One Heart

Welcome to the Spring edition of One Heart (PDF 1MB), the RAF Benevolent Fund's supporter newsletter. Inside you will meet a few of the many faces of the RAF Family and find out how your wonderful support has helped them in their times of need.

Overcoming the odds

Eirlys Greenhough tragically lost her husband and two children in a house fire. Driven on by the memory of her loved ones she decided to climb three volcanoes in five days and become a super fundraiser in the process.

Read Eiryls’s extraordinary challenge (PDF 1MB)

Caring for our own

After serving our country in the RAF for 23 years, ex-Propulsion Engineer Sergeant Laurence Carlton and his wife, Cathryn, were enjoying a peaceful retirement running a small shop. But one night, tragedy struck.

Read how we helped the Carltons when tragedy struck (PDF 1MB)

Repaying our debt to a brave veteran, with your help

96 year old Jack Watson bravely served our country in World War Two. After surviving 77 missions as a flight engineer and bomb aimer, on demobilisation veteran Jack Watson resumed his apprenticeship as a printers compositor. All he wanted was to continue living independently.

Find out more about Jack’s RAF days and the support he’s received from the Fund (PDF 1MB)

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