Making firm friends
Defence Academy Friends and Families (DAFFYS) is a volunteer-run events organisation, which welcomes all those who work and serve at Shrivenham Defence Academy and their families. DAFFYS’ aim is to enable all...
Families feel the squeeze
In 2024, AFF, with the support of the other two families federations, ran a tri-service pay survey, which aimed to provide evidence directly from military families to the Armed Forces Pay Review Body.
A tota...
Charity marching to success
Give Us Time, a small tri-service charity supporting forces families with much-needed respite breaks, is celebrating its best year yet, having helped more than 280 serving and veteran families reconnect and m...
Italian housing win
A family posted to Milan contacted AFF because they weren’t happy with the property they had been allocated and felt it was under their entitlement.
Following a close inspection of the plans, we advised that...
Packing with purpose
Social enterprise e50K is made up of armed forces spouses and partners from across the country and works to improve the lives of military families.
The team aims to create a network of projects which provide...
Keep it in the military family
Patch life can be a vital support for military communities, especially through times of separation and deployments. Army&You spoke to Sara Carter, who has set up KeepAbility – an online hub for army famil...
Free holidays for forces families
More than 200 free holidays are being donated this year to support military personnel and their families in need of rest and recuperation.
Parkdean Resorts, which runs 66 family-friendly holiday parks around...
Free relationship support in Cyprus
From April, serving Army personnel and accompanying family members, who have an assignment order to British Forces Cyprus (BFC), will have free access to a range of relationship counselling services provided ...
A house divided
The end of a relationship can be a very difficult time, especially when part of a military family.
When you become separated from a serving partner, whether you’re married, in a civil partnership or long-ter...
Help through separation
Charity Shared Parenting Scotland is offering free places on its two flagship training courses for military parents going through separation or divorce. The courses are New Ways For Families and Love, Loss an...