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January 25, 2024

Bringing the community together for teatime

Under the Tackling Loneliness programme and led collaboratively by Carterton Family Centre and RAF Brize Norton, ‘Teatime Club’ was initially awarded £70,000 to deliver a weekly ‘supper and activity’ session for military families from single parent households or families experiencing a deployment.

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RAFA Carli THOMPSON offering a child minding service from her home in CONINGSBY 11SEP19

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April 19, 2021

RAF Association

The RAF Association received £20,000 from the Trust in 2018 to run a project to provide 32 RAF spouses and partners with the opportunity to participate in training to enable them to become an OFSTED registered childminder. This sought not only to increase their employability, but also increase the amount of high-quality childcare around RAF stations located in the South East of England.

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Wings to the past

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April 19, 2021

Wings to the Past

Wings to the Past was awarded £20,000 as part of the Local Grants programme in 2018. A steering group from the RAF worked together with Lincolnshire County Council on a project aimed at bringing down personal barriers, allowing RAF personnel and their families to get closer together and forge connections through the medium of archaeology.

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VCC project before and after

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March 26, 2021

RAF Association Llangollen

“The roof was just so old; it was a huge liability waiting to happen” Sheena Grindley, Secretary of the Llangollen RAF Association talked about the time the roof of their Club collapsed after a period of heavy rain, falling into the kitchen.

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