Useful Links
For more information select the appropriate box below.
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Community
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| British Forces Post Office (BFPO) |
www.bfpo.org.uk |
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| The Navy, Army and Air Force Institute (NAAFI) |
www.naafi.com |
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| Sixth Sense |
www.sixth-sense.co.uk |
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| The Service Sound and Vision Corporation (SSVC) |
www.ssvc.com |
For BFBS television and radio schedules, cinema information and news about live shows. |
| Service Community Guides |
www.army.mod.uk/soldierwelfare/
supportagencies/aws/communityguides/
swf_sa_aws_cg_w.html |
A Service Community Guide exists for every garrison, station and base in Great Britain and overseas, and is a source of information to Service personnel, families and dependants arriving at their new home or duty station. It covers such topics as health, education, services, housing, facilities and organisations, and leisure. |
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Welfare
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| Army Benevolent Fund |
www.armybenfund.org/ |
The Army's national charity, committed to the welfare of Army and ex-Army personnel and their families. |
| Army Families Federation (AFF) |
www.aff.org.uk |
Find out about the latest AFF news. |
| BFG Health Service |
www.army.mod.uk/bfghs/ |
For all information relating to health services in BFG. |
| British Legion |
www.britishlegion.org.uk |
The British Legion is the UK's leading charity safeguarding the welfare, interests and memory of those who have served in the Armed Forces and their dependants. It provides financial, social and emotional support to millions and its benevolence spans all age groups from the oldest to the very young. |
| British Legion - Osnabrück Branch |
www.rbl-osnabrueck.de |
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| British Legion - Bielefeld / Gutersloh Branch |
www.rblbielefeld.de |
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| British Legion - Herford Branch |
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| British Legion - Minden Branch |
www.rblminden.org |
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| Home-Start |
www.home-start.org.uk |
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| Relate |
www.relate.org.uk |
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| The Soldiers', Sailors' & Airmen's Families Association (SSAFA) - Forces Help |
www.bfgnet.de/bfgnet/organisation/
ssafaforceshelp/ssafahome.htm |
Western Europe website. |
| www.ssafa-germany.org |
Germany Branch website - deals with ex-Service personnel living on the European continent. |
| Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) |
www.wrvs.org.uk |
WRVS provides a range of services to help people in need who might otherwise feel lonely and isolated. Volunteers play a vital role in everything we do: nearly 60,000 of them - both men and women - give up their time to help other people and to make life better in their communities. WRVS are looking for people interested in doing voluntary work and being a hospital volunteer. Visit WRVS for more information
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Travel
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O'Girke Insurance and Travel
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www.girke.com |
O.Girke Insurance and Travel service have been operating for nearly 60 years now. We offer the full range of travel products as well as all insurance needs. Especially eurotunnel and most of the ferries offer special forces deals. Our well trained staff will find you the best flight for any destination. So why pay more in the web ??? Our range of motor insurance companies guarantee you the best and cheapest value for money. O.Girke with more than 20 offices throughout BFG will find you the best deal.
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| Ticket Warehouse |
www.ticket-warehouse.de |
Located within JHQ and provides travel facility to Military personnel and their families. Aims to provide the best possible service and price. |
| British Forces Travel |
www.britishforcestravel.com |
Find your ideal holiday from UK tour operators. To book please telephone +44 (0)1633 798987 for cheap flights, ski holidays and package deals. |
| Forces Holidays |
www.forcesholidays.co.uk |
Travel Agents (Forces Travel) as well as Tour Operators. Offer a range of package holidays, special prices on ferries and Eurotunnel, discounted flights for popular routes and much more for HM Forces. |
| British Airways |
www.britishairways.com |
British Airways fly from UK into Hannover airport daily, via London, Manchester and Birmingham. Bookings can be made through the website and using the British Airways Military Hotline as listed in the Forces Discount Brochure. |
| British Midland |
www.flybmi.com |
British Midland fly from UK into Hannover airport daily, via London and Birmingham. Booking can be made through the website and using the British Midland MOD Leisure Fares Hotline as listed in the Forces Discount Brochure. The hotline is open 24 hours a day. |
| Air Berlin |
www.airberlin.com |
Air Berlin fly from Düsseldorf, Cologne, Münster, Paderborn and Dortmund airports. |
| Deutsche Bahn |
http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/
detect.exe/bin/query.exe/e |
This website is an invaluable aid to those intending to use the German railway network. The site is in English and gives comprehensive information on timetables, routes and fares. |
| ADAC |
www.adac.de |
ADAC is a German organisation similar to the AA in the UK. Although the website is in German, it gives information on the German road network, much of which can be understood by users whose knowledge of the language is limited. |
| Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory |
www.towd.com |
