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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
RAF Honington Social Club

RAF Honington Social Club opens its doors following £29K Fund grant

RAF Honington recently opened its social club, following a regeneration of the facility made possible by a £29K grant from the RAF Benevolent Fund.

3 August 2021
Guinea Pig Club

Standing shoulder to shoulder with The Guinea Pig Club

Since The Guinea Pig Club's founding in 1941, the RAF Benevolent Fund has stood shoulder to shoulder with the airmen who were so badly disfigured during the course of…

Guinea Pig Club

The town that didn't stare

Crucial to the recovery of many of Sir Archibald McIndoe's Guinea Pigs was the ability to walk freely into the local community without fear.

MJ and Joe

Mother and son to cycle 80 miles in honour of air cadets 80th anniversary

A mother and son who live in Stoke-on-Trent are cycling 80 miles for charity this summer in honour of the RAF Air Cadets' 80th anniversary.

29 July 2021