We are delighted to announce that The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund has recently donated £5000 to help us to deliver our well-being weekends to RAF veterans and their dependents living with MS. Our weekends help our beneficiaries to improve their mental wellbeing, relationships with others, reduce social isolation, displacement and loneliness whilst offering access to the wider support that we offer to our community. We aim to inform, engage and assist our service veterans and their families.
‘As one of the Patrons of Mutual Support and as a Clinical Neuropsychologist I believe you cannot put a price on the benefit the Support Weekends have on members. People come broken and return home whole; people come lonely and go home with friends; whole families who come fractured go home in one piece; children who come as young carers go home as themselves once more. These benefits are priceless and life affirming and life changing.’
Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist: DR ANITA ROSE. B.A. (hons), D.Clin Psy., AFBPsS, C. Psychol
We are an independently funded and wholly volunteer led charity and are therefore largely reliant on financial benefactors. The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund donation will enable our important work to continue.
Irene Greenwood, Welfare Programmes Manager at the RAF Benevolent Fund, said:
“Working closely with charities that support the Armed Forces community is central to the Fund’s commitment to the RAF Family. The vital work undertaken by Mutual Support makes a meaningful difference to serving personnel, veterans and their families affected by Multiple Sclerosis. We are proud to stand alongside them and remain ready to offer support whenever it is needed.”
About the RAF Benevolent Fund
The RAF Benevolent Fund is the RAF’s longest-standing charity for serving and former RAF personnel and their families. We exist to improve the quality of life, independence and wellbeing of the RAF Family through tailored and lasting support. Our promise is simple: One day’s service, a lifetime of support.
