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Wellbeing with Moray Wellbeing Hub
Moray’s 39 Eng Regt families partner with CHARITY Moray Wellbeing Hub to keep connected through COVID challenges.
Moray’s 39 Eng Regt families partner with Moray Wellbeing Hub to No-one needs to be reminded of how difficult and challenging the past year has been. All sec;ons of the community have been affected and much has been wri>en on the subject of keep connected through COVID maintaining mental as well as physical health. Perhaps no sec;on of the community needs this more than those serving in the armed challenges. forces: service men and their families can oBen be moved on aBer each tour of service, thus breaking all ;es that have been formed. They then have to start again, crea;ng new friendships and establishing themselves in an unknown environment. Moray Wellbeing Hub CIC are helping people to se>le. They have announced their growing partnership work with 39 Eng Regt, Kinloss Forces Community. The project, called ‘Celebra;ng our Wellbeing Together,’ aims to boost the wellbeing of serving families in rela;on to the COVID 19 impact. It focuses on delivering ‘Kicking Back in Kinloss’ events such as family walks, outdoor events and online pampering sessions, thereby keeping connec;ons growing during unpredictable ;mes. Community member Alisha Su>on said, “Being part of the military community can quite oBen involve a degree of uncertainty; to cope with that, the support structures around us are so crucial. Covid-19 has meant the majority of those have temporarily disappeared. These sessions were safe and fun and meant so much to me and my girls/family.” The project ini;ated in October 2020 with funding from The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust as part of their Covid 19 'Forces Community Together' Program. Now extended to the end of April, the hope is to be able to get in-person ac;vity outdoors again as well as to keep up online links. Armed Forces personnel are ‘posted’ to new bases which take them and their families to unfamiliar towns or villages. Whilst those serving are able to socialise and get to know new colleagues during their working day, their families are oBen at home looking aBer young families or in a new area looking for work. This makes it challenging to get to know new people and make friends. Johanna Quinney, Moray Wellbeing Hub partner lead for the project, shared, “The current lockdown can feel very isola;ng for the families of Armed Forces Personnel. COVID restric;ons have made it much harder for these families and Moray Wellbeing Hub recognised this and wanted to reach out and help.
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No-one needs to be reminded of how difficult and challenging the past year has been. All sections of the community have been affected and much has been written on the subject of maintaining mental as well as physical health. Perhaps no section of the community needs this more than those serving in the armed forces: service personnel and their families can often be moved on after each tour of service, thus breaking all ties that have been formed. They then have to start again, creating new friendships and establishing themselves in an unknown environment. Moray Wellbeing Hub CIC want to help people settle. They have announced their growing partnership work with 39 Eng Regt, Kinloss Forces Community. The project, called ‘Celebrating our Wellbeing Together,’ aims to boost the wellbeing of serving families in relation to the COVID 19 impact. It focuses on delivering ‘Kicking Back in Kinloss’ events such as family walks, outdoor events and online pampering sessions, thereby keeping connections growing during unpredictable times. those have temporarily disappeared. These sessions were safe and fun and meant so much to me and my girls/family.” The project initiated in October 2020 with funding from The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust as part of their Covid 19 ‘Forces Community Together’ Program. Now extended to the end of April, the hope is to be able to get in-person activity outdoors again as well as to keep up online links. Armed Forces personnel are ‘posted’ to new bases which take them and their families to unfamiliar towns or villages. Whilst those serving are able to socialise and get to know new colleagues during their working day, their
Community member Alisha Sutton said, “Being families are often at home looking after young part of the military community can quite often families or in a new area looking for work. This involve a degree of uncertainty; to cope with that, the support structures around us are so makes it challenging to get to know new people and make friends. Moray’s 39 Eng Regt families partner with 40 crucial. Covid-19 has meant the majority of Moray Wellbeing Hub to keep connected
through COVID challenges.
Johanna Quinney, Moray Wellbeing Hub partner lead for the project, shared, “The current lockdown can feel very isolating for the families of Armed Forces Personnel. Especially those who have moved up here just before or during Covid. Lockdown restrictions have made it much harder for these families and Moray Wellbeing Hub recognised this and wanted to reach out and help. restrictions were less stringent, we managed to connect and bring families together for socially distanced walks at various locations. One of these walks was followed by a Wreath Making session just before Christmas.”
Our project is now well under way and we have had some great fun along the way so far! When Other events have been run online including planning meetings with the families, a pamper session and a festive mixology session. The families and team at Moray Wellbeing Hub are not resting on their laurels and they have plenty more ideas still to come, including a family event. A very simple idea but one that brings longlasting effects.
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