Supporting the Club

The RAF Club is one of the finest Military Clubs in the world. The Club's genesis is founded on philanthropy when, in 1918, Lord Cowdray wrote a cheque for £100,000 to "ensure a permanent Club Home worthy of the airmen and their brilliant and superlatively heroic work."

Today, this ethos continues, through the Club being a Registered Charity with a mission to provide high-quality, affordable facilities and services for Club Members in order preserve, promote and foster the traditions of the Royal Air Force. Any surplus from the Club's operation is reinvested to improve the facilities and services for Members, with capital projects such as the Centenary Stained Glass window designed to commemorate women in the Royal Air Force augmented by individual donations and legacies.

To help preserve this future for generations of serving and former serving officers to come, please consider supporting your "home from home" by becoming a Friend of the RAF Club, making a donation or leaving the Club a Gift in your Will.

If you have any specific questions regarding the Friends of the RAF Club, or making a donation/leaving a legacy, please contact our Director of Membership & Communications François Landers, via email francois@rafclub.org.uk or call 020 7399 1082.

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Become a Friend of the RAF Club

To support our fundraising strategy and fulfil our charitable aims, in 2021 we launched the Friends of the RAF Club initiative to acknowledge Members who make voluntary annual donations of £120+. Friends of the Club are acknowledged in appropriate Club publications along with invitations to special events and receptions.

Gold Friend
- An annual donation of £2500+

Silver Friend
- An annual donation of £500-£2499

Bronze Friend
- An annual donation of £120 - £499

If you have any specific questions regarding the Friends of the RAF Club, please contact our Director of Membership & Communications François Landers, via email francois@rafclub.org.uk or call 020 7399 1082.

How to Support

How to use the free Will writing services with the National Free Wills Network

Write or update your free Will in-person with a local solicitor through the Club’s partnership with the National Free Wills Network. A limited number of Free Wills will be made available each year for the benefit of our Members.

Please register for your Free Wills Pack here https://myfreewillsportal.org/RAFClub which includes a list of your local solicitors who are taking part.

Once you’ve received the pack, contact your chosen solicitor directly to book a face-to-face or online appointment at a time that’s convenient to you.

At the appointment, please remember to bring your completed declaration form enclosed with the pack to get your simple Will written for free.

The cost of a complimentary ‘Standard’ Will for an individual or identical ‘Mirror’ Wills for a couple are covered by the Club. ‘Complex Wills’ are available at a subsidised rate and your solicitor will advise on any additional cost before going ahead.

Whilst there is no obligation to leave a legacy gift to the Club, this would of course be a wonderful way of supporting the Club for years to come.

Further details on the scheme can also be found here www.nationalfreewills.net/supporters/

For further enquiries, please contact our Director of Membership & Communications François Landers, via email francois@rafclub.org.uk or call 020 7399 1082.