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Helplines Awareness Day: Q&A with Fund Welfare Navigator Lindsay Hutton

With Helpline Awareness Day taking place on 23 February, we spoke with Lindsay Hutton, who is the Welfare Navigator Manager at the RAF Benevolent Fund. She provides her…

20 February 2025
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Benefits advice Q&A: Supporting the RAF Family with winter benefit entitlements

RAF Benevolent Fund Welfare Benefits Advisor, Rebecca Relph, outlines some key information about winter fuel payments for those of pension age and how to find out what…

24 September 2024
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“I can now live independently in my adapted home thanks to the Fund”

When RAF veteran Stacey Mitchell's career was cut short in November 2016 following a leg injury and subsequent leg amputation, Stacey reached out to the RAF Benevolent…

30 January 2025
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King’s Colour Squadron servicemen take on loaded march for Fund

On 31 January 2025, 32 members of A Flight 63 Squadron King’s Colour Squadron will be taking part in a loaded march to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the formation…

Matt Wickens and family on beach

How the Fund supported Matt on his journey to the Invictus Games 2025

After a devastating sledging accident left RAF serviceman Matt Wickens in constant pain with a long recovery, the RAF Benevolent Fund was there by his side providing…

27 January 2025
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“The Fund has helped me recover and return to my active lifestyle”

Squadron Leader Samantha May’s active lifestyle in the RAF took a turn for the worse when she was injured in a sporting accident. Thanks to her determination and…

27 January 2025