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Boarding school funding facts

If you have a child at boarding school in the UK, then you may be able to claim School Children’s Visits (SCVs). These are available in both the UK ...

BlogSpot – Stacey’s journey

A blog from Army&You’s autumn 2023 edition by Stacey Heartford. I’ve known my husband for 21 years and we must have spent ten of those apart. L...

An Army family postcard from Virginia

Luke (serving), Frankie, Margot (7) and Elodie (4) How long have you been an army family? We’ve been married for nearly 12 years. Time in Springf...

New housing timelines

If you’re expecting an assignment order soon, a recent change to policy means that the timelines for applying for housing have changed. Housing Spec...

School support during separation

Families approach AFF regularly to ask for support for their child when the serving parent goes away. The absence of a parent can cause many differe...

Getting your finances in order

In terms of admin and finance, there’s a lot to prepare ahead of deployments, operations and exercises, so what do you need to think about when you’...

Separated by service

What support is available to those separated by deployment and training? And how can those at home, help themselves? Jill Misson reports… With the ...

SSAFA welcomes families to Cyprus

SSAFA's  Community Health Team, who are based in Cyprus, organised a meet & greet session for the families from 1 RIFLES, who recently moved fro...