Service children invited to rise to the challenge

Are you ready for the 2023 Annington Challenge? Last year’s events had record numbers of children and young people from service families taking part – and it proved to be the highlight of their summer. For t...

Bringing smiles this Christmas

Little Troopers has launched its 2022 Christmas Smiles campaign to support service children who have a parent deployed over the holiday season.   Louise Fetigan, founder of the charity, says: “We know it’s e...

Therapy programme for military children

A new therapy programme to support the mental health and well-being of military children has been launched by charity Little Troopers. Delivered in collaboration with The Owl Therapy Centre, the tri-service ...

Rave reviews from Reading Force

In this edition’s Army&You and Reading Force Book Club, service youngsters tell us what they thought of Let’s Go Outside! by Ben Lerwill and Marina Ruiz... RONIN (4) AND MUM Ronin said: “I love going on...

New club for service youngsters

Children who have parents serving overseas enjoyed a thrilling treetop adventure over the summer thanks to charity, Little Troopers. It was the first of many ‘All Together’ events, Little Troopers’ new deplo...

MOD wraparound childcare up and running

Many service families across the UK can now take advantage of the Government’s wraparound childcare scheme. It’s aimed at helping working families offset the cost of before and after school care during term t...

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...

Extra funding for service children

There's still time to get applications in to the MOD Education Support Fund, a programme that awards grants to schools to help address the additional challenges that children from armed forces families may face...