A new way to manage SFA repairs
HomeHub is the new online platform designed to support families living in UK military homes.
It provides a simpler, quicker way to raise and track repairs, manage appointments and access key information abou...
New CEA team
A NEW advisory team has been set up to offer guidance to unit HRs, service personnel and families on Continuity of Education Allowance.
It’s part of the Pay and Allowance Casework and Complaints Cell (PACCC)...
Connection for non-UK communities
Moving to the UK for the first time can be one of the most challenging transitions for military spouses and partners. Settling into a new country, unfamiliar employment systems, lack of recognition for hard-w...
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...