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RAF Benevolent Fund joins Len Goodman for the tenth Remember A Charity Week
Former Strictly Come Dancing head judge and professional ballroom dancer, Len Goodman, will be joining the RAF Benevolent Fund in support of this year’s Remember A Charity Week (9th–15th September 2019).
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Fund at the forefront of research into veterans' needs
The RAF Benevolent Fund is proud to be supporting three pieces of world class research into the needs of the Armed Forces veteran community.
Supercar convoy and celebration at historic house mark RAF charity centenary
In a special event to mark 100 years of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, more than 40 super cars travelled in convoy from Knockhill Race Circuit to Broomhall House Estate in Dunfermline on Saturday.
Jacob meets Spitfire ace Allan Scott and the last Dambuster Johnny Johnson
Five-year-old fundraiser Jacob Newson has raised more than £6,000 for the RAF Benevolent Fund after climbing Yorkshire peak Pen-y-Ghent. As a thank you for his incredible support, the Fund invited Jacob along to a special event in Oxfordshire where he got to meet his heroes and watch a P-51 Mustang take to the skies.
"Without the RAF Benevolent Fund we would be divorced right now"
The counsellor helped us to communicate with each other and really listened. Together, we developed better strategies to cope when my husband is away and it brought us together again as a team.
Father and five-year-old son to walk Pen-y-Ghent to raise money for the RAF Family
Five-year-old Jacob Newson will be climbing Pen-y-Ghent in Yorkshire wearing his RAF flying suit, with his dad Andy in order to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund.
"Don't hide from the problem – ask for help"
To date, more than 5,600 serving personnel and their family members have accessed our relationship support service in partnership with Relate. RAF couple Caroline and Sam shared how it had a positive impact on their relationship.
Mother and son fundraisers present cheque to veteran Johnny Johnson
Johnny Johnson, the last surviving original member of No. 617 Squadron RAF recently accepted a cheque from mother and son fundraisers.
Peenemünde raid – 76 years on
Seventy-six years ago one of the lesser known but perhaps most important Bomber Command raids of the Second World War took place. The raid on Peenemünde, credited with saving thousands of lives, was to strike at the heart of Nazi research into the destructive V weapons.
11 years in the making: Pilot builds replica Spitfire at home
Steve Markham, a pilot who lives in Hampshire, has built a replica of a Photo Reconnaissance Spitfire that was once based at RAF Odiham.
