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The 'PatchPedia Project'

- the base area guide for you by you, that anyone can edit.

The Patchpedia is a community project which aims to provide information to military families, particularly about Service Families Accommodation or Married Quarter areas.

The PatchPedia is written by military families from all services, Navy, Army and RAF, for the benefit of others. Like Wikipedia it can be edited by anyone and therefore is constantly being written and improved by the military community.

The types of questions that the PatchPedia aims to address are:

What are the married quarters like in Blogs Street at RAF Brize Norton? Where are the nearest boarding schools to Catterick Garrison and are they Army-friendly? What are the key contact details for the military support organisations such as the Hive at HMS Drake?

We would love your input - tell us anything about your service families accmmodation, base area or married quarters that you think might be relevant to other families. Where do you walk the dog? Where the best place for a good, cheap haircut?

There are currently 172 pages created by volunteers like you! You can't break the Patchpedia - so dive in!

Interested? Get involved!
Need technical assistance? Email us!

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	Contribute to the Patchpedia!
	Contribute to the Patchpedia - it's easy and you can't break it. Watch the video tutorial to find out how.

	Getting started
	Housing Information Centres S & SE England (HIC 1) – E England (HIC 2) – SW England (HIC 3) – London & M4 corridor (HIC 4) – NI & Scotland (HIC 5) – NE England (HIC 6) – Wales & W Mids (HIC 7)
	Moving House Planning Your Move – Moving House – Moving Overseas – Returning From Overseas – A New Address – Pre-Packing Checklist – Moving Day – Your New Home

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	The HIVE & associated links Central England – East Anglia – North of England – Northern Ireland – Scotland – South East England – Overseas Locations – Wales & Western England – South West England – London Area – British Forces Germany
	The AFF Aldershot Contact–Andover Contact– Cambridgeshire Contact– Dorset Contact– East Anglia Contact– London Contact– South London Contact– North West England Contact– Oxfordshire Contact– Salisbury Plain Contact– Scotland Contact– Wales Contact– Yorkshire Contact–
	The SSAFA Serving Personnel – Ex-Servicemen/Women – Local Branches
	The Royal British Legion Grants & Loans – Poppy Advice – Poppy Homes – Poppy Breaks – Poppy People – Job Advice – Medal Help – RBL Updates

Forums on Rear Party
Aldershot (HIC 1) – Thetford (HIC 2) – Warminster (HIC 3) – High Wycombe (HIC 4) – Rosyth (HIC 5) – York (HIC 6) – Telford (HIC 7) – Cyprus Forum – The Big Wide World – Germany

Patchpedia is owned by the Olive Network, which also hosts:

ARRSE British Army	Rum Ration Royal Navy & Royal Marines	Olive Dating Friendship & dating	RV Ops Military kit shop	Olive Jobs Jobs
Patchpedia is a non-profit facility that depends on donations to operate. If you find this wiki, or any of the other military wikis or websites (ARRSE, Rum Ration) especially useful, please consider making a donation. Donations are used primarily for purchasing server equipment, launching new projects (of which this is one) and enabling the COs to live the high life.

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-We've all had the pain of moving and having limited, out of date and diverse information available.
-What are the quarters like in Blogs Street? Where are the nearest primary school?  How far is the nearest supermarket?  What are the key contact details for the military support organisations in the area?
-The PatchPedia is a wiki - it can be edited by all.  Read what others have written then help others in turn by writing about the ares that you know.  Correct areas, update information, add your knowledge.  Where do you walk the dog?  Where the best place for a good, cheap haircut?
-'''Under Development'''
-The PatchPedia is very very new.  It's birthday was 17 March 2010 in fact so there's lot's to do!
-Currently the main index is the [[Housing Information Centres]] - the top of the navigation tree, but entries are also grouped by county and town.
-There is also a [[Patchpedia:To Do List|To Do List]]
-'''How to Contribute'''
-Have a browse down through the the[[Housing Information Centre]] list, then in to York, then Boulmer. This is a sample article and shows the main Patchpedia structure.
-Choose the edit tab at the top of the page and you will see how the content is written.  Copy'n'paste this in to any blank page as a base for your article on a base area.
-Wiki pages are a little odd to write but easy once you get the hang of it.  The ARRSEPedia has a good [http://www.arrse.co.uk/wiki/ARRSEpedia:FAQ Basic FAQ]
-== Enjoy! ==

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