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...
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 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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...