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Funds raised by The April Fools Club support welfare breaks for RAF families

The RAF Benevolent Fund recently purchased a property that members of the RAF Family can now book for welfare breaks. This wouldn't have been possible without the…

VR Group staff with UK Community Fundraising Manager Michelle Jeffcott

RAF Benevolent Fund named as VR Group's Charity of the Year

The RAF Benevolent Fund has been named as the VR Group's Charity of the Year for 2022. The VR Group is an Armed Forces-friendly employer providing Recruitment, Transport…

Jacob Newson at RAF Honington

RAF Honington put Jacob the Pilot through his paces ahead of fundraiser

Eight-year-old Fund supporter Jacob Newson was treated to an exciting day out at RAF Honington, the home of RAF Force Protection, last month. As Jacob plans his next…

30 March 2022
Lancaster to Lancaster Rowing Challenge

Rowing challenge celebrates RAF's 617 Squadron anniversary

The RAF Benevolent Fund has launched a new fundraising challenge to mark the anniversary of the formation of 617 Squadron – the RAF squadron best known for its role in…

29 March 2022
Amandeep meeting Mike Ling. Credit: Guy Hinks.

20-year-old Amandeep surprised by call from former Red Arrows pilot

On Friday 18 March, a young man from Glasgow received the surprise of a lifetime thanks to the Muscle Help Foundation, the RAF Benevolent Fund, and the Prince and…

24 March 2022
klet 'The Great Escape Stalag Luft III - From the original drawings made by Ley Kenyon 1943'.

Remembering the airmen of the Great Escape

On the night of March 24, 1944 and into the early hours of the next morning, 76 allied airmen from  German Prisoner of War camp, the Stalag Luft III, made their way…