Start-ups celebrate success
NINE Service dependants have been chosen to receive a special recognition award for their commitment, effort and success in starting a new business.
The University of Wolverhampton’s award-winning business s...
Tools for talent
Three talented entrepreneurs have recently completed the first stage of the Armed Forces dependants’ business start-up programme at the University of Wolverhampton. They’re now driving their companies forward w...
Making maternity count
Got a business idea? Your time on maternity leave might be the perfect chance to get the ball rolling! Army wife Rebecca Stokes-Whittaker tells us more...
THREE years ago, Rebecca never dreamed that she woul...
Making sense of maternity
AFF has received a number of queries from spouses posted overseas who feel they have been disadvantaged when applying for Maternity Allowance (MA) due to lack of information, poor advice or because a posting du...
Restoring Gladys: Limbless veterans gain engineering experience
EIGHT BLESMA members are helping to restore "Gladys", a Gazelle AH1 helicopter which has seen 40 years’ service in the Forces, while gaining valuable skills that could help them back into employment.
The pro...
Bear backs bookbinding
THE Wiltshire Barn Project (TWBP) is offering bookbinding courses to veterans and their partners to help rehabilitate those injured during the course of their Service career.
Backed by TV adventure star and ...
Your chance to be a movie star!
MILITARY charity BLESMA, which supports limbless veterans, is joining forces with a casting agency to offer injured soldiers the opportunity to be a TV or movie star.
Mad Dog Casting will offer paid-for role...
Job boost for injured ex-Serviceman
A FORMER Household Cavalryman left permanently disabled by a freak accident that happened when he was returning from ceremonial duties has a new job helping to transform the lives of other disabled people.
T...
Avenue to employment
ACCORDING TO Jobcentre Plus, using the services of a recruitment agency is the best and quickest way to find a job.
However, you need to ensure that the agency is reputable as you will be disclosing personal...
Getting the balance right
FOR several weeks, as my husband had been walking through the front door returning from work, he would have to leap aside to make way for me sprinting out to my freedom, using a dog walk as my excuse to escape,...