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Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Fund, Carers and Families, Forces families, Programme news, Veterans

September 16, 2025

Why the Family Focus programme matters so deeply

Caring for a loved one through injury or illness is never easy. It can reshape your daily life, your relationships, and your sense of self. Our Family Focus programme helps put the spotlight back on you and other family members, ensuring you are seen, heard, and valued.

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Categories: Current Serving, Forces families, New programmes, Programme news, Projects we've funded

September 2, 2025

Investing in Their Future: Over £350,000 Awarded to Support Early Years Services for Children from Armed Forces Families

We’ve awarded over £350,000 to 11 projects that will expand childcare capacity, enhance staff development through targeted training, and create shared resources to establish collaborative networks, ensuring the needs of service children are addressed.

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Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Fund, Current Serving, Forces families, New programmes, Programme news, Veterans

July 28, 2025

Family Focus programme re opens for applications

Family Focus will explore and pilot innovative solutions, as well as projects that implement learning from successful recent pilots.

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Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Fund, Carers and Families, Current Serving, Forces families, Impact, Programme news, Projects we've funded

July 18, 2025

“It’s just like a darkness. As soon as they’ve gone, there’s just nothing…”

In March this year, we awarded £368,500 to Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC) to support submariner families in the West of Scotland. Forming part of our Apart, Not Alone portfolio, funding will enable RNRMC to bring organisations together to improve mental health and wellbeing – fostering community connection and enhancing social support. 

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Categories: Current Serving, Forces families, Impact

July 15, 2025

Blog: School’s out – The work continues

Whether it’s scrunched into the school bag or landing with the ping of an inbox, school reports are being delivered all over the country. As a former teacher, I’m not sure this time of year ever feels quite the same ever again!

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Categories: Current Serving, Forces families, Funds, New programmes, Programme news

July 9, 2025

Over 2.5 million awarded to projects supporting service pupils to thrive

We’ve awarded just over £2.5 million to 34 projects dedicated to helping service pupils thrive.

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Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Fund, Carers and Families, Current Serving, Forces families, Funds, Impact, Projects we've funded

July 7, 2025

Celebrating 10 Years of the Covenant Fund

This year marks a significant milestone: 10 years of the Covenant Fund. It has supported hundreds of projects making a real lasting difference to veterans, service families, reservists and those who stand beside them.

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Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Fund, Forces families, Programme news, Tackling Loneliness

June 18, 2025

Blog: Only the Lonely

Loneliness impacts our health, our education, our work, our financial wellbeing and UK plc, and it’s on the rise. It’s an experience that many of us will share at some point in our lives.

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Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Fund, Current Serving, Forces families, Programme news

June 11, 2025

Improved support for serving families facing separation challenges

Re-opening today, our Apart Not Alone programme offers support for armed forces families facing time apart.

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Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Fund, Current Serving, Forces families, Funds, New programmes, Programme news

June 4, 2025

Support for Relocated Service Families – reopen for new applications! 

We’re reopening Serving Families: On the Move Programme to improve the quality of life to service families impacted by relocation.

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