Spending time together

Families from all three services came together at Calvert Trust’s Exmoor site for the third SSAFA short break of 2024. The 11 families took part in a wide range of activities, including horse riding, ziplinin...

Help for young carers in forces families

The Children’s Society is urging forces families to help identify young carers so they can benefit from a scheme that offers a chance to benefit from improved support. Nexus, launched earlier this year, enco...

Someone to call on in a time of need

Understandably, a cancer diagnosis can come as a shock and be frightening, taking a toll not only on an individual’s physical wellbeing but also their emotional and social state. While the support of family a...

Bereaved children share their stories

Military youngsters have shared their personal stories of bereavement to highlight new data that shows an estimated 2,100 children each year suffer the loss of a parent who served in the armed forces. Brook...
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Charity supports military community

FearFree is a charity which supports current and ex-service personnel in Wiltshire, who are worried about how they treat their loved ones. Emily Denne, FearFree’s Service Director, said: “Domestic abuse take...

A helping hand for army families

AFF sometimes receives enquiries of a sensitive or more challenging nature around sexual violence, domestic abuse, addiction, gambling and more general mental health and wellbeing issues. We are always explo...

Young and old share military life experiences

Chelsea Pensioners and Little Troopers swapped stories of their military lives during a visit organised to celebrate Month of the Military Child. Fifteen children, whose parents are serving in the armed forc...

Bereaved military children visit No 10

Eight bereaved young people met the Prime Minister’s wife Akshata Murty at 10 Downing Street recently, to discuss their ideas of how to make positive changes within the education system. The group of young pe...