Forces Children Scotland has launched a holistic support service to help families leaving the armed forces to make a successful transition to civilian life across central Scotland.
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Forces Children Scotland has launched a holistic support service to help families leaving the armed forces to make a successful transition to civilian life across central Scotland.
Read moreMalcolm Noble has announced he will step down as Chairperson in December 2022.
Read moreWe are excited to launch the Royal Caledonian Education Trust’s first-ever Manifesto ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections in May.
Read moreRoyal Caledonian Education Trust and SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health) have launched a new project, titled Your Mind Matters, which will work directly with children and young people from Armed Forces families across Scotland to develop a new mental health and wellbeing support service.
Read moreRCET: Scotland’s Armed Forces Children’s Charity has launched the R&R Young Carers Fund to provide Young Carers from Armed Forces families the opportunity to access more meaningful respite from the caring role.
Read moreRCET: Scotland’s Armed Forces Children’s Charity are delighted to announce Laura Falconer as their new Chief Executive, following the retirement of Colin Flinn after 5 years as CEO.
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On Friday, 12 June more than 550 pipers across the world played the haunting march The Heroes of St Valéry from doorsteps, gardens and streets.
Read moreIn light of the impact of COVID-19 we will be expanding our Crisis Intervention Fund to focus our efforts on supporting those children, young people and their families from the Armed Forces community who are in the greatest of need.
Read moreScotland’s Armed Forces Children’s Charity, the Royal Caledonian Education Trust, is among ten organisations with long standing links with London, who have contributed to a new book, with a foreword from HRH The Princess Royal, to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War in 2018.
The book titled Scots in Great War London, a Community at Home and on the Frontline 1914-1919 highlights the efforts of these organisations during the First World War and will be published in late June. HRH The Princess Royal is the Patron of the Scots In Great War London Group.
Read moreA new tri-service youth participation project which aims to improve support and services for children and young people from armed forces and veteran families living in Scotland has been given the green light today thanks to funding from ABF The Soldiers’ Charity.
The national youth participation project, which will run for 3 years is being launched by Scotland’s Armed Forces Children’s Charity, the Royal Caledonian Education Trust (RCET). The project has been informed by the success of a pilot series of mini-conferences, as well as a number of other ‘listening to the voices of children and young people from Armed Forces families’ initiatives that have been rolled out by the charity in recent years.
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Afghanistan support
In light of recent events in Afghanistan, please find information and support resources here