Family Focus

Always there for forces families

The vital work carried out by the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC) highlights the need for service personnel to keep their JPA records u...

A transformation to lighten your mood

Personnel and staff at Tedworth House, a 19th-century Grade II listed recovery centre in Tidworth, have witnessed a transformation in the gardens fo...

eVisa concerns

Since the introduction of eVisas on 1 January 2025, the AFF Foreign & Commonwealth team has received numerous enquiries from spouses worried abo...

Resources for military children

Deployment can be a challenging time, bringing a host of conflicting feelings. Forces Children Scotland, with funding from the Armed Forces Covenant...

Double success for AFF teams

A soldier was given assistance by two of AFF’s specialist teams while he was on assignment overseas. Pte Jeannick Serieux contacted the Foreign &am...

Funding supports service students

Beyond the Barracks, a project to promote equality of opportunity in higher education, has been awarded funding from the Office for Students (OfS). ...

Weekends to reconnect

Little Troopers has launched All Together family reconnection weekends for military families to spend quality time with each other. This is time fam...

Making firm friends

Defence Academy Friends and Families (DAFFYS) is a volunteer-run events organisation, which welcomes all those who work and serve at Shrivenham Defe...

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...