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RAF Marham turns over a new leaf for Fund's centenary

RAF Marham has branched out to mark the RAF Benevolent Fund's centenary in a rather green-fingered way, planting 525 trees in an eco-area on station.

RAF serviceman runs for welfare charity in the London Marathon

Royal Air Force runner Darren Mitchell will join thousands of others pounding the streets of the capital for the 2019 London Marathon later this month, in support of the…

15 April 2019

RAF Spitfire 7s take on epic cycle from Poland to Kent

Five members of the RAF Spitfire 7s committee switched scrums for saddles to cycle from Poland to Kent to mark the 75th anniversary of the Great Escape.

10 April 2019

Big Curry Lunch raises £2 million for service charities

The annual Lord Mayor's Big Curry Lunch has now raised over £2M during its twelve-year history.

"Everyone needs a break"

RAF Benevolent Fund Welfare Care Executive John Hickson explains why the Fund's new wellbeing breaks scheme is much needed among the RAF veteran community.

2 April 2019

Airmen of the Great Escape remembered 75 years on

What makes the Great Escape from North Compound, Stalag Luft III in March 1944 so remarkable? The sheer audacity of the incarcerated airmen, their ambition and the scale…