Royal Air Forces Association

The Royal Air Forces Association, also known as RAF Association or RAFA, is a British registered charity. It provides care and support to serving and retired members of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth, and to their dependents.

Royal Air Forces Association

Founded	1943
Registration no.	Charity number 226686 (England & Wales), SC037673 (Scotland)
Key people	Patron: His Majesty King Charles III President: Air Marshal Sir Barry North
Website	www.rafa.org.uk
Formerly called	Comrades of the Royal Air Forces

The Royal Air Forces Association branch & club in Hexham, Northumberland

The organisation was formed in 1943, and has 504 branches in the UK, with a total membership of approximately 79,000 in the UK and abroad.^{[citation needed]} It receives no funding from the UK Government and operates entirely on donations and subscription fees. Its "Wings Appeal" raises around £2 million annually.^{[citation needed]}

It provides five flying scholarships for members of the Air Training Corps and Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets,^[1] each year.^{[citation needed]} It also runs a website where serving or ex-serving Air Force personnel can search for comrades.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• The Royal British Legion (RBL)
• SSAFA
• RAF Benevolent Fund (RAFBF)
• Royal Air Force (RAF)
• Veteran Bandit (UK-based team of fund-raising volunteers)^[2]