Employment and Training

For jobs. For training. For success

In September, we launched our employment and training platform, Forces Families Jobs (FFJ), alongside our partners from the Naval and RAF families fed...

Working with food

MOVING home frequently, coping with deployments and juggling family life are challenges that military families face finding work. We meet some of the ...

Jumping employment hurdles

IF YOU'RE a Foreign & Commonwealth family, there can be additional things to consider when looking for a job. Katherine Houlston, AFF F&C spec...

Start-up success

THROUGH the pages of Army&You, we consistently showcase military spouses and partners who are running their own businesses whilst living army life...

Ace the interview

WITH employers actively seeking service spouses and family members through the new Forces Families Jobs website, we’re hoping that many of you will ma...

Getting you work ready

AFF has teamed up with Wiltshire College, Army Headquarters South West and Wiltshire Council to create Project JEMS to help service family members in ...

Funding boost for spouses

RECRUIT for Spouses (RFS), an award-winning social enterprise, has secured funding from the Veterans' Foundation to support its coaching programme, wh...

Introducing… Forces Families Jobs

FORCES Families Jobs is a brand new website specifically designed to support you in your hunt for a job or training. It will feature roles from empl...

Fairness for forces

When it comes to understanding service life, companies and employers don’t always ‘get it’, that’s why there’s an organisation working on your behalf ...

Sharing the load

WITH attitudes to modern family life changing, Shared Parental Leave (ShPL) is becoming more popular among new parents. Although take up is still cons...