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The RAF Benevolent Fund to support RAF beneficiaries of the Officers’ Association Benevolent Fund

Following the announcement of the closure of the Officers’ Association Benevolent Fund (OABF), the RAF Benevolent Fund (RAFBF) will take responsibility for all OABF…

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The government's Child Trust Fund: Find your lost account

We spoke to RAF Benevolent Fund Welfare Benefits Advisor, Rebecca Relph, about how to find the lost Child Trust Fund accounts for children and young people in the RAF,…

30 January 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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Navigating the complicated benefits system

It can be difficult to navigate the complicated benefits system, whether you are currently serving or retired, especially when the need comes at a stressful or…

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Fund chosen for The Telegraph’s Christmas Charity Appeal

We, at the RAF Benevolent Fund, are thrilled and humbled to have been chosen as one of the charities for the Telegraph’s Christmas Charity Appeal 2023.

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National Poetry Day: WAFFIE GALS by RAF veteran Irene Strange

To mark World Poetry Day this year, former RAF Teleprinter Operator Irene Strange, 90, penned a poem about a lunch social the RAF Benevolent Fund arranged for her and…

5 October 2023