Family Focus

Charity marching to success

Give Us Time, a small tri-service charity supporting forces families with much-needed respite breaks, is celebrating its best year yet, having helpe...

Global Health Insurance cards change

AFF’s overseas team spotted a trend in forces personnel assigned overseas reporting difficulties fulfilling the UK residency rules when applying for...

Apply for ETA to travel to UK

All visitors to the UK who previously did not need a visa to visit for six months or less, will now have to apply for an Electronic Travel Authorisa...

Tea with The Queen for Lyla

Lyla O’Donovan has faced major challenges in her life since being diagnosed with a brain tumour at the age of three. She’s undergone 20 surgeries a...

Youth career support

A new online magazine has been launched to provide support and resources for young people in military families when they set out in their first job ...

Holidays with a difference

Do you have a youngster who fancies a holiday with a difference next summer? The Annington Challenge is for UK-based military youngsters aged 10-19 ...

Complex casework

AFF’s Foreign & Commonwealth team is made up of qualified immigration advisors and responds to thousands of visa and immigration enquiries a yea...

Help through separation

Charity Shared Parenting Scotland is offering free places on its two flagship training courses for military parents going through separation or divo...

Half-term family activities

This October half term, the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire is hosting autumn activities for families. The 150-acre gardens and wooded ...

The detail on COBSEO clusters

The Confederation of Service Charities (COBSEO) hosts a number of different cluster groups to help collaborative working between charities and to en...