NAAFI Fund 2026: Opens Today (1 July)

The NAAFI Fund portal is open for applications again!

Since their launch in 2020, they have supported 541 projects totalling £4,844,227.

📅 Mark Your CalendarsTwo-month window: Applications open on Wednesday 1st July and close on Friday 4th September, meaning you have the whole summer to get your project ideas in.
One-Stage Application: No complicated stages, just one straightforward application to complete.

🚀 Get Ready to Apply
You can find the link to apply on the Giving Back page: NAAFI | The NAAFI Fund, there is also some application guidance and FAQ’s to help with your submission, if you get stuck. If you have any questions, please send to funding@naafi.co.uk.

The Ripple Pond Newsletter Summer 2026: Together, We're Shaping Better Support for Families

To read the newsletter in full, please go to:
THINKING FAMILY Summer Edition

To find out more, please visit:
Thinking Family Resources | The Ripple Pond

Wales: Free courses - Peer Mentoring & Train the Trainer with Adferiad, every month until December 2026

 

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Do you want to support the Armed Forces Community? If so join our FREE courses:

• Peer Mentoring &
• Train the Trainer

running monthly until December 2026

Who is it for?

• Veterans
• Spouses, partners, Carers & family members
• Support workers, volunteers and community leaders
• Anyone committed to improving the wellbeing of the Armed Forces community

Get in touch to book a free place or arrange an information session:
suzana.silva@adferiad.org

Information provided by Wales HIVE Hub

West Midlands: Come Clay Pigeon Shooting - Buller Range

 Information provided by: Central HIVE Hub

Sandhurst: Military Co-Working Book Your Desk

 

Working from home is amazing, until you realise you've not actually left the house in 3 days and might have forgotten how to speak to real life people rather than those inside your computer...

Our coworking hubs are fantastic for helping to break this cycle, get you out of the house, making connections with other local military partners and spouses and giving you a good separation between work and home. 

And for just £30 per YEAR, the value is fantastic!

So if you're already a member, book that desk for this week and come join us in your Sandhurst Military Coworking Hub, and if you're not a member yet - why not? 

Click HERE for more information.

Information provided by South East HIVE Hub

Hampshire: Connect To Work - Do you need help finding or keeping a job?

 

Click HERE for further information

Information provided by South East HIVE Hub

Aldershot: Rushmoor Borough Council Employment & Skills Support for Military Spouses

Click HERE for more information.

Information provided by South East HIVE Hub

London: The British Library - Get Creative - a monthly art workshop

Get Creative - a monthly art workshop for people living with dementia, aphasia, or other neurological conditions.

Tickets are FREE, but booking is essential - 1100hrs-1300hrs every second Saturday of the month.

Located in the H M Weinrebe Learning Centre, British Library, London, NW1 2DB

Click HERE for more information.

Information provided by South East HIVE Hub

London: The British Library - art workshops for people who are blind and partially sighted

Join us for a monthly art workshop designed for blind and partially sighted visitors, once a month on Wednesdays between 1100hrs and 1300hrs. 

Tickets are FREE, but booking is essential. 

Click HERE for more information.

Information provided by South East HIVE Hub

Aldershot: Shots Foundation supporting military Veterans

Veterans’ Hub

Why do we have a Vets Hub?

The Hub is a key place for veterans and their families to come to in times of crisis and tough times. In addition to this, we hope the Hub will become a staging post to other services, as well as offering drop in clinics and advice services from the mainstream charities and local government services. The Veterans Hub, above all things, will bring together veterans within the local community in order that none of them ever feel left behind or forgotten about.

When is the Vets Hub?

On the last Wednesday of the month, we host our Vets Hub in the EBB Lounge at the EBB Stadium. The hub starts at 10:30 and finishes around 12:30.

What do we do at the Vets Hub?

At our Vets Hub, we always have a guest speaker to entertain our vets. In the past we have had local Aldershot historian Keith Bean, SSAFA the Armed Forces Charity, our club chairman Shahid Azeem, and many more speakers with fascinating stories. Before and after our guest speaker takes the stage, we serve complimentary food and drinks to our attendees, and have a friendly chat.

Foundation Trustee Kay says “Our Veterans’ Hub at Aldershot Town FC is a wonderful event and something I always really look forward to. I know that each month I will get to see a lot of dear friendly faces who mean the world to me. Over time, I think we have built up a fantastic rapport, which extends far and beyond our monthly meetings as we often meet at other events in the wider community of Aldershot.”

Click HERE for more information. 

Information provided by South East HIVE Hub