Honour for young people from the military community

To celebrate the achievements of young people in the military community, ‘Jacob’s Medal’ was unveiled at the recent Celebrating Forces Families Awards launch party at the London Transport Museum. The medal w...

Army Widows’ Association celebrates 20 years

The Army Widows’ Association (AWA) aims to deliver peer support, advice, comfort and friendship to fellow bereaved army widows, widowers and partners. Although it’s a club that nobody wants to join, members a...

Sharing Christmas smiles

Little Troopers has announced its 2024 ‘Christmas Smiles’ campaign to support military children who have a parent deployed over the festive period. The charity will be sending out 2,500 Christmas boxes, whic...

Army charity landscape in focus

There are many military charities dedicated to looking after the whole army family, whether serving or ex-serving, living in the UK or overseas. Here we outline some of the avenues of support… Army Benevolen...

Help through separation

Charity Shared Parenting Scotland is offering free places on its two flagship training courses for military parents going through separation or divorce. The courses are New Ways For Families and Love, Loss an...

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...