Do you have access to your extended family members for childcare purposes?


71%


2015 2011 2010


63%


83%


26% 15% 11% 1% 4% Yes, frequently Comments:


We do not have family members close enough to provide support. Frequent exercises and deployments mean serving partner away more than at home. Paid for care is the only support we have.


Family will help with childcare but with a 3 hour drive on average this has to be organised well in advance! We’re lucky enough to have space in our quarter to put up guests.


I asked for particular postings in order to allow me to get some support - I was posted as far away as possible from any reliable support!


I was reduced to the hours I could work whilst my daughter’s father was out the country and on a few occasions had to send her 5 hours north to my parents so I could do a shift or 2. Not being able to do everything required of me because of child care problems has had a detrimental effect on my career.


We are both serving and have had to regularly ask for help from grandparents while one of us is deployed. Friends have also had to help out collecting them from childcare until I got home.


Without family support, nursery time is the only opportunity for doctors’ visits where taking a child wouldn’t be appropriate It is an important life-line and provides respite from the demands of being the lone home-parent and demands of young children who miss their dad and whose behaviour may be a reflection of their emotions.


www.raf-ff.org.uk 21 Yes, occasionally No 7% 1%


Does not apply


0% 18%


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