About Us Our Properties News Resource Hub Contact Us NEED SUPPORT SPORTS LOTTERY FUNDRAISING Supporting personnel during a pandemic How we provided charitable support through Myzone and Les Mills on Demand when RAF Sport was put on hold and station gyms temporarily closed. MYZONE & LES MILLS Home News Supporting Personnel During a Pandemic Recognising the significant impact that the global Covid-19 pandemic could have on our beneficiaries, we decided to embody a sporting mentality to be agile and flexible in our support. As an RAF charity with a prehabilitation mission to safeguard the health and wellbeing of serving personnel through sport and physical activities, we knew we needed to up our game to ensure our beneficiaries were supported during these challenging times. As RAF Sport was put on hold and station gyms temporarily closed, we came up with novel lockdown initiatives to try and ensure there would be no adverse effects to the physical and mental health of serving personnel. Within six weeks of the first lockdown we had teamed up with two of the world’s leading providers of digital fitness platforms, Myzone and Les Mills on Demand, to provide subsidised heart rate monitors and free online fitness classes to those on deployment and at home. The response to both of these initiatives has been overwhelmingly positive with more than 2,500 personnel having received discounted Myzone heart rate monitors and nearly 2,000 personnel benefitting from the Les Mills on Demand platform with more than 100,000 workout classes downloaded. Both these discounted offers are still available to all serving personnel. Whilst we have yet to fully evaluate the impact of our charity’s work over the course of the pandemic, we know from the wealth of feedback we have received from our beneficiaries that our lockdown support has been invaluable in supporting both their physical and mental health during these challenging times. Latest Posts Atlantic Flyers Challenge Atlantic Flyers Challenge 12th November 2021 Supporting RAF medical personnel through bespoke on demand yoga classes Supporting RAF medical personnel through bespoke on demand yoga classes 2nd November 2021 Bowled over to support RAF cricket in Italy Bowled over to support RAF cricket in Italy 25th October 2021 Make a Donation Now Support the RAF Central Fund You make our work possible. Your donation can change lives. MAKE A DONATION NOW Share this article Support the RAF Central Fund and win £10,000 Cash Your chance to win from thousands of £s worth of prizes every week whilst supporting your RAF charity and enabling us to fund sport and physical activities across the RAF. PLAY NOW See Stories Max's Story: Taking on a mammoth cycle ride There is more in all of us, we just need to want it, find it and use it. READ THIS STORY Plane pull challengers at RAF Coningsby Eight teams of six people took on the challenge of pulling the BBMF Dakota, which weighs over 17,000 lbs, over a distance of 92m – that’s the sum of the wingspans of each of the five aircraft types in service with the BBMF. READ THIS STORY Contact Us Registered Office Royal Air Force Central Fund, Hurricane Building, HQ Air Command, RAF High Wycombe, Bucks HP14 4UE Principal Office RAF Central Fund Danesfield, New Lock Lane, Henley Road, Medmenham SL7 2EY About Us Contact Us Need Support? Sports Lottery Fundraising About Our Properties News Resource Hub Follow Us Funding Regulator Be Gamble Aware Sporting Equals The Royal Air Force Central Fund is a company registered in England and Wales 8555984. Charity registered in England and Wales 1152560, Charity registered in Scotland SC044299. The RAF Sports Lottery is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number 5199. Privacy & Cookies External Link Icon About this tool External Link Icon Cookie Control