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Army families: funding is available for your child’s school!

FUNDING is now available for schools with children from Regular and Reserve Forces families. Why not encourage your child’s school to apply? The MOD Education Support Fund aims to help schools support childr...

Celebrating our Army heroines

DO you know an Army mum who has done some incredible charity work? Are you an Army wife who is caring for an injured soldier? Perhaps you know an Army girlfriend who has shown true bravery in the face of distre...

Service families’ funding boost for veterans’ charity

FOR the past twelve months, the UK community of NATO Joint Force Command Brunssum International Club have been raising funds for their chosen charity Once, We Were Soldiers (OWWS), which provides much-needed su...

Soldier’s life-saving service

JENNIFER Boucher joined the Army in 2004 and qualified as a Groundcrewman in the Army Air Corps. She fell in love with Airtrooper Alistair Boucher whilst they were training in Middle Wallop. After spending the ...

Community Covenant Conference 2013

AFF attended the third annual Community Covenant Conference on Friday 22 November 2013. Our stand at the event attracted lots of interest and provided information on our work with local Government to identif...

Delightful discount for cool kids’ clothes

KEEP your children looking lovely this winter by making the most of an exclusive offer by specialist retailer Thursday's Child. The Surrey-based fashion experts are offering Army&You readers 10 per cent ...

Are you a secret painter?

WHEN my serving partner deployed to Afghanistan I signed myself up for an Art Foundation Course and at the same time I discovered the Army Arts Society (AAS), writes Francesca Bex. It was through the Soc...

Housing help for serving soldiers

ARE you looking to buy your first property? If so a new Government scheme might be able to help you. The Secretary of State has just announced the Forces Help to Buy scheme which will offer Regular personnel...