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Envoy – The magazine of the RAF Families Federation, published 4 times a year.
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Emerging Issues ..............................................................................................................7 Features
The Case for Teenagers ...............................................................................................10 Living with Autism ......................................................................................................12 A Day in the Life of MERT............................................................................................14
REGULARS Federation News
The Future Accommodation Project and our Survey on the Subject ................................16 Federation Work of Note this Quarter ...........................................................................18 CEA – What IS Going On? ...........................................................................................19 None of the Above .....................................................................................................20
Education
In the Interests of Service Children ...............................................................................22 Must Try Harder ..........................................................................................................25 Respect and Discipline ................................................................................................26 Health & Lifestyle
A Handrail to Life in Civvy Street ..................................................................................28 Housing It’s Prime and it’s Key ..................................................................................................30
In The Workplace People, People ............................................................................................................32
Reserves 2020 ............................................................................................................34 The New Employment Model ......................................................................................36
You and the RAF Gritty, Crazy, Beautiful – Naples ...................................................................................38
Why We are Where We are .........................................................................................40 Community
Bringing up Children is no Easy Task ............................................................................41 On Top of the World ...................................................................................................42
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