Going live for Remembrance
Has your school signed up for the Royal British Legion’s latest teaching materials? It now includes brand new live lessons, a poetry project and a special live Remembrance assembly, adding to its existing ran...
Families make memories on short break
A group of service families took to the great outdoors during the first short break of the year organised by SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
Calvert Trust in the Lake District was the destination for 22 ser...
AFF celebrates 40 years of supporting army families
For 40 years, AFF has put families at the heart of everything it does. From our early days as the Federation of Army Wives’ Clubs, which brought together groups from around the world to share common issues, t...
Holiday season help
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… or is it? While the festive break can represent joy, gratitude and togetherness, it can also be associated with family and financial pressure, loneliness, anxiety and t...
Teachers’ toolkit
Education settings with service children have been benefiting from Little Troopers’ secondary school resource hub.
Created in collaboration with teachers, families and behavioural experts, the available assets...
Springboard of support
Military charity Scotty’s Little Soldiers, which supports children and young people who have experienced the death of a parent who served in the armed forces, has re-shaped its Springboard programme for adults ...
Virtual, vital and already valued
AFF’s new assistants enhance charity’s connection with your community.
As an independent charity, AFF is always looking for ways that we can support you better and this year we’ve hired three new Virtual Assis...
Join the SQUAD
Check out SQUAD, the fab new podcast for military teenagers, exploring the experiences of older service children and the unique challenges they face.
SQUAD has been launched by military children’s charity Litt...
Championing your cause
The new UK armed forces families’ strategy is due to be published soon by the Ministry of Defence. It’s been several years since the MOD last looked at service families’ issues in any detail, and we’re really p...
Story challenge for children
Charity Little Troopers has launched a national story writing competition for military children on the theme of ‘my military life’.
Children aged eight to 14 are being asked to write a story that relates to th...