This month, One YMCA in conjunction with the RAF Benevolent Fund and partner YMCAs, held a three-day break in Shewsbury for children and young people of military families.
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This month, One YMCA in conjunction with the RAF Benevolent Fund and partner YMCAs, held a three-day break in Shewsbury for children and young people of military families.
Read moreStephanie Quintrell has been made the new Chair of the Forces Additional Needs and Disability Forum (FANDF), the tri-service group for serving personnel – Regular or Reserves – and their families who have a child or adult dependent with an additional need or disability.
Read moreA large group of young people, all bereaved of a military parent, attended Scotty’s Little Soldiers’ Adventure Day – funded by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (AFCFT).
Read moreTwo nine-year-old schoolboys from West Sussex are preparing to take on a 24-hour survival challenge during their summer break to raise money for Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women.
Read moreThis month, the London branches of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, have come together to donate funds to Regent’s Park Barracks to ensure service children are kept entertained and looked after throughout the summer holidays.
Read moreRecently 5 RIFLES, with the kind financial support of SSAFA, Salisbury Plain, held a service person’s family day out to Moors Valley Park.
Read moreThe summer edition of Army&You magazine is out now!
Read more16-year-old Sofia Chacksfield from Weldon, Northamptonshire, was just three when her dad, SSgt Christopher Chacksfield, who had completed tours of Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan with the Royal Corps of Signals, died from head injuries sustained in an unprovoked attack.
Read moreGround-breaking research by the Directory of Social Change (DSC) reveals that funders spend at least £8.6 million each year on the needs of children with parents in the Armed Forces, supporting needs such as education, mental health and wellbeing, and crisis support.
Read moreMinister for Veterans’ Affairs and former British Army soldier, the Rt Hon Johnny Mercer MP, is supporting a campaign by Scotty’s Little Soldiers, the charity for bereaved military children and young people, calling on the British public to take Scotty’s Pledge ahead of Armed Forces Day (24 June) and show their support for children who have experienced the death of a parent who served in the British Armed Forces.
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Afghanistan support
In light of recent events in Afghanistan, please find information and support resources here
