RAF Widows’ Association

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The RAF Widows’ Association (RAFWA) is a national charity for those people whose spouse or partner served in the RAF; or those who themselves serve or served and whose spouse or has partner died.

The Association is run by a network of volunteers who themselves are RAF widows and widowers, so they do really understand what the members are going through.

The RAFWA was founded in 1992 and aims to provide friendship, practical and emotional support and help in adjusting to life after the death of a spouse or partner.

Average 600,000 UK deaths per annum + Covid19 deaths 2020/21 – approximately 130,000 = 730,000 deaths
One person dies every minute in the UK
Every 22 minutes a parent dies, leaving 112 children left bereaved every day
The UK does not have a statutory bereavement policy for all schools
85% of young people between 20 and 24 years old who take their own life have had a bereavement *(1)
85% of 300 universities recently surveyed do not have a bereavement policy in place *(2)
A significant risk factor of suicide when someone is bereaved through suicide
The bereaved often say they feel as though they are going mad – there is a need to normalise grief through peer support
Risk factors: isolation, loneliness, trauma, PTSD, alcohol, drug abuse, self-harm
95% of young offenders have had an average of 6 bereavements by the time they are 18 years old *(3)
- (1) manchester university study
- (2) bbc sounds research
- (3) revolving doors study

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