Bereaved military children visit No 10

Eight bereaved young people met the Prime Minister’s wife Akshata Murty at 10 Downing Street recently, to discuss their ideas of how to make positive changes within the education system. The group of young pe...

BlogSpot – Musical movements in Cyprus

A blog from Army&You’s winter 2023/24 edition by Louise McIntyre In 2013, my husband Archie was getting ready to leave the army and retrain as a gas engineer, while I worked as a teacher. However, there ...

Juggling childcare and work during school holidays

Juggling childcare and working can be especially tricky during the school holidays and many families ask AFF for signposting to holiday activities in their area. Unfortunately, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all...

Military youngsters up for a challenge

The Annington Challenge, the project run for military youngsters in partnership with the Outward Bound Trust, was the highlight of last summer for 100 military youngsters, including 42 from the army. The ini...

New accommodation concept for soldiers

AFF was recently able to view a new accommodation concept – Flexipod, a rapidly deployable unit for a range of military uses, which is currently being trialled. On the outside they look like 20-foot standard...

Therapy programme for military children

Little Troopers runs a free tri-service therapy programme offering military-specific support for school-aged children in England from reception to age 18. Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, the p...

Support for military carers

AFF deals with questions and concerns from families who are either parent carers or are caring for an extended family member. One of the issues that carers face is support from their employer. There are seve...

Fostering as an army family

AFF often receives enquires about fostering and this is something that is encouraged by both the MOD and the chain of command as they recognise the demand for loving, secure homes for looked after children. ...