ACNS(SM)/RASM, for his |pages 54 &55 to make sure you receive YOUR copy of HOMEPORT. Your Questions Answered.. 48-49 help in pulling together our feature on Scotland. Turn to pages 10-17. Credit: CPOA Your Life (Phot) Thomas McDonald. AF Families Strategy.............................................52 If you want to be considered for our front cover,e-mail your photo to [email protected]. AParent’s Perspective ................................... 54-55 Spousal Employment..................................... 59-61 pages 54 &55 Patron’s Lunch.....................................................62 Star Time for aRelationship MOT?....................... 64-65 Prize Finance Page 63 New PaySystem........................................... 66-67 prizes .................................................... 70-71 contents | Spring 2016 Views expressed in HOMEPORT,unless otherwise Tel: 01408 633871 Fax: 01408 633876 stated, are those of the author alone and do not E-mail: [email protected] necessarily reflect the official opinion of the Naval No responsibility for the quality of goods or services Families Federation or of the Ministry of Defence. The Naval Families Federation’s Magazine for advertised in this magazine can be accepted by the HOMEPORT welcomes articles from readers. Royal Naval &Royal Marines families Publishers, Printers or by the Ministry of Defence. Contributions are included at the NFF Director’s Advertisements are accepted on the express condition HOMEPORT is distributed free by the Royal Navy and discretion. Anonymous contributions are not accepted. that the advertiser warrants that they in no way Royal Marines to Naval families throughout Information correct at time of press. contravene the provisions of the Trades Descriptions the world and is published quarterly by Act 1968 or any other prevailing legislation in the Method Publishing,adivision of Scottish Design and Typography: ©Method Publishing 2016 United Kingdom. Provincial Press Ltd. Editorial Matter and Illustrations: ©Crown The Publishers reserve the right to refuse acceptance Editorial Office: Editor: Sarah Woods Copyright 2016 unless otherwise stated. Articles of any advertisement, either before or after receipt of Naval Families Federation, Castaway House, are not to be reproduced without permission from copy,without stating areason. 311 Twyford Avenue, Portsmouth PO2 8RN the Editor. Tel: 023 9265 4374 Advertisement Office (UK) HOMEPORT Editorial Deadlines: E-mail: [email protected] Method Publishing,Sutherland Press House, Golspie, Summer edition: 8th April 2016. Website: www.nff.org.uk Sutherland, Scotland KW10 6RA Autumn edition: 26th June 2016. Spring 2016 | Homeport 03 News &Views | Hello, Editor’s Note howcan Ihelp you? Well with the firstedition of the revamped Homeport Are you looking for advice, been and gone Iamdelighted with the results and the support and assistance? Then feedback from readers. We still have some way to go these useful contact numbers and will be working on those over the coming months. may be able to help you: Unfortunately with the winter edition of Homeport we hit aproblem with the distribution and some addresses received the magazine twice or for afew families, more The NavalFamilies Federation: than twice! Ican only apologise. This is the firsttime 0239265 4374 we have experienced such aglitch and hopefully never Offering an independent voice to Royal Naval and Royal again! Thank you to all those families that advised Marines families. us of the problem. This was extremely useful for us to determine the problem and ensure we do not have a Anna Wright, Director repeat. Jane Williams, Deputy Director Mick Malone, Office &Enquiry Manager –[email protected] Thank you too for those of you that gave your opinion Ali Clough, Enquiries Coordinator via our annual online poll. With the addition of the Royal Sue Walters, Data &Administration Co-ordinator and PA to Marines Association members, this has given us food for Anna Wright thought for the future. The results of the poll will form an Frances McCreesh, Marketing &Communications Manager – article in the next edition. website and social media Sarah Woods, Editor of Homeport –Homeport magazine and Homeport is the magazine for the Naval Families, Distribution –[email protected] serving and their families; your feedback is so important Bridget Nicholson, Head of Strategic Review to me and helps me to continue to publish amagazine Jenny Ward, Regional Team Manager –Midlands & that you, the readers, want to read. Keep it coming. Central England Jenna Hargreaves, Regional Liaison Officer –Northern England If you know anyone who would like to receive Homeport, Mark Harris, Regional Liaison Officer –Scotland & e-mail me at [email protected] with the full postal Northern Ireland address and don’t forget to take the magazine home for Alexandra Aspinall, Regional Liaison Officer –Wales & your families. West of England Nicola Thompson, Regional Liaison Officer,South of England RNRM Welfare: 02392728777 Providing specialist welfare support to Service users and third party referrals. Sarah Woods |Editor,Homeport Carillionamey: 0800 7076000 [email protected] Enquiries for Service Family Accommodation, including maintenance. JSHaO: 01252787 574 The Joint Service Housing Advice Office (JSHAO) provides housing information and advice to Service personnel and their families. JCCC:01452519 951 The Joint Casualty and Compassionate Cell provides afocal point for casualty administration and notification and requests for compassionate travel (for those personnel serving overseas) in respect of members of the British Armed Forces. veterans uK: Freephone (uK only): 0808 1914 212 188 or Telephone (overseas): +44 1253866 043 Veterans UK administers the Armed FoForcesrces PePensionnsion Schemes and compensation payments for those injured or bereaved through service. ServiceCe Complaints CoCommismmissioner: 0202007 787737 3450 The Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces helps ensure Servicemen and Servicewomen are treated fairly throughout their Service life. CEaS: 01980 618244 – The Children’s Education Advisory Service (CEAS) provides expert and impartial advice about the education of Service children. 04 Homeport |Spring 2016 | News & Views Your Voice, Heard Message from Anna Wright, Director NFF When our 3-year old grabbed the chino-ed legs of some random bloke in a café in Port Solent, near Portsmouth, and yelled, ‘My Daddy!’ I really didn’t know where to put myself. His wife looked rather hostile and he looked decidedly uncomfortable. I quickly hustled my son out whilst trying to explain that his Daddy had been away at sea for Another win for our community is the decision by the banks five months and that he wore the same trousers (they were to allow Armed Forces personnel posted overseas to rent fashionable then!). I’m sure that many of us can recount similar
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