Career challenges

A word from Employment & Training Specialist, Lucy Ritchie AFF is very aware of the challenges that face army spouses and partners in finding their professional groove. For many army families the financi...

Family support is vital

As Policy & Research Director Michelle leaves AFF after 10 years, she reflects on the importance of support for families during time apart... Time apart is something that all army families experience – i...

A word from: AFF Chief Exec Collette Musgrave

Here at AFF this summer we’re focusing on the changes that you have to deal with as you move through army life. We’re all used to change – both in our personal lives and the wider world – and dealing with it ...

Looking for future army accommodation answers

A word from AFF Chief Executive Collette Musgrave... I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to complete our Your Army Life survey. We have had more than a thousand responses, and many of you provided d...

The home front

A WORD FROM... COLLETTE MUSGRAVE, AFF CHIEF EXECUTIVE Our winter issue focuses on your home, as housing continues to be the subject that you raise most frequently with us. We know from our 2020 Big Survey t...

Championing your cause

The new UK armed forces families’ strategy is due to be published soon by the Ministry of Defence. It’s been several years since the MOD last looked at service families’ issues in any detail, and we’re really p...