Lifting the Lid on Transition
It’s hard to believe that over two years have gone by,but in 2016, Istarted work on atwo year,tri-service research project together with the Naval and Army Families Federations to undertake research into families’ experiences of transition out of the Armed Forces and to make recommendations on support they need.
On 1st November 2018, our report was published by the Forces in Mind Trust and you can find it online: fim-trust. org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Transition-Final- Report-FINAL-ONLINE.pdf more information on the Transition pages can be found on the RAF Families Federation website of the RAF Families Federation website.
Our report is the first to specifically look at the lived experience of service families, and reveals the complex nature of transition.
–The families’ experience and the supportthey need By Louise Briggs, Transition Liaison Project Manager
THE REPORT TELLS US:
• Families are affected by transition as well as the service leaver.
• Transition is about more than just employment – housing, health, education, finances and wellbeing are all factors as well.
• Support needs to be available to families, not just the service leaver.Families want to be involved and to help.
• The more afamily prepares in advance for civvy street, the more successful the transition.
• It’s never too early to prepare for life outside the RAF. The fact that aservice person will leave one day is perhaps one of the only certainties of service life! Visit our website for more information and tips to get started:
raf-ff.org.uk/transition/
• Unexpected doesn’t have to be unplanned –ifyou have given some thought to the future it will help enormously when you leave, or especially when you leave unexpectedly.
“Start
early.Plan early,before resettlement starts if you can. Take about four years to get used to the idea, think hard about where you want to live if you can. Re-establish links with civilian friends and family that you might be going to live
near.Investigate civilian sources of help and advice.
ENVOY
SPRING 2019
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leaver.Itall helps to get in the mindset…” RAF family
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We are enormously grateful to everyone who has helped over the course of the project –the families who have given us their time and benefit of their experiences and the organisations who have so willingly engaged with us.
What is the RAF Families Federation doing?
•Wehave developed new resources to help families (and service personnel) –all available on the transition pages of our website.
•Our new Families Transition Guide ‘Departures’ will be available soon through our website and in hard copy.
•With the continued support of FiMT we have been able to continue to work to influence key service providers to better benefit families in transition and to raise awareness of what you have told us is needed.
•Wewill continue to represent families and service leavers in this area, collecting evidence and seeking to influence policy makers and service
delivery.So do report your experiences and issues to us through completing our issues form online:
raf-ff.org.uk/ contact/report-issue-form/
LIFTING THE LID ON TRANSITION
The families’experience and the support they need
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