Tea with The Queen for Lyla
Lyla O’Donovan has faced major challenges in her life since being diagnosed with a brain tumour at the age of three.
She’s undergone 20 surgeries as well as lumbar punctures and MRIs and had countless appoin...
Youth career support
A new online magazine has been launched to provide support and resources for young people in military families when they set out in their first job or business venture.
Career Pursuit CIC and the Forces Empl...
Starting out in the world of work
It can be daunting for young people who are taking their first steps into the world of work, whether that is finding a Saturday job, starting out on a dream career or just working out what to do in the future...
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...
Month of the Military Child competition winners
Annually in April, Never Such Innocence holds a poetry and art competition for Month of the Military Child. The 2023 theme was 'Friends Near and Far'. Winners were invited to the Main Building of the Ministry...
Service children invited to rise to the challenge
Are you ready for the 2023 Annington Challenge? Last year’s events had record numbers of children and young people from service families taking part – and it proved to be the highlight of their summer.
For t...
Rave reviews from Reading Force
In this edition’s Army&You and Reading Force Book Club, service youngsters tell us what they thought of Let’s Go Outside! by Ben Lerwill and Marina Ruiz...
RONIN (4) AND MUM
Ronin said: “I love going on...
New club for service youngsters
Children who have parents serving overseas enjoyed a thrilling treetop adventure over the summer thanks to charity, Little Troopers.
It was the first of many ‘All Together’ events, Little Troopers’ new deplo...
What happens to NEETs who want to accompany their armed forces parents to Europe post-Brexit?
For some locations post-Brexit, it’s become more challenging for army family members classed as NEETS – young adults who are not in full-time employment, education or training – to live and work in Europe whe...
Finding a focus: a young cadet’s journey through grief
The transition to a young adult is not always an easy pathway. As a service child who lost his mother to cancer at the age of 12, James Budding has had to cope with more than most. Here, his dad Jason, who se...