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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...

An interesting year of following the flag ahead

ALL the signs suggest that 2020 is set to be an interesting year for army families on a political and policy front, writes AFF chief executive Sara Ba...

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 ...

Publicity counts

Would you like to support AFF’s work with Army families? Our volunteer programme offers a variety of roles. Rachel Fallows, AFF Volunteer Manager tell...

Join the Big Debate

IF YOU are keen to know more about the future of the Army and how families fit in, or want to vent your frustrations about finding a job, your quarter...

Volunteer with AFF: Be our boots on the ground

AFF is looking for people to “be our boots on the ground” in an exciting new volunteer programme launching this January. Our aim is to have somethi...

What happens to your enquiry to AFF?

MORE than 9,000 families approached AFF last year to ask for help or simply to tell us their thoughts. Our local AFF Co-ordinators can resolve indi...