Cultivating a new career
FUNDING FROM the Army Central Fund is being used to grow a scheme that helps Army spouses and partners into careers on the land.
Rural Weeks for Army Spouses offers a taste of different sectors with visits t...
How do you have a career whilst living army life?
When your partner or spouse is serving it can feel as if your own job aspirations have to take a back seat. But supporting your soldier’s career shouldn’t mean you have to wave goodbye to your own, Jill Misso...
Horticulture for health
Charity HighGround aims to improve the wellbeing and employment prospects of injured serving personnel and veterans by delivering horticultural therapy at DMRC Stanford Hall.
They also provide support to help ...
Building your future
Main photo: Army spouse, Claire Rigby
If you’re looking for a new challenge, career change or you’re unemployed, then Building Heroes could be just the thing for you.
The charity specialises in helping servic...
On the job front
Forces Families Jobs is now in its second year and despite the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns, it’s seen success stories through military family members finding jobs and employers recruiting from the milita...
Championing the Cause
When you’re trying to forge a career while supporting your serving partner, there can be conflicts about which comes first.
An increasing number of organisations recognise that a military spouse or partner’s c...
Career confidence
The importance of training and development for entering, or reentering, the workplace should not be underestimated but for many of you it can be hard to know where to start. Recruit for Spouses (RfS) founder an...
It’s never too late to learn
Training is part of your soldier’s career from their very first day of service until their last. So is it time for you to take a leaf out of that book?
Whatever your age, learning new skills can serve as a maj...
The kids are back at school. Now what?
Sarah Davies on how to thrive now term time is here...
YOU'VE spent much of summer wishing the kids weren’t under your feet and now they’re back at school you’re suddenly feeling a lost, nostalgic and defl...