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Get your copy now for a donation to the County Welfare Fund

Contact Ges for details how or collect yours at County AGM on 18th January

 

My name is Wm.T. Ripley.  I am a military historian, working on contacting veterans of the Vietnam War and Desert Storm.  I began this project in 1986 contacting veterans of WWII, with a bit over 70,000 veterans contacted; to date around 9,000 veterans of Vietnam have been contacted.  Earlier this year I began contacting veterans of The Persian Gulf War, or Operation Granby from the British point of view. I would like to send my set of questions to veterans of Operation Granby, but am having difficulty locating folks.

I have a six page questionnaire which I would like to get out to veterans.  There are a couple questions dealing with combat, but the majority of the questions deal with the material culture...the "stuff" from the time. Please feel free to share my name and contact information and invite any interested parties contact me, and I will get questions out to them either via post or in an email.

William Ripley <snafu947@yahoo.com

 
       
 

The nominations process for 12 Membership Council Representatives, National Chair, Vice National Chair and three Elected Trustees commences 1st October 2024.

 

The following regions are eligible to nominate a Membership Council Representative:

 

  • Cornwall and Devon
  • Dorset, Hampshire and Isle of Wight
  • East Anglia and Essex
  • East Midlands
  • Greater London
  • National Branches
  • Northern
  • South-East
  • Overseas
  • Yorkshire
  • Wiltshire and Somerset
  • Wales

 

Below you will find election packs which outline the nomination process, detail of each role, and nomination forms. Please study these carefully before nominating a candidate and encourage those who fit the role profile to consider putting themselves forward.

Membership Council Representative pack

National Officer / Trustee
Elections pack

Nominations for Membership Council Representatives, National Officers and Trustees close 5.00pm on Friday 17th January 2025. More information can be found in the relevant election pack or on the elections webpage.

 

Should you have any questions about the elections, including the pack and the nomination process, please contact elections@britishlegion.org.uk or your Membership Engagement Officer.

 

With kind regards,

Membership Communications

 

 

Branch Secretaries will receive the Delegate form and Cup forms in the next few days by email, in time for you to discuss at your branch AGM during October - November. If you do not receive the forms please get in touch and we will send copies

My name is Mandy Driver and I work for Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks. Within my role as a Customer & Community Advisor, I help support vulnerable people in our region if they are experiencing a power cut, through either a planned repair to our network or an emergency electrical fault, as well as ideas to be prepared and resilient in their own home. 

Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks provide a Free Priority Service Register (PSR); this is a register for vulnerable people. In turn, this allows us to highlight PSR customers when there is a fault, or if there are planned power outages. During a power outage or our Priority Team will contact PSR’s affected and check if any requirements are needed. There is also a free phone number whereby, once registered, customers can call our Priority Team and not queue for a quick response to any worries about their power.  

As we own the network and are not the supplier, it doesn’t matter what supplier people are with, they all would benefit. 

I would love to arrange a meeting, whereby we can use your organisation as a platform to explain to your local community, the welfare previsions that are available during power outages. To also see if we can work together to help your community further. 

 

YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE PSR SERVICES IF YOU:

• Use medical equipment reliant on electricity or water.

• Are blind or partially sighted.

• Are deaf or hard of hearing.

• Are of pensionable age.

• Have a disability.

• Live with children under five.

• Have a chronic illness.

• Have anxiety, depression, or any mental health condition.

• Loss or impairment of smell.

• Need documents translated into another format or language.

• Temporarily need extra support, maybe you are recovering from an illness or have recently been discharged from hospital.

 

Having already attended lots of WI meetings to discuss the above, I have had amazing feedback and are currently receiving diary dates for 2025. If you would like me to attend so I could talk about any of the above then please do not hesitate to contact me at your earliest convenience, this service is extremely informative and without charge.

Best regards,

Mandy Driver

Customer Liaison Officer

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Wessex Region, New Forest Depot, Minstead, Nr Lyndhurst, SO43 7PE

Rehab 4 Addiction offers a wealth of resources and information about addiction and mental health, which could be invaluable to those in need.

We provide a helpline that offers immediate assistance to those struggling with addiction in Hampshire, a service that could be life-saving for some of your readers.

We offer a comprehensive directory of treatment centres throughout the UK, making it easier for those in need to find help near them.

As we approach Summer, it's important to remember that this can be a particularly challenging time for those dealing with addiction and mental health issues. Many people feel more vulnerable during this period and may be in desperate need of the resources and support that Rehab 4 Addiction can provide.

Getting ‘Discover’ Ready

The L&D team are working hard to get Discover ready for CTOs to start putting courses on. 

In the meantime, people can and should still register on Discover.  It is easier to iron out log-in problems at the moment rather than when there are lots of users registered.

To set-up your profile, the URL is https://learn.britishlegion.org.uk/learn
You can use your County, Branch or personal email to set-up your account. 

Once your profile is set-up, there will be no need to go back into the system until I advise that courses have been uploaded and made available.

