The Forcer Protocol which went live with the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary last month, allows serving and veterans (family or medical professionals) to register details on a secure website so that in the event that they go missing and are ...

This August, Serve and Protect Credit Union are delivering a range of free educational webinars on the following financial topics: Thu 7th - Eco-Friendly Ways to Save Money Thu 14th - Budgeting 101: Take Control of Your Money Wed 20th&...

This summer, Hampshire County Council Fostering Service are sharing real stories that inspire change. Our new fostering campaign shines a light on the incredible journeys of foster carers and the children whose lives they’ve transformed. F...

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (the Trust) has reopened the Hidden Voices programme for applications. This is the second year of this popular programme with funded projects last year supporting: veterans in the justice system in &nb...

Please view their Summer 2025 Newsletter jampacked with information for all those in the Armed Forces Community. View it HERE in our News Resource area.

Hampshire's largest mental health charity Solent Mind has expanded its Anchoring Minds service, to be able to provide wellbeing support to Service Families Nationwide. Run by Solent Mind, in partnership with the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Cha...

The Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity have partnered with Kids.org to provide a wide range of information and support for the Naval community. The service includes a range of regular online workshops and guides containing information o...

There is still time to get involved in the Reading Force Memoir Writing Competition. The competition is open to anyone whether an Adult, a Child or inbetween as a Young Person. So go ahead and tell reading Force a story. This is for those curr...

Forces Additional Needs & Disability Forum (FANDF) is collaborating with representatives from the FANDF Subject Matter Experts (SME) group, including the MOD Families Policy Team, to highlight challenges faced by Armed Forces families and in...

Here are some of the latest updates from DIO for those living in Service Families Accommodation: Planning for move-ins/outs and removals this summer, Identifying your local named Housing Officer and JLL stock condition s...

Read the latest from Little Troopers. Topics include: Calling Little Trooper Journalists Little Trooper of the Month All Together Activities Future Events View the newsletter HERE

Results of the Families Continuous Attitude Survey (FamCAS 2025) have been published Results of the Families Continuous Attitude Survey (FamCAS 2025) have been published on GOV.UK (www) along with the FamCAS 2025 Royal Navy/Royal Marines he...

The Royal Naval Sailing Associations', Youth Crew project offers free sailing courses to the children and young people of serving RN, RM and RFA Families. Launched in 2024, Youth Crew is fully funded by Greenwich Hospit...

What is Wraparound Childcare (WAC)? The WAC scheme provides funding for up to 20 hours per week, per child, during term time, to eligible Service families with children aged 4 to 11 years old (4-16 years old if in receipt of disability allowances), w...

This week’s Royal Navy news update is hosted by DTXG during an exercise aimed at helping Ukraine make the Black Sea safe. We’ve also got news from CSG25 as they arrive in Australia. https://youtu.be/hIbzFSem2s4 This and p...

Funded by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, Southampton Families Trust are delivering parenting courses for Royal Navy Families. We know that parenting a child with ADHD and/or autism is incredibly rewarding, but also exhausting and isolating at ...

It’s Friday… which means it’s GIVEAWAY time! Reading Force have got a brilliant selection of books up for grabs this week: Sherlock Holmes The Red Headed League by Sweet Cherry (7+) This is Frog by Harriet Evans (1+) The...

See HERE for the latest updates from Reading Force. Includes: How to get a scrapbook Memoir Competition 2025 Summer Photo Challenge Information about Book Clubs around the country Adult Journal Subscription Callout Apply to subscribe to their Newsl...

See the graphic at the bottom for details on the latest Webinars on offer from MMA. There are two to choose from - see if one suits you and get booked in. The link to their Website - linked below - has links to these as well as other information. Spe...

Social Determinants of Health are non-medical factors which can affect health outcomes that are related to the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live and age. Supported by Northumbria University. For more information and how to ac...

Service Leavers Events (SLE) are a way to formally thank Service Leavers and their invited guests for their Service and their Families’ support of their Service. Leaving the Royal Navy is a significant milestone – not just for the S...

The RN Forum is now at a strength of 17,500 Members With membership being at such a high level the introduction of a membership verification tool is being added to the RN Forum. This is essential to keep you, and other members details safe and ...

Restaurants, Pubs and Cafes where kids can eat free during the various UK 2025 school holidays. Supermarket cafes, chain restaurants and food venues all around the UK are offering the ‘Kids Eat Free’ or Kids Eat for £1 deal during s...

The annual £10m grants pot – pledged by government in perpetuity back in 2015 – has now been at work for a decade; delivering support, connection, and change across the armed forces community. It has supported hundreds of projects m...

Take a look at all the amazing stories and information inside this edition of Homeport! If you would like to read about what RN FPS have been up to around CSG25, forthcoming activities and updates to the RN Forum then turn to page 6. Summer 2025 edit...