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WHEN travelling overseas to visit friends and family, it’s easy to feel you’re simply ‘going home’ because you feel familiar with your destination. You may have been there many times before or even have lived t...

Watch your weight on free course

ARE you living in Hampshire and need to lose weight? Hampshire County Council and Weight Watchers are offering 12 weeks of free Weight Watchers support to entitled military personnel and military families (past...

AFF welcomes support for Welsh pupils

THE Army Families Federation (AFF) is delighted to hear that a new £200,000 fund to support Service families in Wales has been announced by the Welsh Government. In 2017, the charity sent a detailed brief on...

Win Katherine Jenkins tickets

FORCES sweetheart Katherine Jenkins will take to the stage at the Last Night of the Kenwood Proms – and you could be there! The Welsh superstar will be joined by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and ...

University project celebrates success

YOUNGSTERS took centre stage during a prize-giving ceremony for a project designed to increase support for children from military families. The Festival of Friends, organised by the University of Winchester ...

Author inspires young storytellers

CHILDREN'S author Vivian French teamed up with charity Reading Force for a special launch at Colinton Primary School, Edinburgh. Vivian, who has penned 300 books including The Cherry Pie Princess and Robe of...

Expert advice at fertility roadshow

MEMBERS of the Forces community wanting to start a family are being invited to attend a free event in Aldershot this May. Experts from Thames Valley Fertility will be visiting the Hampshire town's Maurice To...

Art in the wake of war

MARKING 100 years since the end of the First World War, the Aftermath exhibition will explore the immediate impact of the conflict on British, German and French art, looking at how artists responded to the phys...

Entrepreneurial students’ four-figure fundraiser

A-LEVEL business studies students from St John's Military School in Cyprus have raised £1,000 for Fisher House.  May Schapendonk, head of business studies at the school, challenged pupils to take on their ow...

Veteran’s starring role

A TRUSTEE of the Women’s Royal Army Corps (WRAC) Association has appeared in a major new ‘immersive living history’ series on BBC. Former Brigadier Nicky Moffat was asked by the producers of Secret Agent Sel...