Introducing… Forces Families Jobs
FORCES Families Jobs is a brand new website specifically designed to support you in your hunt for a job or training.
It will feature roles from employers who are committed to supporting the service community ...
Fairness for forces
When it comes to understanding service life, companies and employers don’t always ‘get it’, that’s why there’s an organisation working on your behalf to help ensure the armed forces community is treated fairly ...
The people’s pavilion
DISHFORTH Yorkshire is an isolated camp with few facilities for families to go to after working hours – making downtime difficult especially when serving personnel are away.
Fay and serving husband Chris used ...
Better births
EVERY woman should feel supported and have their voice heard about the maternity care they’re receiving, especially pregnant military spouses and partners who might be new to an area, have their soldier away, o...
Movers and shakers
More than 4,000 people from British Forces Germany are rebasing this summer. The majority are moving back to Wiltshire, but also to other UK locations and Cyprus. We’ve been finding out how it’s going…
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Break’s boosting benefits
Designed to be exciting, challenging and fun, Poppy Adventure Breaks take place around the country for service kids. Last summer, community support development workers (CSDWs) from Newcastle and Catterick deliv...
Ruby’s story
Part of AFF’s work this year is to focus on service youngsters – their voice and views of army family life. Nine-year-old Ruby Callaby has moved schools a lot over the last seven years, is passionate about crea...
Kids who care
AFF Health & Additional Needs Specialist Karen Ross has been looking at what it means to be a young carer in the armed forces community…
MORE than 800,000 children and young people across the UK, some ...
Pilot site for Aldershot
A FUTURE Accommodation Model (FAM) pilot has been developed to help understand how forces families will choose to live in the future and how FAM can be improved. It’s a chance for the MOD to test the policy and...
Our youngsters’ voices
Growing up in an army family throws up some unique challenges – separation from parents, moving schools and changing friendships to name a few. So, what impact do these factors have on service children’s educat...