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After thrice being widowed, the RAF Benevolent Fund's Telephone Friendship Groups have enabled 80-year-old Gillian Boldon to connect with other RAF veterans who have lost their partners, helping them to deal with their grief while also building new friendships.
For Joanna Martin, adjusting to life after a catastrophic injury has been a huge challenge, but thanks to support from the RAF Benevolent Fund, Joanna has regained her independence and is happy once more.
Everyone has the right to make independent financial decisions.
Despite the snow and travel difficulties, over 150 supporters joined the RAF Benevolent Fund on 14 December for the Fund’s annual carol concert at St Clement Danes, the Church of the Royal Air Force.
After 60 years together, 57 of them married Les Campsie knew he'd lost his soulmate when his wife Patricia passed away a year ago. Devastated and bowled over by his grief, RAF veteran Les turned to the RAF Benevolent Fund for help.
Last year the RAF Benevolent Fund spent £476,424 on care-home top-up fees ensuring our elderly RAF veterans and their partners can live in comfort and dignity into their retirement years.
Johnny Johnson, bomb-aimer in 617 Squadron on the night of the Dambusters raid on 16 and 17 1943 reveals how their training with the bouncing bomb was not going to be relevant with the target that they had been assigned.
For Margaret Peckham, life changed when her husband, best friend and soulmate, David, passed away in 2014.
The late Spitfire pilot Ken Wilkinson remembers how close Great Britain came to disaster during the Battle of Britain.