Will YOU brave The Bridge?
If you’re an adrenalin junkie and fancy the ultimate abseil challenge, the Forth Bridge awaits!

165 foot free-fall abseil
All training provided
Minimum age limit 16
Minimum sponsorship £120

Limited places available so get in touch ASAP.
For more information contact Helen Bain on 07894 479391 or at helen.bain@rafbf.org.uk

Join TEAM RAFBF for "A Run to Remember"!
Join TEAM RAFBF for “A Run to Remember” in Edinburgh on SUNDAY 23rd May 2010!
The Edinburgh Marathon, Scottish Half Marathon and Hairy Haggis Team Relay follow a course which takes in some of Edinburgh’s most famous landmarks as well as the beautiful coastlines of East Lothian. What’s [...]

You’d need to have had your morning fix of Irn Bru to take part in this challenge - NOT for the faint-hearted!
The Forth Bridge Abseil took place on Sunday 11th October and for the first time, the RAF Benevolent Fund was a participating charity.
Made in Scotland from girders.
520 bravehearts made the 165-foot freefall abseil from the [...]

CONGRATULATIONS to all the runners in TEAM RAFBF who participated in this year’s
Daniel Friend takes heart from the crowd
Loch Ness Marathon and have so far raised a total of over £2,600 between them.
26 miles is no mean feat and especially not when you’ve got Nessie nipping at your ankles!
The course is notoriosly gruesome towards the [...]

Well, well, who’d have thought it? A photo of me in sunglasses in Scotland?!
Leuchars Airshow is not known for soaring temperatures and clear blue skies but this year the fates conspired to give us the most fabulous day fundraising of the season!
Pass me the suncream!
The crowds were out in force and so was the suncream. [...]

The gang from Graeme High
An amazing total of £1600 was raised earlier this month from a rather unique project: RAF Music for Scottish Schools.
The project was the brainchild of Alasdair Beaton, an ex-RAF pilot and  long-term supporter of the RAFBF. His vision was to bring the RAF and young Scots closer through a mutual appreciation [...]

Hamish in Cambodia
Hamish Montgomery, aged 14, hopes to become an RAF pilot in the near future. This summer he completed a 400km bike ride in aid of the RAF Benevolent Fund.
 ”I have the greatest respect for those who serve in the armed forces,” said Hamish “I hope that the money shall help the RAFBF in [...]

A classic on the big screen
I woke up this morning with a familiar fluttering of butterflies in my stomach and a sudden urge to start praying.
Any fundraiser will recognise these symptoms as hopeless pre-event nerves and mine have been brought on, this time, by a rather special cinematic event I’m going to be holding tomorrow [...]

Gemma adds some glamour to the winning team!
So the fundraising team has come up with a cunning plan to get our faces know around RAF stations - the (almost) world-famous RAFBF Pub Quiz.
The recipe is simple:

Pick an RAF Station of your choice
Mix in 5 fundraising gals and 1 bodyguard (aka Chris Sparks, Fundraising Executive)
Add a [...]

Baxterbear is bigger than I thought!
We had a good day at the first Armed Forces Day in Edinburgh, although the weather could have been kinder!
It was interesting to see the public’s reaction to such an event and I think for those simply passing through Princes Street Gardens, there was some bemusement as to what they [...]