A hero to hold
MILITARY wife Jo Lomax made her first Huggable Hero to comfort her friend’s little girl when her dad was about to deploy and now there are Huggable Heroes all over the world, helping to reduce separation anxiet...
Moving between schools
GOOD news if your child is moving schools in England – a recent collaboration between the Department for Education and the MOD’s Directorate for Children and Young People means that there have been changes to t...
Appealing action
Nia Davies and husband Steve have been married 11 years and have two children, Danny (10) and Milly (8). After a nine-month tour in Afghanistan for Steve, the family were looking forward to some time together a...
Reading Force opens new chapter
READING Force, a tri-Service charity dedicated to getting more military families reading, sharing and talking, has received an increase in funding from Annington.
The company has agreed to support the charit...
What is a Child Arrangement Order?
Peter Lynn and Partners, a specialist in child law, explain the ins and outs of Child Arrangement Orders...
WE UNDERSTAND the sensitivity and expertise required when dealing with the interests of childre...
New support for Scottish Service youngsters
A SCHEME to improve the support and services on offer to young people from Scotland's Forces families has been given the green light thanks to a £40,000 grant from ABF The Soldiers' Charity.
The three-year N...
University project celebrates success
YOUNGSTERS took centre stage during a prize-giving ceremony for a project designed to increase support for children from military families.
The Festival of Friends, organised by the University of Winchester ...
Sign up for SSAFA’s family break
SSAFA is offering a family break exclusively to military families who have children additional needs and disabilities.
The weekend away will be held at the Calvert Trust Exmoor on 23 March 2018, with 30 plac...
Drawing and talking together
MORE people will be trained to provide innovative therapy to Service children thanks to a partnership between a mental health specialist and a military charity.
The collaboration between Drawing and Talking ...
A&Y Book Club: The Tickle Test
In this Army&You and Reading Force Book Club, three Service youngsters have been reading The Tickle Test, written by Kathryn White with illustrations from Adrian Reynolds.
Isla & Logan Thompson (4/...