Enter our Spring 2021 giveaways

OUR SPRING 2021 GIVEAWAYS ARE NOW CLOSED  We have sourced some perfect prizes for this spring’s Army&You. If you’re a British army family, regular or reserve, click here to open the entry form. Choose as ...

Paperchains award-winning entries

Following the Paperchains Project, a lockdown initiative which created a spotlight for young people, including armed forces families, to express their feelings through art, poetry or writing, Army&You is de...

The Paperchains Project

The idea for Paperchains came from author A.G. Smith, whose ground-breaking work in prisons has been highlighted by Channel 4’s Secret Millionaire and BBC Radio 4’s PM. It was created following the Prime Minist...

Empowering you 2.0

RFEA, the forces employment charity, is celebrating this year’s International Women’s Day on 8 March, by hosting ‘Empowering You 2.0’, to boost employability amongst military women, as well as the partners and ...

Census 2021- veterans will count

The decennial census is almost upon us and, for the first time, people will be able to say if they are a veteran of the armed forces. The census, run by the Office for National Statistics, is a once-in-a-decad...

New funding for forces communities

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has announced new funding programmes designed to support veterans, forces families and serving personnel recover from some of the wider impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Co...

VOCAL SUPPORT

With over 70 choirs and more than 2,000 members in military bases across the UK and overseas, the Military Wives Choirs (MWC) is a charity that brings all women in the military community, not just wives, closer...

LEAN ON US

Being a parent has never been easy. It can be lonely, frustrating, heart-breaking and overwhelming. The charity Home-Start is ready to support you through your toughest times. Home-Start volunteers are trained ...

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...