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...

Applications open for teen residential

Little Troopers, a charity which supports children from military families, has opened applications for a weekend of coastal activities. This residential is for 13 to 16-year-olds from serving and reservist fa...

Applications open for SSAFA’s Short Breaks

SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, is taking applications for four free short breaks in 2024, catering for serving and reservist families who have a child with an additional need or disability. The short break...

Not forgotten at Christmas

Help for Heroes has launched a new campaign for Christmas, asking people to write a message of support to veterans, to reassure them that they’re not alone. The charity predicts that more than 80,000 veterans...

Spreading Christmas smiles

Little Troopers has just launched its 2023 ‘Christmas Smiles’ campaign, in which 2,500 Christmas boxes will be sent to families with a serving parent deployed on military operations over the holidays. This ye...

Little Troopers workshops for children

Little Troopers has announced the dates for a series of free live online workshops for military children. The All Together deployment club workshops are for kids under 10 and are a fun way to help entertain ...