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The RAF Benevolent Fund has announced the shortlist of nominees for our annual awards. The winners of the eight award categories below will be revealed at a special ceremony in October.
All at the Fund are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of The Duke of Edinburgh and send our condolences to our Patron Her Majesty The Queen and all the Royal Family at this sad time.
Scunthorpe cadet leader Nigel Price will be running and cycling 80 miles for the RAF Benevolent Fund and the RAF Air Cadets in honour of the latter's 80th anniversary.
Doug Vince was 22 when his Stirling Bomber was shot down by a German aircraft. He suffered extensive burns when he freed himself from the wreckage and was subsequently treated at East Grinstead Hospital by Sir Archibald McIndoe.
Nine-year-old Joshua Dolan's future has been changed forever thanks to the life-saving donation from Flight Lieutenant (RAFAC) Graham Dodds.
This Mental Health Awareness Week, Amileigh Salt shares how gardening has helped her to grow not only plants but also spirituality, during the global pandemic. Polytunnels provided by the RAF Benevolent Fund at RAF Leeming helped her and her family embark on a new hobby.
Born in New Zealand in 1900, Sir Archibald McIndoe was destined to be a gifted and talented surgeon. By the outbreak of the Second World War, there were only four fully experienced plastic surgeons in Great Britain – Sir Archibald being one.
The JH Bartlett Charity Trust has made a generous donation of £27,000 to support the RAF Benevolent Fund's Capital Programme to improve station life for serving personnel and their families.
Paul Hewson, who leads our regional team for the south of England has been visiting local hospices that support members of the RAF family. Paul tells us more in this blog.
20 July marks the 80th anniversary of the foundation of the Guinea Pig Club, a group of mainly Second World War allied airmen who suffered life-changing burn injuries during the conflict.