Cyprus: Marriage breakdown – what next?

Marriage breakdown is a sensitive subject, but every year people approach us here at AFF to ask what happens when their marriage breaks down in Cyprus and where they can turn to for help. AFF Cyprus Director, P...

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Hive Information Service – arrival information Every week HIVEs up and down the country send information to families moving into Service Families Accommodation (SFA) and SSFA (hirings) within the areas where...

Compare the move-in

We’ve all done it. Moved out of Service Families Accommodation (SFA) having scrubbed it until you could eat off the floor - or paid for the cleaners to do it for us - only to move into the next SFA to find that...

Welcome to Army&You

In this time of significant change in the British Army and beyond, the work of the Army Families Federation has never been more important. From empowering Service spouses to influencing national policies, our c...

Virtually safe?

I was asked to go to an online safety meeting at my children’s school. I would consider myself fairly internet savvy but within two minutes was completely blown away by information that I didn’t know. Lucy Scot...

No claims discount – Don’t miss out

When moving overseas your choice of car insurers is more important than you think... Some families have reported to AFF that they have lost their No Claims Discount (NCD) for the years they have served oversea...

Your right to work

All spouses with ‘spouse visas’ are eligible to work in the UK, regardless of their nationality. They are a valuable addition to the workforce and many spouses also find that working is a way of becoming part o...

Counselling for children

‘I feel like I have failed’, these were the words I cried out to my mum. A year on, and I completely disagree with those words. I know I did the right thing and I didn’t fail my son. Here, a military wife share...