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Swindon RAF veteran joins fundraiser celebrating 80th anniversary of the air cadets

A disabled veteran from Swindon will be taking part in a fundraising challenge this summer to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund and the RAF Air Cadets.

28 May 2021
Thrive programme

Thrive workshops aim to boost RAF partners wellbeing

The RAF Benevolent Fund will soon host two new online wellbeing workshops for RAF partners, the first of which will begin next month.

21 April 2021
Mike Goody

Inspiring the next generation of air cadets

To mark the 80th anniversary of the RAF Air Cadets, Fund Ambassador Mike Goody tells us what it's like to inspire the next generation.

Mike Goody

"I was standing on a precipice. I felt completely lost"

Former SAC Mike Goody is no stranger to adversity having pieced his life back together after he received life-changing injuries in an IED blast in Afghanistan in 2009.

Sandra Payne

Sandra Payne: My Story

Struggling by on Universal Credit and using foodbanks to feed her family, RAF veteran Sandra Payne, was in her own words, 'on skid row'.

9 August 2021
Mick McConnell

"For them it was just another day at work, for me it made all the difference"

Former RAF dog handler Mick McConnell's life changed in an instant when in 2011 he stepped on an IED his dog had failed to spot.

4 August 2021