Click on the link for a guidance sheet Creating Your Discover Account (Members)

Another great way to collect for the Poppy Appeal.

Donate Foreign Coins & Notes at Sainsbury’s Travel Money Bureaux. Sainsbury’s has a long association with The Royal British Legion and are always looking at ways to generate new funds for the charity.

You can donate your unwanted foreign coins and banknotes to The Royal British Legion at your local Sainsbury’s Travel Money Bureau. Simply take your currency along to the Bureau and pop it in the donation box – It’s that simple.

https://www.cash4coins.co.uk/sainsburys/
Branches wishing to send County Welfare Donations, please ensure that they are sent to:
Hampshire Treasurer,
12 Cedar Place,
Bransgore,
Christchurch.
BH23 8BX
If you wish to use BACS the details are:
Sort Code: 20.79.25 Account Number: 10442690
Account Name: Royal British Legion Hants County Committee

 

This is a reminder that auto-forwarding inbox rules to external email addresses is prohibited and they will be removed.
Please make sure to read the System policy and Code of Conduct for guidance. They can be found on the MAP homepage. Each account has 2gb of space and when it is near full you will not be able to send or receive any more emails.


Please make sure to keep an eye on the size of your mailbox and delete large old emails.
Your email account should not be used as document storage. Please download large attachments and upload them into your document library on your MAP  Branch site for safe keeping. If you are sending out a mass email to a large number of email addresses (e.g. your members) I would strongly suggest multiple emails rather than one to all your members.


The Microsoft automated spamming system may view that email as suspicious which can lead to your email account being blocked. If you receive a suspicious email you can choose how to deal with it by right clicking on the email and going to “Security Options”.


Some emails may look like they are sent from someone you know. This is known as Spoofing. If you are at all unsure, please do not respond or click on any links in the email, contact the Sender to verify or just delete it.

How to check your email storage usage and empty your deleted items.

From within your RBL Community email account (Outlook Online) click on the cogwheel in the top right hand corner.

  1. Click on the link at the bottom of the Settings bar called “View all Outlook Settings”.
  2. Click on the General tab and then Storage tab.
  3. You will see at the top the amount of  storage you have used in Gigabytes (You have a max of 2GBs) and as a percentage.
  4. Underneath the Folders section you will see your storage usage broken down by folders.
  5. On the right hand side is the “Empty” buttons to clear out the relevant folders including your Deleted Items.

Kind regards,

Tom Shepherd

We are asking you all to take note of any instances of fundraising activities using our Poppy Logo or other TRBL branding materials.

Our name, corporate logo and poppy are all legally protected trademarks and should not be used without permission. We have a duty as representatives of The Royal British Legion to make sure they are used correctly to the benefit of the organisation. They are at the core of the Legion’s most valuable assets, and have both an emotional and commercial value that we must protect in the long-term. We can all support and strengthen the brand by understanding and respecting its value and importance, and making sure only those entitled to using it are doing so, in the correct way.

The Royal British Legion will take action against companies or individuals who are deemed to infringing its trademark by commercially benefiting from it. 

Any person(s) or organisations wishing to raise funds for The Royal British Legion or The Poppy Appeal are to be encouraged to do so in the correct way - which may in some instances mean applying to us for a commercial partnership agreement.   Using our branding to fundraise for any other purpose is an infringement of our rights. Please call the contact centre on 0800 802 8080 regarding licensed use of our property or to report any infringements.

 

Training for Standard Bearers.  

All Standard Bearers are encouraged to attend the next available course

County Parade Marshall Dave Graham can be contacted on 01425 623102

All standard bearers are urged to take the training courses whether beginners or long-serving to enhance their position as the Legion’s presence in the community.

It has been noticed that Branches are sending Standard Bearers to events e.g. Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall, who are not considered fit enough for a variety of reasons, to carry out their duties and are asked to leave the event.

Branch Chairmen are to ensure that before they send their Standard Bearer to any function he or she will be capable of carrying out their duties.

If your Standard Bearer is struggling to make it up the aisle on Remembrance Sunday it is suggested you look for a replacement.

It is now incumbent on all Parade Marshalls to ensure that the Standard Bearers under their control are fit to carry out their duties. If the Parade Marshall considers any Standard Bearer appears unfit then the Standard Bearer will be asked to leave the event.

Where a Branch has a Youth Member who wishes to take part in a Standard Bearers Competition and there is no Youth Standard he will carry the Branch Standard if it is a Youth only Competition.

If it is a combined competition i.e. County or Regional and the Branch Standard Bearer and Youth Member are taking part the following applies: On the inspection phase of the competition all competitors enter to be judged. The Branch Standard Bearer carries the Branch Standard - whatever mark he obtains for the care and presentation of the Standard is applied as the Youths marks for the same. For all other marks they are individually marked.

The Branch Standard Bearer and the Youth Standard Bearer share the use of the Branch Standard for all other Standard drills.