Winning wordsmith
Never Such Innocence, which runs an annual international poetry, art, speech and song competition for youngsters aged nine to 18, focusing on conflict and its impact, has announced its 2020-21 winners.
Army ch...
A military child
This heart-felt poem, by army child Tyler Larkin, topped the age 9-11 poetry category in the Never Such Innocence poetry, art, speech and song competition. It runs annually for youngsters aged nine to 18, and t...
A Very Fishy Tale
In this edition’s Army&You and Reading Force Book Club, our forces youngsters share their views on Brendan Kearney’s Fish: A tale about ridding the ocean of plastic pollution...
FLORENCE NEWBON (3)
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Two birds with one stone?
It's no secret that being a mobile military family can make it difficult for spouses and partners to maintain a career. In AFF’s 2018 research, conducted with The University of Warwick, you told us that access ...
Thriving Lives Toolkit
A toolkit is now available to help schools boost their support for service children.
Thriving Lives has been created by the Service Children’s Progression (SCiP) Alliance and partners across the UK after gathe...
Wraparound childcare
Wraparound care trial in Catterick
There’s good news if you’re based in Catterick with children aged four to 11, you can now apply for free before- and after-school childcare.
The pilot scheme, which began ...
Setting Standards
Army&You spoke to some early years settings to find out how they support service children…
The Nest, Tidworth - 27 service children out of 32
How will the nursery help my child settle in?
We’ll send a pa...
Caring for your little ones
Most of us are familiar with that feeling of uncertainty that comes with yet another move. For many of you, an area that’s often overlooked by the process is childcare.
AFF’s survey last year showed that 55 pe...
Spotlight on service children
The voices of service children in Scotland are highlighted in the first manifesto of an armed forces children’s charity.
The Royal Caledonian Education Trust (RCET) manifesto has been launched ahead of the Sco...
Paperchains award-winning entries
Following the Paperchains Project, a lockdown initiative which created a spotlight for young people, including armed forces families, to express their feelings through art, poetry or writing, Army&You is de...