The RAF Benevolent Fund
The RAF Benevolent Fund supports current serving and former members of the RAF and their families, through practical, emotional and financial help.
Most of their services can be used by both serving and former personnel and their partners and children. This includes one off grants to help with unexpected expenses like a broken boiler or home adaptation, respite care and bereavement support. Some services can only be accessed by current serving personnel and their families. These include breaks for serving families and online mindfulness programme.
Full details of who is eligible is detailed in the RAF Benevolent Fund A Guide To Our Services (PDF), where you can also find additional information on the services they provide to help.
The Welfare Referral Form (MS Word) can be found here.
RAF Benevolent Fund Increases Welfare Support Capacity in Scotland
The RAF Benevolent Fund, the RAF’s leading welfare charity, has established a network of Welfare Support Executives (WSE) across the UK to boost its overall case working capacity and accommodate more complex cases.
Two of the new posts are in Scotland and they are Emma Gration (North & East Scotland) and Caroline Belch (South & West Scotland) and they will provide specialist case work support to members of the RAF Family who call the helpline on 0300 102 1919 asking for support.
Full details can be found here
All details on the RAF Benevolent Fund can be found on their website https://www.rafbf.org/.