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White Privilege – A Perspective
For Black History Month, our blog is written by Vivienne Connell-Hall (PhD) – one of our Senior Investigators. There was an All-Staff Dial-in on 21 September during which a caller asked the panel (chaired by Lt Gen James Swift (CDP)), to comment on the term “White Privilege”. CDP’s response (and I am paraphrasing here) was that, […]
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A week in the life of the SCOAF Business Team
SCOAF as an organisation is small – only 25 posts, of which eight form the business team. The team is led by the Head of Office and supported by a Communications Officer, Statistician, Business Manager, Policy Manager, Executive Assistant and an Admin Support role. With such a variety of roles within the business team, it […]
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Is SCOAF independent?
At SCOAF, we have three key values. They are Independence, Impartiality and Integrity. These govern the way we work, the way we make our decisions, and are at the forefront of everything we do. Independence We are independent from the the Services we investigate. We hold them to account for service failure or injustice. […]
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Our new Strategic Objectives
In my last blog, I reflected on my first few months in post. Now, three months on, it is time to look forward – at what my plans are for SCOAF over this business year, and my tenure as a whole. It is an exciting time for SCOAF, as we look to the future and […]
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER CHANGE
The Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces (SCOAF) contact telephone number is changing. Our official phone number will change to 0300 369 0689 with immediate effect from 1st July 2021. The new contact number will handle all our enquiry services. Please note that calls to 03 numbers cost the same as, or less […]
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