Podcast seeks entrepreneurial Service spouses

ENTREPRENEURIAL Service spouses are being sought for the second series of a weekly podcast. The Independent Spouse, hosted by military wife and business owner Jess Sands, wants to hear from others in the For...

National award for Scotty’s founder

THE founder of military charity Scotty's Little Soldiers has been honoured for her support for bereaved British Armed Forces children. Nikki Scott, who set up the charity after her husband and father to her ...

Trust enters Third Age

THE Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) has launched its ‘Third Age’ at the charity’s FiMpacT Forum held at The QEII Centre in Westminster, marking the culmination of six years of grant giving to help ex-Service person...

London calling

How do you feel when your soldier’s assignment order comes through for central London? Excited to be in the big city, or daunted by Army life in a busy location? We chatted with AFF’s London Co-ordinator, Becky...

Review: The Very White of Love

GUEST reviewer and Army spouse Louise McCleery, from Brunsumm, shares her thoughts of The Very White of Love by SC Worrell, a powerful story of love and war based on the author’s own family history… When...

Edinburgh return for PTSD play

SELL-OUT show WIRED is returning to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe following a successful run in 2017. The show is about the individuals behind the uniform, about the women and men who, during war, go to work eve...

Don your glad rags and dance

GET ready to jitterbug, jive, swing and lindy hop the night away when The Blackpool Tower Ballroom hosts a spectacular Dance for Victory. The unmissable fundraiser is being held as part of Blackpool’s Armed ...

Darlings mark D-Day anniversary

FRESH from the finals of Britain's Got Talent, the D-Day Darlings attended a commemorative event alongside 38 D-Day veterans at the National Memorial Arboretum to mark the 74th anniversary of the historic Secon...

Saddle up for Forces Equine Games

THE UK Public Services Equestrian Championships is taking place at Moreton Morrell in Warwickshire this October. There’s lots of action in store with team and individual events, a gala, barbecue and social e...

Life skills lessons for Forces families

SERVICE families can develop their life skills at Headquarters 11th (Infantry) Brigade's first Armed Forces Festival of Learning & Life Skills Fair this Wednesday (13 June) at the Royal Military Academy San...