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Listing of all News Stories

Below is an Archive of all News Stories featured on the RAF Families Federation website in the order they appeared.

Her Majesty The Queen visits RAF Marham

Her Majesty The Queen, in her role as Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Marham, visited the station and its personnel. During her visit The Queen was talked through the story of Op ELLAMY and spoke with members of IX (Bomber) Sqn, Tactical Imagery-Intelligence Wing, community support and welfare teams and had lunch with a selection of Marham personnel

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The RAF FF's Annual Report for 2011

2011 RAF Families Federation Annual Report has now been published. Last year was a challenging one for RAF personnel and their families and the Federation team has been kept extremely busy with the many issues family members bring to our attention. Gathering the evidence and presenting it all in the hope of influencing change for the better. Our report for 2011 focuses on the post Strategic Defence & Security Review era and the impact some of those decisions is beginning to have. We comment on the launch of the Armed Forces Covenant, acutely aware of the dichotomy posed by a Government that is seeking to simultaneously reduce its Armed Forces whilst demonstrating how much it recognises the unique nature of military life and values the sacrifices made by the Armed Forces community. The report details the core themes

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Policy Change to the Residential Support Scheme

The Residential Support Scheme provides help with the accommodation costs of learners aged 16 and over, who need to live away from home to study because their course is not available locally. The MoD have worked with the Young People Learning Agency and the Department for Education to address an existing unfairness for those serving overseas and have now secured an agreement to make them eligible for RSS

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Fisher House to be built at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity is working in partnership with American charity Fisher House Foundation and Help for Heroes. Mike Hammond said: "The QE Hospital is the primary receiving unit for all injured British military personnel and so families can travel many miles to be with their loved one. The Fisher House will be a ‘home from home’ for families to stay in at a very difficult and stressful time

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Our Stories in RAF News - Isolated Overseas

Periodically in RAF News the Federation uses the evidence someone has provided to illustrate a topic of concern. The cases illustrate where policy is deemed as not quite fair or is outdated, or where there is disadvantage purely because that someone is a member of an RAF family. This time we feature a lady who has accompanied her husband on an overseas posting but now feels isolated and abandoned by the RAF. She says they were ill-prepared for the challenges that faced them and didn't realise how difficult it all would be

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ITV Commission Drama about Service Wives

ITV has commissioned a new six part drama about the battles fought by wives and girlfriends of those serving in Afghanistan. Executive Producer Kieran Roberts said: “SWAGS is an emotional and heart-wrenching drama about the women who fight their own battles while their loved ones are risking their lives. Seeing how these remarkable women cope with survival, triumph, love and loss will make compelling viewing

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