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A penpal service to help people stay connected to the RAF has been launched by the Association. An extension of the existing RAF Association Connections for Life service, it will support people who may not be comfortable with telephone friendship. Sam ...
Two RAF Association caseworkers have been recognised for their unstinting support for the RAF community at the RAF Benevolent Fund’s annual awards. Honorary Welfare Officers Pip Iles of Basingstoke Branch and Ron Simpson of Norwich Branch were named as two of ...
A telephone friendship group run by the Royal Air Forces Association is helping to reconnect members of the RAF veteran community across the UK. The initiative, funded by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust’s Tackling Loneliness programme, is primarily aimed at ...
Fighting loneliness with friendship... Our Connections for Life initiative has continued to prove popular with both volunteers and beneficiaries alike. RAF Association Connections for Life manager Sam Squire said the charity had seen growing demand for the service over recent months. ...
Flight Lieutenant Steve Jones has been awarded the Wally Marriot Trophy as the RAF Association Liaison Officer (RAFALO) of the Year. RAFALOs are serving members of the RAF, who support the Association as a ‘secondary duty’. They are a vital link ...
Rothbury House Christmas appeal to help house veterans. This Christmas the RAF Association is appealing for help to transform Rothbury House Hotel into a place where RAF veterans and their family members can live in a safe community in their later ...
Our Connections for Life service, a volunteer outreach friendship programme designed to ease loneliness among members of the RAF community, has smashed its target after 120,000 calls were made since its launch in April 2020. Volunteers with the Royal Air Forces Association’s Connections for Life service collectively made over 6,600 telephone ...
Building Futures appeal to help house veterans People keen to reduce loneliness among elderly veterans are being urged to donate to our Building Futures appeal so that we can expand our community housing. The Royal Air Forces Association needs to raise ...
A noble job Ray Brasier saw distressing air crashes and mid-air collisions during his 23 years as an RAF crash rescue firefighter, a truly noble job. Now living alone in Chelmsford, confined to a wheelchair with his memories, post-traumatic stress disorder ...
Members of the RAF community whose lives are being affected by dementia are being urged to support each other by joining the Navigating Dementia online discussion forum. The Royal Air Forces Association – the charity that supports the RAF community – ...
One year on - How the RAF Association rose to the COVID-19 challenge Nobody at the RAF Association could have predicted, back in early March 2020, the extent to which COVID-19 would affect our charity’s work. With our eyes fixed on the fast-developing pandemic situation, the RAF Association knew that COVID-19 was already making life harder for the RAF community. ...
RAFARides winter cycling tips from Air Vice-Marshal Gary Waterfall: Spring is just around the corner and our incredible RAFARides Goes Global event, kindly supported by Lockheed Martin, is just six months away. For many, taking on their cycle challenge of 30, 70 ...
