Back on track

By Claire Borg A POSTING to Kenya gave our family more time together and, with more control over my own diary, allowed me to rediscover a passion I thought I’d left behind. Before the move, our life in the ...
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Fantastic foundations

The Defence Housing Strategy 2025 heralds the biggest transformation of Armed Forces accommodation in more than 50 years. It’s a plan about far more than just bricks and mortar and is set to create homes tha...

Raising the standard

There are early signs that the new Consumer Standard for families living in Service Families Accommodation (SFA) is helping to improve lives. When launched, it included a series of commitments and set a dead...

Make yourself at home

Army housing is getting a much-needed makeover, with major investment in accommodation and more freedom for families to enhance the spaces they live in. But how far will you go to make your house feel like a ...

A guide to childcare options

When AFF asked families with children aged 0-5 about their childcare experiences, more than 72 per cent of the 200 who responded said they struggled to find cover for hours they wanted and 62 per cent found i...

Improving support for non-UK families

The Army Non-UK Working Group is instrumental in improving policies and processes for non-UK soldiers and families. Changes to the chapter on visas during an overseas assignment in JSP752, which provided clar...

After-school club celebrates 20 years

  Five years ago the UK was in the grip of a global pandemic and, like many business owners, Cathy Joyner feared her group of after-school clubs might not make it through. But in June Fun 4 Kids celebra...

Time to reconnect

Children enjoyed an action packed few days with their parents as part of a programme of short breaks staged by Little Troopers aimed at helping military families reconnect with each other. Earlier this year ...

Award for work with military community

A professional coach has been awarded a Coaching Impact Award for her work with spouses of UK armed forces personnel.   Tina Smith, pictured front right, coach and founder of Your New Wings, was selected by ...