The rally of their lives

OVER 100 participants set off from Dunsfold Park, home of BBC’s Top Gear, on 27 June for a 3,000 mile Rally for Heroes, which aims to raise £100,000 for the UK’s longest-serving military charity, SSAFA; the ral...

Additional Needs & Disability Conference – 19 May

IF someone in your Army family has an additional need or disability, the FANDF Conference is for you. FANDF – the SSAFA Forces Additional Needs & Disability Forum – brings Service families together to di...

SSAFA’s home-from-home

SSAFA Norton House, Selly Oak, a home-from-home for the relatives of injured Servicemen and women who are receiving hospital treatment, reunited former guests at a lunch to mark its fifth anniversary. The ho...

SSAFA campaign to break down barriers to support

MILITARY charity SSAFA is breaking down barriers to people asking for support with an online campaign aimed at Forces families. Serving soldiers and their families sometimes struggle with emotional, practica...

SSAFA nominated for top award

SSAFA Worldwide Social Work Services has been selected as a finalist in the Social Worker of the Year Awards for their outstanding work with the children of our Forces and their families. The Germany based t...

Bake Off’s Beca sings Big Brew Up’s praises

SINGING baker Beca Lyne-Pirkis, who is currently appearing as a contestant on BBC2’s The Great British Bake Off, has created an autumn-themed cake recipe especially to support one of SSAFA’s most loved and succ...

Put the kettle on

SSAFA’s most loved fundraising event, the Big Brew Up takes place from 7-13 October. Now in its 16th year, SSAFA’s biggest annual fundraiser sees people get together with family, friends and colleagues for a...