RAF volunteers clear Rustington cottage

RAF volunteers reached for their spades, not the skies, to help clear the garden of a newly acquired cottage in Rustington offering short breaks for service people.
By The Newsroom
Published 8th Jul 2011, 13:05 BST

The team of volunteers, from 230 Squadron, stationed at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire, spent a day helping to clear the garden of the RAF Benevolent Fund’s new property, Shencot House.

The cottage was purchased by the fund to provide a refuge by the sea for serving members of the RAF in need of an affordable break, and will open at the end of 2011.

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Shirley Steeples, general manager of Shencot House, said: “We are so grateful to RAF Benson and 230 Squadron for doing such a smashing job helping us clear the garden at Shencot House. Their enthusiasm and very hard work were a real demonstration of the best traditions of the Royal Air Force, donating their time in spite of their incredibly busy lives.

“Shencot House will be available to any RAF family or couple that needs to get away for a well-deserved holiday.

“The RAFBF’s existing welfare break holiday cottage Seacot House is already over-subscribed, so we are looking forward to having our second holiday home up and running to make subsidised seaside breaks more widely available to hard pressed serving personnel and their families.”

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