Family Focus

Diversity of service

AFF’s support extends not just to family members but to the service person as well. Jill Misson meets the personnel who may sometimes go unnoticed… ...

Navigating the route to citizenship

When serving Foreign and Commonwealth personnel are posted overseas, navigating the journey to British citizenship can be complex, as one nomadic so...

Sharing leave, sharing the load

By Christina Hyslop WHEN MY husband returned to work just two weeks after the birth of our son Rupert, and only four weeks after moving – far from ...

Career Comforts

For those in search of a career that fits around postings and the general comings and goings of their partner’s Army life, setting up and running a ...

Back on track

By Claire Borg A POSTING to Kenya gave our family more time together and, with more control over my own diary, allowed me to rediscover a passion I...

Hidden in higher education

Research commissioned by the Service Children’s Progression (SCiP) Alliance has found that many young people from military families feel like ‘perpe...
A young girl holds a photo of her dad who served in the Army. He is standing at the front of a tank

Pre-bereavement support

Scotty’s Little Soldiers is known for supporting children who have experienced the death of a parent who has served in the armed forces, whether thr...

A guide to childcare options

When AFF asked families with children aged 0-5 about their childcare experiences, more than 72 per cent of the 200 who responded said they struggled...