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Fund stand at the Rugby

Fund chosen as Charity of the Day at the Inter Service Rugby Championship

On Saturday 11 May, the RAF Rugby team went head-to-head with the British Army team for the Inter Service Rugby Championship to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund,…

16 May 2024
Colour Run

RAF Cranwell to hold Colour Run to raise money for the Fund

RAF Cranwell to hold Colour Run to raise funds for the Fund.

9 May 2024
Tin Foil Aeroplane Challenge

Fund launches the Tin Foil Aeroplane Challenge to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day

To mark 80 years since D-Day and Operation Taxable, the RAF Benevolent Fund, the RAF’s leading welfare charity, has launched the Tin Foil Aeroplane Challenge.

Honington team in group

RAF Honington team take on 33-mile walk in memory of RAF serviceman

On 3 May, RAF Honington civil servant took part in a 33-mile walk in memory of RAF serviceman, to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund, the RAF’s leading welfare…

Rosie and Dawn smiling over afternoon tea

“The Fund’s Listening and Counselling Service helped me deal with my mum’s Young Onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis”

When Flight Lieutenant Rosie Brooks became a full-time carer for her mother unexpectedly, life as she knew it changed suddenly and her mental health was heavily impacted…

Operation Hurricane plane dropping foil

D-Day 80: The History of Operation Taxable

Operation Taxable was a key component of the broader deception plan, known as Operation Bodyguard, carried out by the Allies during the D-Day landings in June 1944. It…