A brand new tri-service one-stop-shop website for job vacancies and training opportunities goes live on 17 September.
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21 August 2019
A brand new tri-service one-stop-shop website for job vacancies and training opportunities goes live on 17 September.
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In a fast-paced world that is ever changing and full of competition, the need to maximise limited resources and budget is ever greater. Forces Families Jobs can help you to achieve this by offering you free access to a pool of talented employees whose current resource is very much untapped. Military spouses and family members are often highly qualified and unfulfilled in their employment due to lack of opportunity or flexibility.
Read moreThe summer edition of Army&You magazine is now available.
Read moreThe latest edition of Army&You is now available
Read moreThe Army Families Federation (AFF) wants to know how best to communicate with those it supports
Read moreFamilies have been vocal about the failings and issues with the current contract – now AFF is asking for suggestions and ideas on what the new contract should include to help make their lives easier
Read moreThis autumn’s health focus has a range of articles to help – from Let’s talk about health to Dental dilemmas and our Overseas health special.
Read moreThe perfect work-life balance may seem impossible to achieve in Army life but times are changing. In this edition’s main feature, we hear about the Army’s plans for Flexible Service and meet the families who are fitting work around unpredictable schedules and long spells of separation.
Heading overseas, we hear from the Army families who have continued their education and training, maintained their professional registration and even diversified from their original careers.
We shine the spotlight on Cyprus, London and Kinloss and there’s an inspirational story from Everest Base Camp.
Read moreHow does your soldier’s work/life balance affect your Army family? That’s what the Army Families Federation (AFF) is asking families in their latest survey, now live until 31 May.
AFF is aware that some families struggle with their soldier’s working hours and inability to take the annual leave they are owed. They are keen to learn more about the barriers to a good work/life balance families are facing, and importantly, what families feel would make a positive difference.
The Army Families Federation (AFF) is delighted to hear that a new £200,000 fund to support Service families in Wales has been announced by the Welsh Government. In 2017, the charity sent a detailed brief, on families’ behalf, to the Education Minister Kirsty Williams, highlighting the need for targeted pupil funding for Armed Forces children in Wales, and they are pleased to see that this important issue has now been recognised.
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Afghanistan support
In light of recent events in Afghanistan, please find information and support resources here
