RAF Benevolent Fund

The RAF Benevolent Fund provides lifelong support to serving and ex-serving RAF personnel and their families.

• From: Office for Veterans' Affairs
• Published: 12 September 2024

• Health and Social Care: Mental Health
• Finance: Benefits, Financial help, Funeral costs
• Legal and justice: General legal advice
• Employment, education and training: Transition support, Education and other training
• Housing: Renting a home
• Families and children: Support for spouses and families, Support with relationships
• Community and social: Leisure activities, Volunteering opportunities
• England: North East and Yorkshire, North West, Midlands, East of England, London, South West, South East
• Northern Ireland: North (Coleraine Area), South (Portadown Area), East (Holywood Area), West (Enniskillen Area)
• Scotland: The Southern Uplands, The Central Lowlands, Grampian Mountains, Northern Highlands, Hebrides and the Northern Isles
• Wales: Mid and West Wales, North Wales, South Wales Central, South Wales East, South Wales West

The RAF Benevolent Fund supports current serving and former members of the RAF and their families, through practical, emotional and financial help.

They provide a range of services for the RAF family, from relationship counselling to financial grants.

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 their online mindfulness programme.

For former personnel and their partners, their telephone friendship groups provide a safe space to chat to others in the comfort of their own home.

Each case for financial assistance is considered individually and depends on a person’s financial circumstances. A full, comprehensive assessment will be carried out, considering a person’s needs and whether there are other ways to support.

Get in touch with the RAF Benevolent Fund

By phone

Phone: 0300 102 1919
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 4:30pm (except public holidays)
Friday, 9am to 4pm (except public holidays)

By email

Email: welfarenavigators@rafbf.org.uk

Online

Website: RAF Benevolent Fund

Published 12 September 2024