Naval Families Federation

Advice and support to empower RN and RM families

Our website has the answers to questions we’re often asked.

But if you need something else, our friendly team is ready to help, or to introduce you to someone else who can.

We’re a totally confidential service, we understand the challenges of Navy life but aren’t a formal part of the Naval Service.

Whether you need help with schools, where you live or work, your finances, your future, a posting overseas, relationships or your health, our concern is always for you, our Naval Service family.

Every day we work with and support serving sailors, marines and their families. As a result, we genuinely understand the unique demands and challenges of Naval Service life.

How we can help you

We Listen

• By hearing about the issues you face we can learn from them. By asking questions personally and through surveys, we can evidence them.
• We then take these lessons and work to make important changes to benefit you, the Royal Navy and Royal Marines families of today and those of tomorrow.
• Your experiences can help others – we want you to have your say.
• Share your views with us on consultations and issues affecting you and your family.

Useful information and resources

• From guides to studies, our resources provide a lot of general information to help you with some key issues affect RN and RM families. You can also share this with others by printing our poster to pass these useful tools to others.
• We have covered topics such as family separation and wellbeing, parental absence, leaving the service and employment training for spouses or partners and children of serving Armed Forces personnel.
• View our resources

Driving Change

• Our Federation is a charity, totally confidential and independent of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.

• We listen to and learn from our Royal Navy and Royal Marines families. Then take that information to work as a force for change.

• With access to policymakers at the highest levels – Government, politicians, the chain of command and a host of other organisations, we work as a partnership to deliver change.

Watch our explainer video

Unsure about who we are and what we do? This short video provides all the information you need.