Focus on unit admin teams

Unit admin teams within the Adjutant General’s Corps Staff and Personnel Support branch AGC(SPS) are the backbone of the British Army’s administrative operations. Their primary role is to provide comprehensi...

Free holidays for forces families

More than 200 free holidays are being donated this year to support military personnel and their families in need of rest and recuperation. Parkdean Resorts, which runs 66 family-friendly holiday parks around...

Free relationship support in Cyprus

From April, serving Army personnel and accompanying family members, who have an assignment order to British Forces Cyprus (BFC), will have free access to a range of relationship counselling services provided ...

The Enquiries Team at AFF

The Enquiries Team at AFF is the first point of contact for those who need to get in touch about any aspect of army family life. The team has been working hard recently to streamline its processes and more i...

Booklet for reservists

The MOD has published a booklet signposting the benefits and help available for reservists and their families. It features information on healthcare and welfare services, childcare, military discounts and ca...

Employment help for carers

Two military charities have set up an employment service offering one-to-one employment help for adult family members who support or care for members of the armed forces community with health conditions. Res...

Happy 40th to the Hive

HIVE started in 1984 – the same year as Band Aid, Virgin’s first transatlantic flight from the UK, and the first Apple Mac computer going on sale. It was the 1984 Adjutant General Conference which identified...

Army Widows’ Association celebrates 20 years

The Army Widows’ Association (AWA) aims to deliver peer support, advice, comfort and friendship to fellow bereaved army widows, widowers and partners. Although it’s a club that nobody wants to join, members a...

A house divided

The end of a relationship can be a very difficult time, especially when part of a military family. When you become separated from a serving partner, whether you’re married, in a civil partnership or long-ter...

Army charity landscape in focus

There are many military charities dedicated to looking after the whole army family, whether serving or ex-serving, living in the UK or overseas. Here we outline some of the avenues of support… Army Benevolen...