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

To mark the Month of the Military Child, we spoke to Allison Miles, about life as an Airplay Station Youth Worker at RAF Cosford, and how Airplay is there for young…

8 April 2024
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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
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
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
An illustration depicting Stalag Luft III PoWs testing out the escape tunnel. The image is from the booklet 'The Great Escape Stalag Luft III - From the original drawings made by Ley Kenyon 1943'.

Marking the 80th anniversary of The Great Escape

This March marks 80 years since The Great Escape in 1944. To mark the occasion, Second World War and aviation historian Steve Darlow visited the former prison camp in…