How we live

Earlier this year, AFF’s Big Survey received a record number of responses when we asked how you want to live as an Army family. The results will help inform the MOD as it plans how Service families will be hous...

Cracking the permit puzzle

AFF Foreign & Commonwealth Specialist Katherine Houlston explains biometric residence permits (BRPs) What is a biometric residence permit? A biometric residence permit (BRP) is a document providing co...

SSAFA’s got your back

NEW research published by SSAFA has revealed that fewer than 1 per cent of the personnel currently serving in the UK’s Armed Forces or veterans would seek help from a charity if they found themselves in need. ...

TV stars kick off festive celebrations

SOAP star Simon Gregson, aka Coronation Street’s Steve McDonald, and Made in Chelsea’s Oliver Proudlock were on hand to bring festive cheer to the annual Scotty's Little Soldiers Christmas party for children of...

Service life on film

TWO powerful films and a bank of digital stories have been launched to raise awareness of what life is like for Armed Forces schoolchildren in Wales. Pupils, parents and staff at Llantwit Major High School ...

Big thanks for your Big Survey input

MORE than 8,300 families took the opportunity to have their voice heard when we ran our Big Survey 2016: The Future of Military Housing. This is an extraordinary response and I want to start this article by tha...

Army life through the lens

For more than a decade, Rory Lewis has been honing his craft to become one of the UK’s most prolific portrait photographers. His work has been acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery and is exhibited wor...

Putting their best foot forward

RISING ballet star and award-winning actress Natasha Watson (20) and Jade Scott (13) gave moving accounts of the support they received when it was most needed, at a charity reception for Royal Caledonian Educat...

Friends of the Forces

Kate Viggers delves into the practical help available to military families from a variety of Service charities… MILITARY families are resilient and most of you cope happily throughout your soldier’s career...

Geordie Service stars hit the stage

MEMBERS of Newcastle’s Armed Forces community are taking to the stage to play their part in a Geordie-themed theatrical production. Wor Stories – "our stories" in Newcastle dialect – is based on the real-lif...