Recipes for forces friendship
Nothing brings patch families together as quickly as sharing food or drinks and often recipes are passed over the fences and pushed through letterboxes. Our culinary queen AJ Sharp has been exploring the world ...
Pride and dread
A blog from Army&You’s autumn edition by @CorporalMum
I’ve thought a lot about what it’s like being an army mum or dad, or any military parent. Does it mark us out as different? As much as I’m an army mum,...
The right to learn
AFF’s F&C team often gets enquiries from those of you who are non-UK nationals and wish to study in the UK. Some of you, and your children, have had to overcome unnecessary hurdles. We’re here to help...
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Staying put for your studies
Cat goes through the retention rules if you need to stay put for study or training…
One of my first successes on joining AFF nine years ago (is it really that long?!) was to push for a change in policy to allo...
Discover your enterprise
In March, X-Forces Enterprise (XFE) adapted all face-to-face training and networking sessions to become virtual events in anticipation of the COVID-19 lockdown.
“We had been planning a more blended approach ...
Bolster your business
Heropreneurs is a charity that provides free business mentoring to entrepreneurs from the military community. We pitched a few questions to find out how they can help you…
What is Heropreneurs?
It’s a communi...
Easing the way to civvy street
How can you ensure you fulfil your potential in civvy street when your soldier leaves the army? SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, provides a mentoring service to help motivate, support and empower you as your fa...
Connected in business
Jess Sands is no stranger to the challenges of starting a business. After giving up her career to live the military life, she set up her own company and is passionate about helping other service spouses and par...
Career confidence
The importance of training and development for entering, or reentering, the workplace should not be underestimated but for many of you it can be hard to know where to start. Recruit for Spouses (RfS) founder an...
What’s your bright idea?
Supporting the Unsung Hero, the free business start-up programme from the University of Wolverhampton and Black Country Chamber of Commerce, is helping people like you to turn bright ideas into successful busin...