Online communities

FOR Army families, Facebook was a revolution. We move about so often that it used to be impossible to keep in touch with everyone and there was nowhere to find out what your new patch was like. Nowadays, wit...

The future’s bright

THE Future Horizons Programme (FHP), a pilot project designed to support   Early Service Leavers (ESLs), is celebrating an incredible 99 per cent take-up in its first year. ESLs are those Servicemen and wome...

Saucy offering

NEXT time you add a dollop of sauce to your sausages, send for Brigadier Brown or Corporal Ketchup! Featuring an iconic soldier-shaped recyclable bottle, Forces Sauces have been launched to raise money for L...

Army links fuel Lydia’s assault on the charts

WITH Miley Cyrus’s latest “twerking” episode highlighting the more formulaic extremes of the female music spectrum, British singer/songwriter Lydia Baylis is a welcome reminder of the quality on offer at the ot...

Put the kettle on

SSAFA’s most loved fundraising event, the Big Brew Up takes place from 7-13 October. Now in its 16th year, SSAFA’s biggest annual fundraiser sees people get together with family, friends and colleagues for a...

Hive of activity

BRITISH Army HIVEs, except for Northern Ireland, are now running blogs to extend their information coverage as far as possible. The aim is to capture local information and many have links to regimental Faceb...

Mental health support on the move

A BRAND new app offering information and support on mental health disorders is now available to Service personnel around the world. Joining Forces, which can be downloaded for free, boasts innovative functio...

Service Premium: Spending it wisely

Earlier this year, we asked you to nominate your child’s school for a special award to highlight the ways that schools with military pupils support our young people through Service Premium funding. We had lots ...

We mean business!

If you are a woman either thinking of starting or already running a business in Wiltshire, make sure you book your place at the Women in Business event in Ludgershall – it’s not just a coffee morning… we mean b...

Review: Livescribe wifi smartpen

DESPITE the benefits of technology’s unrelenting impact on modern life, there are some areas where tried and tested products still more than hold their own. For the editorial team here at Army&You, a per...