I am the Training Safety Marshal for East Anglia Training Areas which includes Barton Road Rifle Range. Barton Road Rifle Range is about 1,200 yards long and one of only three bracketed ranges in the UK, meaning that there are several …
This week is National Pollinator’s Week and we’d like to share the initiatives we’ve put in place to help protect bees on the Defence estate. Bees are major pollinators, that ensure food and food security, sustainable agriculture and biodiversity and …
One of DIO’s main responsibilities is management of the Defence estate and a substantial part of this responsibility involves ensuring that our buildings, accommodation and training estate are working as well as they can be. We work together with our …
Work has begun on a new training facility which will secure HMNB Clyde as the central base for submariners in the UK.
The Estates team is the home of our in-house real estate experts within DIO. We advise, acquire, manage, safeguard and dispose of the Defence land and buildings for our military customers.
A few weeks ago I was thrilled to be in Portsmouth Harbour to witness the culmination of three years of work on an unusual project. I’m DIO’s Principal Ecologist, which means I lead a team responsible for managing the habitats and species on MOD …
Nearly six months in, I welcome this opportunity to reflect on what we have delivered for Service personnel and their families during the unprecedented events of the past year; and to look forward to what will shape our approach in the coming 12 months.
Did you know that one of our closest allies, the United States of America, has had military forces permanently stationed in Britain at the invitation of the UK government since World War II? United States Visiting Forces The legal status …
This month is Stress Awareness Month which raises awareness of the causes of stress and looks at ways to reduce it. In this blog, I’d like to highlight what DIO is doing to support colleagues through stress and share some of my own tips on how I manage stress.
The start of this month marked 10 years since DIO was formed, providing an opportunity to reflect on a decade of our organisation delivering essential infrastructure services which help to keep our country safe and make a difference to …
Much of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) training estate is accessible to the public, offering exciting opportunities to explore and discover some of the most beautiful and unique rural areas in the UK.