The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust (RAFCT) (www.rafct.com) is a national STEM education charity that exists to promote the RAF and inspire young people, including RAF personnel, to fulfil their potential in air, space, and technology.
Working with charities, the RAF, education establishments, industry, and community organisations across the UK, we invest in programmes that combine inspiration with practical opportunities for learning and development. As the parent charity of the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT), the world's largest military airshow, RAFCT is uniquely placed to bring together partners from education, industry, defence, and the third sector to inspire and develop the next generation of talent. RIAT, and the programmes it enables, provide a powerful platform to connect young people with role models, hands-on experiences, and pathways into air, space, and technology careers.
Guided by a team and Trustees with expertise across defence, education, STEM engagement, business, aviation, the charity sector, and the Royal Air Force, we work to ensure that our funding delivers meaningful and lasting outcomes for individuals and communities.
Social value sits at the heart of everything we do. By widening access to education and skills development, we help create a more diverse and inclusive talent pipeline for the UK's air, space, and technology sectors. We actively seek opportunities to collaborate and co-fund projects with organisations that share our commitment to widening participation, improving outcomes for under-represented groups, and creating lasting impact through education and community engagement.
The transformacy Social Value Network is a growing community of organisations — social enterprises, charities, training providers, community groups and purpose-led businesses — each delivering genuine social value in their field and their region.
Think of it as a trusted pool of partners. When organisations make social value commitments — through a Public Sector tender, a Section 106 agreement, or their own strategy — they need credible partners to help deliver them on the ground. The network exists to connect that need with the organisations best placed to meet it.
Every member is chosen for the quality and authenticity of the social value they create, so the network stays something people can genuinely rely on — a shortcut to trusted, capable partners rather than an open directory. Each member has a profile setting out what they do, who they serve and where they operate, and displays the transformacy Social Value Network member badge as a mark of their place in the community.
Being part of the transformacy Social Value Network means:
Visibility — a profile within a trusted, curated network seen by organisations actively looking for social value partners.
Opportunity — the chance to be called upon when our clients and contacts need delivery partners for their social value commitments.
Recognition — the transformacy Social Value Network member badge to display on your own website, signalling your place in a trusted community.
Connection — a place within a growing community of like-minded, purpose-led organisations.