Together as one
MKC Heroes is a national support group for military children which uses a network of after-school clubs to bring together youngsters aged between three and 18.
Members are ambassadors for Service families acr...
Military Child
WRITTEN one evening at boarding school, Lottie Butterworth (14) sent this poem to her dad who has been away on an eight-month tour in Afghanistan. It was inspired by the dandelion, the flower of military childr...
Forces fight club
Alive Amateur Boxing Club in Tidworth, founded by serving soldier Chris Milligan, has only been running since 2015, but it already has almost 300 children and adults on its books, around half of which are conne...
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 ...