Figure 16:


When we asked voters whether they ‘felt part of the RAF Family’ we deliberately designed the question to be generic as we wanted respondents to consider their own personal definition of ‘the RAF Family’. Top level analysis illustrated a range of responses, with 30% voting agreeing with the statement, and 36% disagreeing. We then undertook further analysis by dividing all of the votes into three defined groups to determine whether there was any significant difference of opinion. Figure 16 summarises the number of actual responses we received from each of the three voting groups.


“Where we live in rented accommodation, we have had no contact from the RAF. We feel so isolated and not part of the ‘RAF Family’. My husband now sees this as just a ‘Job’ with a daily commute.”


“My main want is for more stability and fun for my children and their forces friends I’m worried how being a service child is affecting them and the lack of understanding from the RAF of their personal sufferings. A young child will not be able to trust if Daddy says one thing is going to happen and more often than not it doesn’t.”


“Being part of a small unit overseas with no local welfare services is not the best life for a service person’s family. It is very isolated with no local support from the RAF or outside agencies.”


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