The Richard Burns Memorial Rally was a special event in aid of the RAF Benevolent Fund and the Richard Burns Foundation, taking place over the weekend of the 13/14 September 2008. The weekend raised an astonishing £18, 373 for the RAFBF alone! Markko Martin competed [...]
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A team of serving RAF Physical Training Instructors, based at RAF Honington, took on the six day “Abu Dhabi Adventure Race” in December 2008, to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund. The event, one of the biggest adventure races world-wide, was an incredible test [...]
Did you know: RAF Honington is the home of the RAF Regiment
Jules Eaton, a serviceman from Watchfield, raised over £1,500 for the RAF Benevolent Fund by completing a sponsored trek across the highlands of Scotland – The Great Outdoors Challenge. Jules was medically evacuated from Kuwait in 2004 with severe damage to his knees. Four operations later, [...]
Two cousins from Lowestoft rallied across Europe in April 2008, raising money for the RAFBF. The “Coyote Banger Rally” took in Calais, Paris, Munich, Prague and Amsterdam. It was a trial of endurance for each entrant, who had to buy a vehicle to race for no [...]
Service personnel, families and civilians took part in a 24-hr Squash Marathon at RAF Halton on 1st October 2009 to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund. The event, which saw those involved train, practice and play games all day and night, raised £650. A core [...]
A team of four Service personnel from RAF Odiham raised over £2000 by completing an incredible fundraising journey to Timbuktu, in aid of the RAF Benevolent Fund and Help for Heroes charities. Driving a Ford Maverick and an ambulance, the team crossed the continent of [...]
Did you know: RAF Odiham has been supporting helicopters since 1960, flying Sycamore, Whirlwind, Belvedere, Wessex and Puma helicopters before the Chinook.
Eleven-year-old Freddie Kempton from Drumoig, raised a fantastic £120.56 for the RAF Benevolent Fund, by dressing up as an RAF officer for Halloween and going door to door asking for “trick or treat” donations. Freddie, whose ambition is to join the RAF as a Typhoon pilot, [...]
A team of engineering students from the 1st School of Technical Training in Cosford completed a 250 mile cross-channel cycling challenge to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund, raising £1,500 in the process. The nine-strong team started their challenge at Tower Bridge, London and peddled [...]
The RAFBF enjoys enormous support from cadets of the Air Training Corps. One notable example is 1475 (Dulwich) Squadron, who since 2001 have raised over £30,000 for us, through special fundraising concerts held in memory of their Patron, Jack D Lane DFC. Flight Lieutenant Kevin Mehmet, [...]
Jacqui Thompson, the widow of an RAF Regiment Gunner killed in Afghanistan, successfully scaled Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund. Jacqui, 43, from Sherwood, Nottingham, took on the challenge to honour the memory of her husband, SAC Gary Thompson, and to [...]
Flying Officer Rob Town completed the challenge of a lifetime by conquering the Austrian Iron Man event, which included a 2 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride and a 26 mile run, raising £550 for the RAF Benevolent Fund along the way. Last year, after [...]
RAF personnel from across the UK joined forces on Sunday July 12 to run the London 10K Marathon, raising money for the RAF Benevolent Fund. The largest contingent was from 34 Squadron at RAF Leeming, who provided 17 runners, but many other stations, including RAF [...]
Personnel from RAF St Mawgan in Cornwall invited representatives of the RAF Benevolent Fund to the Officers’ Mess on 16 April, to present a cheque for £1000. The donation, received on our behalf by beneficiary Robert Uren, was raised through a variety of activities throughout [...]
The RAF Display Hawk is taking to the sky in striking new colours this summer. In a special collaboration the aircraft has been painted with our “Heart Roundel” logo, to help celebrate our 90th anniversary. As display pilot, Flight Lieutenant Matt Barker was allowed to select [...]
Did you know: 208 squadron fought in Libya, Greece and the Western Desert during World War Two.
The David Sale Memorial Challenge was set up by family and friends of Flt Lt David Sale, who was tragically killed in a helicopter crash while on exercise in August 2007. The challenge raised a total of £40,000, split between the RAF Benevolent Fund and [...]
Originally scheduled for the 11th July, the 90th Anniversary Skydive was to have featured 90 supporters jumping in one day, raising money and awareness for the RAFBF. However, Netheravon Airfield, the venue for the event, was shrouded in terrible weather for the entire day, and [...]
Despite a busy day job at Marshalls Leasing, Chris Lavender finds time to both volunteer and fundraise at every opportunity for the RAF Benevolent Fund. Chris said: “I have really enjoyed supporting the RAF Benevolent Fund over the years, fundraising at air shows and organising events (including lunches and formal dinners). [...]
A team of serving RAF personnel joined forces with staff from the RAF Benevolent Fund to conquer the Hairy Haggis Marathon in Edinburgh on Sunday 31st May 2009. In the process they raised over £1,500, helping to support members of the RAF family in need. Flt [...]
The Band of the RAF Regiment played a concert in October 2009 at Stirling University to celebrate the conclusion of two days of free music tutorials it ran for local schools. They raised £1,600 for the RAF Benevolent Fund in the process. The concert, part of [...]
Members of 43 (Gamecock) Fighter Squadron based at Leuchars raised an incredible £60,000 for the RAF Benevolent Fund by hosting a ‘Gamecock Invitational’ experience in 2008. Members of industry and commerce joined members of the squadron at the renowned Kingsbarns golf course, dined in superb surroundings [...]
Did you know: 43 Squadron's Hurricanes were credited with 60 'kills' during the Battle of Britain.
Personnel at RAF Brize Norton raised over £770 on April 1 2009 through a charity gate collection - one of a number of collections held at RAF stations across the country to mark our 90th anniversary. The effort was led by Sergeant Simon Hey, of [...]
Did you know: 101 squadron was the RAF's first jet bomber squadron, equipping with English Electric Canberras in 1951.
Seven engineers from RAF Cottesmore and RAF Wittering set out on a testing cycling challenge in September, riding from Lands End to John O’Groats in only nine days. The team, many of whom toured Afghanistan with the RAF’s Harrier force, raised money for the RAF [...]
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