Wings Appeal

 

The Wings Appeal is the fundraising arm of the RAF Association and helps raise the vital funds needed to support serving and ex-RAF personnel and their families, wherever they are need.  Be it an injured airman fighting to get back on his feet, a young child missing their parent away on overseas operations or a WWII veteran needing a shoulder to lean on.

 

Simply they are here to ensure that no member of the RAF family, past or present, is ever left alone or in need.

 

A few highlights of their work:

 

• Over 500 volunteer welfare officers

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• War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme providing free confidential guidance and advice and representation at all stages of a claim

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• On-station contact houses allowing families that can’t be together a place to spend time with their children

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• Three Wings Break respite hotels welcomed over 2,500 guests in 2015

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• Provision of sheltered accommodation to allow elderly members to continue to live independently

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• Affordable holiday lets in West Sussex and Norfolk

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• Storybook Wings allows parents to keep in touch with their children when serving overseas

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For more information about the RAF Association and their work please click here to visit the website.