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Infographic - choosing the right funding programme

Type: News

Categories: Carers and Families, Forces families, Funds, New programmes, Positive Pathways Programme, Programme news, Uncategorized, Veterans' mental health and wellbeing

August 3, 2020

Funding available to support Armed Forces communities

Great news for organisations supporting Armed Forces communities…
The Trust now has three funding programmes available, each offering targeted support to projects that want to address challenges in their local communities, reach people who are particularly isolated, or work with veterans to improve mental health and wellbeing.

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Tackling Loneliness Programme: Programme name on an abstract background featuring red and blue colours:

Type: News

Categories: Carers and Families, Forces families, Funds, New programmes, Programme news, Removing Barriers to Family Life, Tackling Loneliness

July 27, 2020

New Fund to tackle loneliness in Forces communities

The Trust is excited to launch a major new Covenant Fund programme offering fixed grants of £70,000 for two-year projects.

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The Force for Change Programme

Type: News

Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants, Carers and Families, Forces families, Funds, New programmes, Programme news, Uncategorized

July 27, 2020

New programme, Force for Change, launches to support Forces communities

The Trust is pleased to announce the launch of a new programme awarding grants of up to £20,000 for local projects that support Armed Forces communities.

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A child and parent from an Armed Forces family

Type: News

Categories: Carers and Families, Forces families, Funds, New programmes, Programme news, Removing Barriers to Family Life, Uncategorized, Veterans' mental health and wellbeing

May 20, 2020

New funding to bring Forces communities together

The Trust has launched an exciting new funding programme to support creative and engaging projects supporting the Armed Forces community during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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A person sitting by a window

Type: News

Categories: Carers and Families, Forces families, Funds, New programmes, Uncategorized

May 12, 2020

Emergency funding for frontline Armed Forces charities working with Armed Forces communities

The Government has announced £6M in funding for Armed Forces charities and Community Interest Companies (CICs) who are delivering services to veterans, Armed Forces families and others from the Armed Forces community. What’s available? Grants of up to £60,000 are…

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A family supported by Reading Force

Type: News

Categories: Carers and Families, Forces families, Funds, Impact, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Removing Barriers to Family Life, Uncategorised, Uncategorized

April 20, 2020

More than £7M awarded in support of Forces families and helping to remove barriers to family life

The Removing Barriers to Family Life programme has made 60 awards totalling just over £7M to support Armed Forces families. Awards were made at two levels, medium grants of £30k to £100k and large grants of up to £300k or…

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Ian Leckie, Grants Officer speaking at an event

Type: News

Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants, Carers and Families, Consultation, Forces families, Funds, Impact, New programmes, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorised, Uncategorized

February 13, 2020

The local face of funding: now and in the future

With more than 650 awards over the past five years, the Armed Forces Covenant: Local Grants programme will end after the final round of awards are made this month. At our recent Breakfast Seminar event to look at the Trust…

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Wheelchair racing

Type: News

Categories: Carers and Families, Funds, Impact, Positive Pathways Programme, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized, Veterans' mental health and wellbeing

July 31, 2019

The Invictus UK Trials: what we learned. What we can do now…

Following our week at the Invictus UK Trials in Sheffield, we’ve been thinking more in-depth about the importance of sport in the recovery process, not only for Veterans, but also their families and those who support them. We always knew…

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Removing Barriers to Family Life

Type: News

Categories: Carers and Families, New programmes

April 17, 2019

Removing Barriers to Family Life- New programme launched

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has launched a £7.5M programme to award grants to Armed Forces Charities or Community Interest Companies or Armed Forces Units working with Armed Forces Families. This programme is about supporting Armed Forces Families facing…

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Tacking Serious Stress consultation report

Type: News

Categories: Carers and Families, Tackling Serious Stress

November 20, 2018

Innovation Key to finding New Ways to Tackle Serious Stress  

In our latest article on the new programme; we explore innovation, and the power of new ideas. To read our article on evaluation click here The Tackling Serious Stress in Veterans, Carers and Families programme is all about innovation. It was…

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