Festivals focus on military children
SSCE CYMRU hit the road last winter, hosting five Armed Forces Festivals at military bases across Wales, including three Reserve units in Cardiff, Haverfordwest and Flintshire, along with RAF Valley in Angles...
Upping our game
AFF HAS continued to support the Army Sport Control Board and recently went along to two Inter Service rugby games to spread the word about our work to a wider audience.
We set up our stand at the Army v Nav...
Forging a new career
By Victoria Cook
My husband is a musician in the Band of the Welsh Guards and has served for the last 25 years, 20 of those in London.
I had a great but demanding job before we had children. After my boys w...
First Armed Forces Commissioner takes up duties
FORMER DEPUTY Commander and Chief of Staff, British Forces Cyprus Polly Miller-Perkins CBE became the first Armed Forces Commissioner in April.
The former Air Commodore, whose 30-year RAF career included dep...
New videos launched for military families
THREE videos have been created to help Armed Forces serving personnel and families who are preparing for an overseas posting.
Those in the early stages of considering going on assignment overseas are encoura...
When blended Army families head overseas
By Esther Thomas, AFF Overseas Manager
Moving overseas is challenging for anyone, but for blended families — households combining partners, with a mix of children and sometimes co-parenting with ex-partners,...
Meeting military minds
By Robynne Batley-Mallett
I grew up as a military daughter. I always said I’d never marry into the military as I’d seen what it could be like - the absence, stress at home, the constant not knowing.
I was d...
The founding of a federation
Army spouse Alison Baverstock talks to Lady Elizabeth Kitson about founding the Federation of Army Wives Clubs (now AFF*) and why the organisation was needed…
ELIZABETH Kitson married at 23 and immediately h...
Positive overseas housing scheme
The overseas long-term relationship housing pilot has brought significant benefits for service families, allowing unmarried partners to accompany service personnel on certain overseas assignments.
And the good...
Soldiering on with endometriosis
Annie Robertson goes into battle on a regular basis - and it’s against her body.
She is one of the estimated 1.5 million women in the UK living with endometriosis, a condition that’s had a huge impact on her...