Family Focus

The founding of a federation

Army spouse Alison Baverstock talks to Lady Elizabeth Kitson about founding the Federation of Army Wives Clubs (now AFF*) and why the organisation w...

Support for victims of domestic abuse

By Karen Ross, Health & Additional Needs Specialist AFF is seeing a steady increase in relationship breakdown cases. And several have involved ...

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...