Virtually here for you

THE AFF is moving with the times! We’ve created a Virtual Co-ordinator role to reach out and support Regular and Reserves families in remote areas that do not have an existing AFF Co-ordinator or a large Ar...

Good news on adaptations

AFF is delighted to report some good news if you need to adapt your Army quarter because of an additional need or disability. We conducted a survey to identify the issues that you were having with adaptation...

Wattisham nursery gets a facelift

GREAT news for Army families! Bigger and better childcare facilities have opened at Wattisham Station in Suffolk. The new Wattisham Airfield Childcare Centre is available for families from the military and c...

Perfect harmony for our heroes

The Military WAGS Choir Catterick, together with Muker and Reeth Bands in Swaledale, have pooled their musical talents to create an exciting new single and album to support Help for Heroes. Harmonies For Her...

Additional Needs & Disability Conference – 19 May

IF someone in your Army family has an additional need or disability, the FANDF Conference is for you. FANDF – the SSAFA Forces Additional Needs & Disability Forum – brings Service families together to di...

Skilled for Health closes

FOLLOWING our article Lessons from the Heart (page 35, Army&You Spring 2014) featuring Skilled for Health courses for spouses, we have since heard that the project has unfortunately had to end. Skilled f...

Coming home

Army&You catches up with Britain’s best-selling classical artist Russell Watson ahead of his new single release and UK tour…   WHEN the MOD asked Russell Watson if he would head up their new cha...

Get your tickets for Charlie F

TICKETS for Troops is joining forces with Richmond Theatre to support the much-acclaimed production of The Two Worlds of Charlie F tour, which opens on Monday 17 March. The theatre has generously made 160 ti...

Toast cutter army created by Eggs For Soldiers

A TOAST Army made from 1,000 identical soldiers has been unveiled at London’s Royal Artillery Museum. The world-first has been created by charity brand Eggs For Soldiers to mark March Fourth – its annual fun...

SSAFA’s home-from-home

SSAFA Norton House, Selly Oak, a home-from-home for the relatives of injured Servicemen and women who are receiving hospital treatment, reunited former guests at a lunch to mark its fifth anniversary. The ho...