Family Focus

Sizing up schooling

Many of your Northern Ireland- (NI) related education questions to AFF run along the lines of “how do I find a school?”, “are the academic years the s...

Like father, like son

Shellie Bell shares her experience as an Army wife and mum as her son follows her husband into the military... I HAVE been an Army wife for alm...

Young inspiration

MILITARY, wives and choir. Three simple words, but when you put them together they create something incredible, writes Chloe Livingstone. I was 15 wh...

Premium performance

FAMILIES and schools alike often contact AFF to ask us about the Service Premium – the extra funding given to any state school in England with militar...

Creating choirs

For Army spouse Michelle Alston, one of the saddest things about moving from Yorkshire was leaving her local Military Wives Choir. Faced with a half h...

Worth remembering

Searching for a great place to visit with the family this summer? Look no further than The National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, the UK’s year...

Playing with the past

ARMY families have been unearthing some ancient treasures in projects run by Wessex Archaeology. Budding archaeologists of all ages got stuck in to...

Beauty&You: Spring TLC

ARE you ready to give your skin some TLC after the cold winter? The party season is the time when we all let our beauty regime slip a little, removing...

Force for good

WHEN Katherine Reed’s husband Jim was deployed for seven months in 2012, the mum-of-two was determined the family would remain in close touch while se...

Banding together

When a soldier is injured in the line of duty, it is not just their life that is changed forever. The impact on their families can be just as great – ...