This website is your guide to official tourist information sources. The Directory lists only official government tourism offices, convention and visitors bureaus, chambers of commerce, and similar agencies which provide free, accurate and unbiased travel information to the public. |
| German Tourist Office |
www.germany-tourism.de |
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| UK Maps |
www.streetmap.co.uk |
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Reference
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| BT Phone Directories |
www.bt.com/directory-enquiries/ |
All the BT White Pages directories, searchable by name and town. |
| Yellow Pages |
www.yell.co.uk |
Search by company name or type of business. |
| Phone Numbers - International |
www.phonenumbers.net |
On-line directories for various countries (coverage can vary depending on the country. |
| Royal Mail - Postcode Finder |
www.royalmail.com/paf/ |
Find the postcode of any address, or find the address from the postcode. |
| Kompass |
www.kompass.com |
The Kompass Directory of UK companies, searchable by company name or product (advanced searches and extra criteria require subscription). |
| Xrefer Utility |
www.xrefer.com |
Searches across numerous on-line reference books, including dictionaries, encyclopaedias, etc. |
| Britannica |
www.britannica.com |
The text of the Encyclopaedia Britannica plus some additional material. Use of the "Advanced Search" option is recommended to avoid retrieval of too many irrelevant items. |
| Encarta |
www.encarta.msn.com |
The on-line version of Microsoft's encyclopaedia. Note that only an abridged version is available free of charge, to receive a full version needs a subscription payment. |
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General Information
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| All CallSigns |
www.allcallsigns.org |
All Callsigns is a UK-wide network of ex-forces people who aim to support each other in the world of business.
Whether you're just starting out, already in business, seeking employment or just making new contacts, this site has everything to offer.
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| ArmyNet |
www.armynet.mod.uk |
An Army Web portal designed for soldiers and families. Provides access for personnel to unclassified Army information. Personnel can access information, career lifetime email address, Instant Messaging and online pay statements |
| BFGNet |
www.bfgnet.de |
This site gives a great overview of what's available in all the Garrisons in BFG. |
| MoD Reunited |
www.modreunited.com |
This website helps reunite past colleagues. |
| Forces Reunited |
www.forcesreunited.org.uk |
This website is run by Ex-Forces personnel, for Forces and Ex-Forces personnel who have either left or still currently serving in the Armed Forces wherever they are in world, who wish to find old friends or colleagues from the past. |
| Armed Forces Friends |
www.armedforcesfriends.co.uk |
The site where you can find and make contact with all your ex-service and serving friends. Look up veterans and serving members alike from the Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Navy (RN), Royal Marines (RM) and the Army. You don't even need to have served. Be it you were a civilian working with the forces or a relative of a soldier, sailor or airman. |
| Lost Comm's |
www.lostcomms.co.uk |
This site is useful if your are looking for your old service pals, forces friends, military mates and comrades and hoping to get reunited. |
| Comrades and Colleagues |
http://www.comradesandcolleagues.com/
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This site lists military units, squadrons, regiments, ships etc, and people can logon, find their old units, post reunions and hopefully hook up with some of their ex colleagues. The site supports armed forces charities and is a not for profit site. |
| Army Wives United |
http://groups.msn.com/armywivesunited/ |
This site has been created to help army wives make new friends and find old ones from past postings. |
| Looking at Germany |
www.lookingat.com/germany/ |
Provides the most comprehensive search experience on the web, giving you more results with less effort. Looking at Germany provides you: mail, education, schooling, boarding school, internet banking, chat rooms, web translator, travel and lots, lots more... |
| Whatsonwhen |
www.whatsonwhen.com |
Whatsonwhen, an award-winning company, provides high-quality travel and entertainment content solutions. You are able to find out the best happenings around the world! |
| Gütersloh Town (in German & English) |
www.guetersloh.de |
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| Gütersloh Town (in English) |
www.english.gtl.de |
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| Kreis Gütersloh (Also in English - ) |
www.kreis-guetersloh.de |
The county website |
| Bielefeld Town (in English) |
www.bielefeld.de/en/ |
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| Herford Town (in German) |
www.herford.de |
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| Herford Town (in English) |
www.herford.com |
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| Pet Travel Scheme (PETS) |
www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quarantine/index.htm |
Useful information about what you have to do to take your pet back to the UK. |
| Bielefeld Veterinary Clinic |
www.veterinary-clinic-bielefeld.com/
Englisch/Seiten/index.htm |
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| Currency Converter |
www.xe.net/ucc/ |
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| AltaVista Translation Service |
http://babelfish.altavista.com |
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| US PXs |
www.aafes.com |
Information about PX facilities worldwide. |
To Webmasters: We are happy to install reciprocal links to websites of interest to Gütersloh Garrison personnel and their dependants. If you would like a link to your site from ours, please contact the Webmaster.
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