Force for good

WHEN Katherine Reed’s husband Jim was deployed for seven months in 2012, the mum-of-two was determined the family would remain in close touch while separated. So when a Reading Force scrapbook was sent home ...

Legal column: Not seeing your child enough?

Consultant Solicitor Mandeep Gill (pictured below) offers advice on settling contact arrangements for estranged parents… THE courts recognise the importance of both parents in their children’s lives, particu...

Banding together

When a soldier is injured in the line of duty, it is not just their life that is changed forever. The impact on their families can be just as great – which is where a specialist Service support group comes into...

Quality time

THE weather was awful at 1.30am, but nothing was going to stop Gemma Tebble and her family from getting to the airport. They were about to jet off to Tenerife for a holiday with Give Us Time, a charity that pro...

Explore the great outdoors

WALK Unlimited, in partnership with Natural England, Natural Resources Wales and other local organisations, is promoting 15 fabulous National Trails in England and Wales. Now is the time to walk, ride, cycle...

MOB Rule

The five year old clung limpet-like to his khaki-clad leg. The four year old wailed. The two year old wandered about looking utterly confused. I swallowed hard, choking on the words. ‘I love you,’ I whispered, ...

Me and my soldier

MY Daddy is a Soldier Adventures’ 2014 Little Troopers calendar is out now! Over the past few months, the charity has been running a competition across the globe for children of soldiers to send their photos...

The Dabby Project: Borrow a friend for a month!

Melanie Kendrick, co-founder of the Dabby Project, reveals the inspiring initiative for UK Service children… THE time that a parent goes away on deployment can be a difficult one for young children. It’s ...

My Hero Has My Heart

Kelly King tells Army&You about the inspiration behind her new book… READING together is never more important in my household than when my husband is deployed. My children are comforted by our story t...

Musical chairs

Caroline Rawlins, Vice-chair of Trustees for the Military Wives Choirs Foundation, shares her experience of moving house – and choirs… NO SOONER had I settled in to life at Shrivenham that it was time to pla...