Patch parties
Sometimes the best nights are the impromptu ones, where everyone brings their own food and nips across the road in their slippers to share supper in one quarter. With Christmas around the corner, culinary queen...
Sunflower stories
The sunflower competition featured on page 32 of the winter edition of Army&You, stirred up some friendly but fierce rivalry across 14 locations in the European Joint Support Unit, bringing whole communitie...
The tall and short of it
To bring communities together and connect people when COVID restrictions were in force, the SHAPE team of Community Liaison Officers (CLOs) came up with a fun initiative to see who could grow the tallest sunflo...
Forces biz finder
Where can you find professional businesses that are run by military families, all in one place? findamilspo.co.uk is the new business search website from Milspo, and it’s now live!
Milspo, founded in 2018, is ...
A home of your own
Moving into your own property is a major milestone if you’re an army family. Getting the keys to your own place is exciting – and not just because you can paint the walls a colour of your choice! Jill Misson re...
Teachers’ toolkit
Education settings with service children have been benefiting from Little Troopers’ secondary school resource hub.
Created in collaboration with teachers, families and behavioural experts, the available assets...
Slam-dunking fun
A group of pupils at Alderwood School in Aldershot have been growing in confidence on the basketball court thanks to an Army Welfare Service community support team initiative.
Sarah Magee and Agnieszka Tikoisu...
Springboard of support
Military charity Scotty’s Little Soldiers, which supports children and young people who have experienced the death of a parent who served in the armed forces, has re-shaped its Springboard programme for adults ...
My Insta perfection
A blog from Army&You’s autumn 2021 edition by Emily, @sociallystyledbyemily
Army life has meant that I, like so many others, spend months on my own every year whilst my husband is out of the country.
I ...
A legend in the baking
When lockdown hit earlier this year in Germany, army spouse and mum Michelle Cole was craving human contact, as well as cake, so she decided the best way to combine the two was to set up a Bake-off group. We fi...