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Forces fight club

Alive Amateur Boxing Club in Tidworth, founded by serving soldier Chris Milligan, has only been running since 2015, but it already has almost 300 chil...

A hero to hold

MILITARY wife Jo Lomax made her first Huggable Hero to comfort her friend’s little girl when her dad was about to deploy and now there are Huggable He...

Review: The Soldier Who Came Back

THE Soldier Who Came Back is the story of an unlikely friendship that was to lead to one of the most daring wartime escape stories ever told. Antony C...

Support in the south east

FORCES Connect South East (FCSE) is inviting military spouses to share their experiences of accessing public services. FCSE, a two-year MOD Covena...

Moving between schools

GOOD news if your child is moving schools in England – a recent collaboration between the Department for Education and the MOD’s Directorate for Child...

Sign up for SSAFA’s family break

JOIN the SSAFA family this November for a fun-filled three-night break exclusively for military families with children who have additional needs and d...

Your health overseas

IN A recent AFF overseas survey, we were pleased to see a rise in satisfaction levels relating to healthcare provision overseas compared to 2015 figur...

Reading Force opens new chapter

READING Force, a tri-Service charity dedicated to getting more military families reading, sharing and talking, has received an increase in funding fro...

Virtual health helper

SSAFA’s health visiting involvement in BATUK, Kenya began in 2016 when the charity was asked to consider providing a service for families. AFF’s Ken...