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September 14, 2023

Trust to host suicide prevention conference

Our One Is Too Many Suicide Prevention Conference takes place Wednesday 11 October and we invite those working in this field, as well as those with an interest in veterans’ mental health and wellbeing, to join us via Zoom.

September 13, 2023

New study highlights best practice in embedding Armed Forces Covenant at a local level

The Trust has commissioned RAND Europe to evaluate the findings from our Sustaining Delivery of the Armed Forces Covenant programme.

July 4, 2023

Collaboration, safe spaces and clearer pathways to support

June saw us deliver the latest in our series of programme focused webinars. Exploring peer support, safe spaces and essential collaboration at the heart of the Veterans’ Places, Pathways and People programme featured an inspiring mix of updates from across the programme.

June 29, 2023

Small Grants, Big Changes – discussing the value of small grants

We were delighted to attend a DSC Insight Talk in June which revealed new research into the value and use of small grants supporting charitable activity.

June 6, 2023

Small Grants, Big Changes

Small Grants, Big Changes, a report by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust and the Directory of Social Change (DSC), provides evidence to support what most people involved in delivering and funding charitable activities believed to be the case – small grants and small grants programmes have a vital role to play in enabling and sustaining critical support for charities and their beneficiaries.

January 11, 2023

Covenant Fund: Funding much needed projects that make a difference

Our three Covenant Fund programmes this year are specifically designed to address hidden or compelling needs for cohorts that may not have previously had sufficient access to support.

October 18, 2022

Supporting veterans in acute hospital settings

The Trust awarded almost £2 million in 2021 to help support our most vulnerable veterans in acute hospital settings throughout the UK.

Jointly funded through the Covenant Fund and NHS England, this much-needed funding was available to hospitals to pilot better ways of supporting these veterans and their families when they are most in need.

March 29, 2022

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.

March 29, 2022

Mentoring Support: Helping to build better connections to support Veterans

Mentoring Support: Helping to build better connections to support Veterans A new evaluation report has explored the benefits of building collaboration between projects that support veterans. The Positive Pathways programme has funded 226 grants totalling £11.4M to improve mental health…

February 22, 2022

A small selection of projects funded by the Trust, video project update, February 2022

A small selection of projects funded by the Trust. A video update, February 2022