A Civil Servant from RAF Shawbury honoured with prestigious award

A Civil Servant from RAF Shawbury has been honoured with a prestigious award from the Worshipful Company of Drapers, which… More information

A great example of how the Corporate Covenant can make a difference

A great example of how the Corporate Covenant can make a difference.  Jaguar Land Rover is helping former armed forces personnel make the transition to civvy street. In the eight years Julie Taylor served in the Royal Logistic Corps, she drove plenty of Land Rovers and even helped parachute one or two off the back of a… More information

Tesco pledges support for UK Armed Forces

The retail giant joins over 300 other high street names, including Barclays, BT and Liverpool FC, to publicly pledge its support to serving personnel, veterans, reservists and their families. The Corporate Covenant is a positive way for business to show their support, offering exclusive… More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

2nd Annual Report of the Armed Forces Covenant is published

The second Annual Report of the Armed Forces Covenant has been published.  In his foreword the Secretary of State for Defence said: I am pleased with the progress that has… More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

RAF Families Federation is one of the first to sign up to the Corporate Covenant

The RAF Families Federation is one of the first 50 organisations to sign up to the government’s Armed Forces Corporate Covenant, announced at a reception for Armed Forces charities at 10 Downing Street by the Prime Minister. David Cameron used the… More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

More ‘good ideas’ receive Covenant money from the MoD

More communities across the country are coming up with innovative ideas and initiatives to improve the lives of Service personnel and their families. Launching the next set of Community Covenant Grant projects, Mark Francois confirmed the MoD would give £1.3m to communities across the country – funding 36 new projects. This brings the total MoD spend on the Community Covenant Grant Scheme to £5m…More information »

Please Spare 10 Minutes

The RAF FF survey on the fallout of the SDSR and your thoughts on the Armed Forces Covenant will close on Monday (30 Apr). If you are serving in the RAF or are a family member of someone who is and haven’t completed the questionnaire could we ask you to… The Federation is being asked more and more questions by senior RAF, MoD staffs and Ministers what RAF personnel and families think and one of the best ways of gathering your thoughts is via the internet. The survey is straight forward and anonymous and gives plenty of space for you to make additional comments should you wish to. Don’t worry if you know nothing, or little, about these subjects – we are interested in your answers anyway… More information »

The RAF – Does the Nation Really Care?

The SDSR resulted in the grounding of the much-loved Nimrod R1 and Harrier, the future closure of RAF Kinloss and Leuchars, a cut in allowances and a 2-Phase redundancy programme to reduce the RAF to its lowest level ever. At the same time, the Government published the first Armed Forces Covenant, enshrined in law, and promising to deliver enhanced support to serving personnel and their families. The Covenant made over 100 commitments to identify and address disadvantage arising from service in the Armed Forces. As part of our remit to represent the RAF family view, the Federation is running a survey to inform future policy development on these important issues. It is live during April (only). It asks whether or not you consider the Nation to be behind its RAF and seeks your views on the impact of the SDSR and your understanding and expectations of the Covenant. Click on the survey icon above to go straight to the survey…More information »

The RAF FF’s Annual Report for 2011

2011 RAF Families Federation Annual Report has now been published. Last year was a challenging one for RAF personnel and their families and the Federation team has been kept extremely busy with the many issues family members bring to our attention. Gathering the evidence and presenting it all in the hope of influencing change for the better. Our report for 2011 focuses on the post Strategic Defence & Security Review era and the impact some of those decisions is beginning to have. We comment on the launch of the Armed Forces Covenant, acutely aware of the dichotomy posed by a Government that is seeking to simultaneously reduce its Armed Forces whilst demonstrating how much it recognises the unique nature of military life and values the sacrifices made by the Armed Forces community. The report details the core themes…More information »

Difficultly accessing Financial Products?

The MoD are keen to point out that personal finances are an individual responsibility, however, they do acknowledge that Service personnel can experience difficulty in accessing financial products and services. One aspect of the Armed Forces Covenant was to ensure personnel have equal access to commercial services and the MoD have published working to address this…More information »