The Month of the Military Child April 2022
Month of the Military Child 2022. The Trust wanted to join in with recognising service children, who are part of the Armed Forces community.
Read MoreMonth of the Military Child 2022. The Trust wanted to join in with recognising service children, who are part of the Armed Forces community.
Read More‘The Lamps are Going Out’ a project created to support Service Children from the Trust’s Force for Change programme
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Categories: Forces families, Positive Pathways Programme, Projects we've funded, Veterans' mental health and wellbeing
Surf Action Paves Recovery Pathway for Veterans with PTSD
Read MoreThe Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has published its annual report for 2020/21, which gives the opportunity to reflect on a year of challenges.
th the Trustees under the outstanding leadership of Helen Helliwell, the Chair and the staff are responded to the challenges of Covid by focusing on what the Trust could do to support the Armed Forces charity sector, and the people it supports.
Read MoreUnder the Strengthening Delivery of the Armed Forces Covenant Programme, the Covenant Fund awarded £6.6M through two rounds of funding to clusters of Local Authorities (LAs). They used the funding to work with other Local Authorities in their areas enabling…
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Categories: Carers and Families, Forces families, Funds, Projects we've funded, Removing Barriers to Family Life
Alexander Stewart MSP has visited young people involved with the Royal Caledonian Education Trust (RCET), who have travelled to Edinburgh to begin the creative process of co-producing a new board game and comic book to transform civilian perceptions of life in an Armed Forces family.
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Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants, Forces families, Funds, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Veterans
We’re delighted to announce a further 64 projects supported under the latest round of the popular Armed Forces Covenant Fund: Force for Change programme!
Each of these projects, supported with a share of more than £600,000, will help to reduce isolation and promote integration, aiding the post-Covid recovery of our Armed Forces communities.
Read MoreHead of Research at Directory for Social Change, Tom Traynor, details the latest report from the Directory for Social Change (DSC), which reveals the impact of LIBOR funding to hundreds of organisations and projects benefiting millions of people, including the Armed Forces community, Emergency services and the general public.
Read MoreLast year, under the Removing Barriers to Family Life programme, SSAFA received £90,000 for their ‘Disability support for Forces families’ project – providing serving military families, who have a child with a disability/additional needs, with ongoing specialist and peer support, advice and respite.
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Categories: Forces families, Funds, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Removing Barriers to Family Life
The Royal Caledonian Education Trust has received funding from the Armed Forces Covenant Trust to work with children and young people, from serving personnel and veteran families across Scotland, to develop a board game and comic book resource to raise greater awareness about their unique experiences to civilian peers and professionals.
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