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...

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...

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,...

Supporting the unsung hero

The Armed Forces Dependants’ Business Start-Up Programme is a unique free course designed specifically for military families. Army&You finds out how it equips Service families with the professional know how...

Job portal launches for Reserves and veterans

IS your soldier part of the Reserve Forces? Are they a military veteran? South East Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association (SERFCA) based in Hampshire, offers support to veterans and current members of the Res...

From battlefield to business

HAS your soldier recently left the Army, or are they due to leave? From March 2014 The Enterprise Forces Bootcamp, launched by Manchester Metropolitan University Centre for Enterprise, will put Service leave...