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SSAFA’S NEW BRAND PUTS FAMILY FIRST
Armed Forces charity updates image to reach the Forces and their families. On 10th April 2013, the RAF Coningsby In-Service Volunteers Branch of military charity SSAFA Forces Help changed its name to SSAFA as part of a rebrand aimed at […]
FRAJA ELLIE APPEAL STATIC BIKE RIDE
I first heard about Fraja Ellie and her plight on 22 Mar 13 from SAC Gareth Shackleton (MT Flt). Fraja Ellie is a 5 year old girl at RAF Leeming with a very aggressive strain of cancer called Neuroblastoma with […]
RAFA? BUT THAT’S FOR OLD BLOKES ISN’T IT?
Its amazes me the number of times I hear the title of this article when I mention joining a local RAFA branch. As the years go by and personnel leave the RAF, situations change, we no longer have PSF, the […]
CUPCAKES FOR PROSTATE CANCER
Flight Lieutenant Beth Fray and Corporal Siobhan Foley work at the Dental Centre at RAF Coningsby. This week they have visited sections on the station with a variety of delicious cupcakes, to raise money and awareness for Prostate Cancer UK. […]
MOVEMBER AT RAF CONINGSBY
Personnel from RAF stations Coningsby and Waddington in Lincolnshire have brought back moustaches for ‘Movember’, and raised vital funds for men’s cancer. Corporal Neil Dobson a Survival Equipment Fitter based at RAF Coningsby, was the proud winner of the Movember […]
100 STATIONS IN 100 DAYS – CHEQUE PRESENTATION
Over the summer months, a number of members of TTF (Typhoon Training Facility) at RAF Coningsby pursued a charitable quest; to visit 100 RAF stations in 100 days within Lincolnshire both past and present. The team, comprising of RAF, MOD […]
SUNSET TO SUNRISE
On the 22 Jun, 6 hardy souls from RAF Coningsby Motorcycle club set off for RAF Valley in preparation for the annual Macmillan Sunset to Sunrise Charity Motorbike Ride from Holyhead to Skegness. We arranged to meet other bikers at […]
THE RAF DISABLED HOLIDAY TRUST
Note from the Editor: A few years ago, I had the privilege of working with the Board of Trustees for the RAF Disabled Holiday Trust as their financial advisor (thankfully they’re still solvent!). The Trust provides really fantastic support to […]