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Kabir Shameem case study

"The Fund gave us the clean slate we so desperately needed"

Posted with King’s Colour Squadron providing ceremonial support and managing a team of 30 personnel, Lance Corporal Shameem Kabir loved his career in the RAF. However,…

4 April 2024
Airplay JCA Condover Hall

Month of the Military Child: How the Fund is meeting the needs of RAF children

To mark the Month of the Military Child, the Fund provides insight into the challenges RAF children experience and how the demand in support for young people in the RAF…

28 March 2024
Julia Purton smiling arms crossed

Month of the Military Child: Q+A with Airplay Station Youth Worker

To mark the Month of the Military Child, we want to highlight the Fund’s national youth work programme, Airplay, and the incredible work of the team involved to make it…

8 April 2024
Kenna, Chester and Roman

Month of the Military Child: Spotlight on Airplay

To mark the Month of the Military Child, we are highlighting the Fund’s national youth work programme, Airplay, and the support available for young people across…

Jesse in uniform left, with husband after race holding medals on right

“The opportunity to retrain has allowed me to regain control of my own life”

When ex-RAF servicewoman Jesse needed to take her career in a new direction due to lasting damage from a leg injury, the RAF Benevolent Fund stepped in to support her…

26 March 2024
Colin Bell and Mark Vickers on helipad

WW2 Mosquito Bomber Pilot,102, completes 17 storey abseil for Fund to break Guinness World Record

On 14 September, former Flight Lieutenant Colin Bell (DFC AE FRICS), 102, took part in an extraordinary fundraising challenge to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund,…

15 September 2023