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Get help if you need it this Men's Health Awareness Month

This month is Men's Health Awareness Month and this week also saw Stress Awareness Day and next week is International Stress Awareness Week.

RAF Widower Raymond Harris

“My Telephone Friendship Group helps replace part of what I had with my wife who passed away”

Raymond enjoys looking back on his past with Anne by sharing memories of her with members of the RAF Family during his weekly Telephone Friendship Group calls.

18 October 2022
Telephone Friendship Groups

Telephone Friendship Groups are a lifeline to isolated members of the RAF Family

The RAF Benevolent Fund's Telephone Friendship Groups provide a lifeline to isolated members of the RAF Family.

12 August 2022
Stephen and Paula Pratley smiling in front of roundel

“We will be leaving gifts in our Wills to show our appreciation for the Fund”

The RAF Benevolent Fund has been supporting members of the RAF Family through thick and thin for over 100 years. Thanks to the support of gifts in Wills, the Fund can…

Osling family

"A grant towards occupational therapy gave us the answers we needed for our autistic son"

When Laura and Matthew Osling’s two-year-old son, Nye, was experiencing unexplained behavioural issues at nursery, they didn’t know what to do...

23 February 2026
Image of an RAF veteran on a walk with a view of mountains behind him

“The Fund gave me my life back”

After being medically discharged following a spinal injury that ended his 14-year RAF career, veteran Corporal Chris Platts found himself struggling physically, mentally…

8 January 2026