Always there for forces families

The vital work carried out by the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC) highlights the need for service personnel to keep their JPA records up to date. It operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, wit...

A transformation to lighten your mood

Personnel and staff at Tedworth House, a 19th-century Grade II listed recovery centre in Tidworth, have witnessed a transformation in the gardens following a period of environmental management, which included...

New passport guidance

Revised guidance has been issued for the MOD provision of passports for service personnel and their families. Paper applications have now been discontinued and all applications for UK passports should be sub...

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...

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...

Half-term family activities

This October half term, the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire is hosting autumn activities for families. The 150-acre gardens and wooded estate is free to enter and explore, allowing visitors to re...

A healthy slice of parenting paradise

Shared Parental Leave (ShPL) gives you more choice in how you care for your child during their first year. If you’re a working parent, you can opt to share up to 50 weeks leave, and up to 37 weeks of statutor...

A postcard from Edinburgh

Jody (serving), Liz, Ethan (18) and Eliza (16) How long have you been an army family? Twenty years and counting… Time in Edinburgh? We are just four months in. How many other military families live there...