Trail is a wooden wonder

The National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire has launched its new, free Stick Man trail for families. The permanent trail features five carved and colourful wooden characters, that complement the visitor ...

The detail on COBSEO clusters

The Confederation of Service Charities (COBSEO) hosts a number of different cluster groups to help collaborative working between charities and to ensure that issues are raised and solutions and actions identi...

Changes to childcare in the UK

In England families have been able to claim 15 to 30 hours of funded childcare for their three to four-year-olds for some time. All children were eligible for 15 hours at the age of three and for eligible wor...

A different kind of service

Gill Charlton, a military spouse and a veteran, served 24 years in the army but swapped service for ceremonies to forge a new career as a celebrant. Celebrants perform wedding and civil partnership celebrati...

BlogSpot – Cottage industry

A blog from Army&You’s summer 2024 edition by Tracy Butler I left the RAF 12 years ago when my eldest son Oliver was two and a half as my partner and I were both serving and knew that our luck with co-lo...

A step in the right direction for F&C families

AFF Foreign & Commonwealth Specialist, Katherine Houlston, discusses some recent positive changes to the immigration rules… MINIMUM INCOME REQUIREMENT CHANGE From 11 April 2024 the Minimum Income Requir...

A&Y reviews…Duxford

James, four, is a seasoned air traveller but was captivated by the passenger cabin of an historic Comet airliner when he and his dad, a weapons engineer, spent an afternoon at IWM Duxford. The carefully laid...

A postcard from Oklahoma

Tim (serving), Olivia, Lucy (18) and Ellie (16) How long have you been an army family? We have been married for 20 years. Time in Oklahoma? Two years stationed at Fort Sill. How many other military famil...

BFBS reaches military communities worldwide

The British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides TV, digital, cinema and radio services that are available worldwide to the armed forces and their families. BFBS TV When you’re overseas BFBS brings y...

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...