Royal Air Forces Association

The Royal Air Forces Association is a charity and membership organisation that provides a range of services to the RAF community, from physical and mental health support to help with finances and social isolation.

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

• Health and Social Care: Mental Health, Physical Health, Social Care
• Finance: Compensation, Financial help
• Employment, education and training: Transition support
• Housing: Supported housing
• Families and children: Support for spouses and families, Childcare and custody
• Community and social: 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 Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) can provide support to all members of the RAF community (serving personnel, veterans and their dependants).

The support they offer includes:

• financial assistance
• guidance on accessing support and assistance with housing adaptions
• Armed Forces Compensation Scheme guidance and support
• wellbeing, welfare and befriending services
• the RAF Families Federation Service, which operates:
  • early-years childcare and pre-school and after-school provision across MoD sites
  • holiday facilities
  • retirement living in supported or independent facilities

Get in touch with The Royal Air Forces Association

By phone

Phone: 0800 018 2361
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm (except public holidays)

By email

Email: enquiries@rafa.org.uk

Online

Website: The Royal Air Forces Association

By post

RAF Association Headquarters
Atlas House
41 Wembley Road
Leicester
LE3 1UT

Published 12 September 2024