AFF in Action

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...

Childcare survey snapshot

Serving personnel and their families have been contacting AFF to voice their concerns about the difference in funded childcare hours across the UK a...

Families feel the squeeze

In 2024, AFF, with the support of the other two families federations, ran a tri-service pay survey, which aimed to provide evidence directly from mi...

Italian housing win

A family posted to Milan contacted AFF because they weren’t happy with the property they had been allocated and felt it was under their entitlement....

Travels in Kenya

AFF’s Overseas Manager Esther Thomas was recently invited to join Lt Col Bee Smith, Land Warfare Centre, on her first visit to the British Army Trai...

AFF travels to Brunei

AFF’s Overseas Manager, Esther, was recently invited to Brunei by the Commanding Officer of 1 Royal Gurkha Rifles, Lt Col Stanford-Tuck. British Fo...

Swift exit

As army families, we’re all used to upheaval, but when families in Kenya and Nepal were given ultra-short notice to move back to the UK during the COV...

Women’s wellbeing

RESEARCHERS at King’s College London are shining a spotlight on the topic of maternal mental health in the military community. The study, which is...

Pushing for progress

IN CONVERSATIONS with welfare officers in Brunei, AFF’s F&C team has discovered that there are a large number of spouses who have visas that have ...