Constant choirs connect

When you move around frequently and often at short notice, it can be tough settling in and making new friends, but the Military Wives Choirs (MWC) can provide that continuity with a ready-made group who just ge...

Feeding my army

Beca Lyne-Pirkis is best known for her Welsh language cookery show Becws on S4C and as a contestant on The Great British Bake Off. As a military wife too, she loves singing with her local Military Wives Choir a...

Wraparound childcare

Wraparound care trial in Catterick There’s good news if you’re based in Catterick with children aged four to 11, you can now apply for free before- and after-school childcare. The pilot scheme, which began ...

High and lows of life in the ‘junior ranks’

By Alex, aged nine I live with my mum, dad and brother Ollie who’s eight. My dad is in the REME and this means that we usually have to move every two or three years. I’ve lived in five different houses an...

Sign up to sing

With 72 choirs and nearly 2,000 members in British military bases across the UK and overseas, the Military Wives Choirs is a charity that brings women in the military community closer together and empowers them...

BOOK CLUB – ART ADMIRATION

In this edition’s Army&You and Reading Force Book Club, our forces youngsters share their views – via their parents – on Joseph Coelho’s Luna Loves Art... EVA (4) AND ISLA (3) We really enjoyed reading th...

The course of an army spouse

A blog from Army&You’s winter edition by Cynthia, @desplendourofficial Being an army spouse is an exciting life that comes with lots of experiences. There are positives but also challenges. Like my husban...

From civvy life to military wife

A blog from Army&You’s winter edition by Kym, @thedutoits Having lived a childhood far from the constructs of the military, it had never crossed my mind that a soldier’s spouse, partner or children would l...

Making self-care a priority

A blog from Army&You’s winter edition by Naomi, @dodayoga I have a disease. If you meet me on a good day you won’t know. If you meet me on a bad day, I’ll definitely hide it from you. Medication has helpe...

#OurArmyFamily

Meet the Greenwood family: Sam, Hannah, Harry (7), Aubrey (4), and Monty, the Jack Russell. Sam was a soldier long before he met his wife of almost 11 years, so military life is all Hannah has known of married ...