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Upcoming SSCE Cymru events

To share details of an event that is relevant to the Armed Forces Community, contact SSCECymru@wlga.gov.uk 

SSCE Cymru Funding Advice Drop-in: Session 3

5/03/2024 1/01/0001

SSCE Cymru would like to welcome you to our Funding Advice Drop-in Sessions! These are virtual monthly drop-in sessions, whereby schools or Local Authorities can join to have a chat with the SSCE Cymru team, ask any questions and seek support and guidance for putting a funding application in to support your Service children further.

Month of the Military Child 2024

1/04/2024 30/04/2024
 

SSCE Cymru drop-in sessions APRIL

1/04/2024 30/04/2024

Each month SSCE Cymru host a series of informal one-hour drop-in sessions focusing on specific themes. Come along to any of the sessions that interest you, where members of the SSCE Cymru team will share relevant information, promote resources, coordinate discussions, answer your questions and create opportunities for collaboration.

Purple up day

26/04/2024 1/01/0001
 

Upcoming Network member events

International Woman’s Day, 8th March 2024, virtual assembly.

8/03/2024 1/01/0001

The Army Regional Engagement Team from 160th (Welsh) Brigade will be delivering a live virtual assembly for International Woman’s Day on 08 March 2024, at 0900 – 0930hrs.

Previous Stakeholder Days

Download copies of the agendas and presentations from previous Stakeholder Days below.

Virtual Stakeholder Day March 2020

17/03/2020 1/01/0001

Venue: Virtual

Stakeholder Day September 2019

19/09/2019 1/01/0001

Venue: Maindy Barracks, Cardiff

Stakeholder Day March 2019

19/03/2019 1/01/0001

Venue: RAF Valley

SSCE Cymru conference 2018

12/06/2018

The second SSCE Cymru conference was held on 12th June 2018 at Cardiff City Stadium. During the conference, Alun Davies AM, Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services, launched the Research on Experiences of Service Families with Children with Additional Learning Needs in Education in Wales report. The presentations and workshops throughout the day were focused on this report and how the SSCE Cymru Network can overcome the challenges identified in the report outcomes.

Thank you to all the speakers, exhibitors and delegates that attended and participated in the activities and workshops.

Service children’s quotes

"As soon as we get used to a house, you get moved - I’ve been to four schools and moved six times."

Aiden

"I lived in Nepal, then we went to Brunei, then Malaysia."

Ashim

"In my eyes, you have hundreds of friends in different places."

Chloe

"I’m used to moving now and mixing with the children... I’ve done it so many times, it’s just a normal thing now."

Chloe

"It's ok talking over skype and that, but sometimes you just want a hug when Dad is away."

Georgia

"I’ve enjoyed going around to lots of places around the world, it's adventurous and exciting."

Harry

"In my eyes, you have hundreds of friends in different places."

Ieuan

"My mum got a chalk board and it says how many sleeps on it with chalk, every minute it’s getting closer for him coming home."

Mia

"I don’t want him to get promoted... I want him to get promoted but I don’t want to leave."

Oliver

"I might be going to boarding school so that I don’t change schools every few years."

Ryan

"I've been to seven different schools; I’ve not stayed put in one school long enough."

Shana

"He has been away for six months and he is back for two weeks, then he goes away again."

Sianed

"My parents were in the Army. My mum is a like a nurse and my dad went to the war in Afghanistan. I actually didn’t really know what he was doing so I was like, ‘Cool Dad, go there,’ but then I found out and thought, 'Thank God he came back alive.'"

Sanjog

"He signed off last week, so he will be done by the end of this year. He’s done 24 years. I find that better because he will be around a lot. He likes watching us playing rugby, so he will get to see us more."

Lewis

"I’m going to a new place entirely. They don’t know anything about me and that’s a big restart and that’s really good for me."

Piaras

"I moved to Wales because my dad was posted in the Army. I thought I would get bullied and I was shy when you meet new people, but I made some friends."

Dan