Type: News
Categories: Forces families, Funds, Impact, Programme news, Projects we've funded
We’ve teamed up with BFBS to bring you the stories of some of these projects and show the positive impact a funding injection can have.
Listen to BFBS radio’s Totally Connected programme all this week between 10am-1pm to hear direct from some of our projects and the positive activities they’ve been delivering.
Type: External News
Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants, Funds, Impact, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized
Thanks to funding from the local community and various charities – including funding from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust’s Local Grants programme – a 140 metre stretch of tunnel on Edinburgh’s Water of Leith Walkway has been transformed with illustrations wall to ceiling designed by Scottish muralist Chris Rutterford.
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Type: News
Categories: Consultation, Impact, Uncategorized
The Trust commissioned RAND Europe to evaluate the Ex-Service Personnel in the Criminal Justice System programme; exploring the impact of the programme and areas of good practice that have emerged from the funded projects.
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Type: News
Categories: Consultation, Impact, Uncategorized
The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (AFCT) has published a thought paper by an independent consultancy, that explores ways in which the AFCT has encouraged collaboration, and asks some key questions for the future.
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Type: News
Categories: Carers and Families, Consultation, Impact, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized
Data from the Aged Veterans’ Fund (AVF) shows that projects have been reaching veterans between the ages of 75-80 and that there have been improvements to their health and wellbeing.
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Type: News
Categories: Covid 19, Funds, Impact, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized, Veterans' mental health and wellbeing
Awarded a grant of £20,000 from the Veterans Should Not Be Forgotten programme, we caught up with Age UK Oldham, to find out more about the impact this funding is already having.
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Type: News
Categories: Funds, Impact, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorised, Veterans' mental health and wellbeing
The Veterans Should Not Be Forgotten programme was launched with funding from HM Treasury, to support vulnerable veterans currently experiencing reduced social contact.
The Veterans Should Not Be Forgotten programme was launched with funding from HM Treasury, to support vulnerable veterans currently experiencing reduced social contact.
Type: News
Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants, Consultation, Impact, New programmes, Uncategorized
The Trust ran an open consultation earlier this year, to help inform our funding programmes for 2020 and beyond. We received our biggest response yet from individuals from the Forces community.
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Type: News
Categories: Funds, Impact, New programmes, Uncategorized
Following an announcement on 11 March 2020 by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, an additional £10M of funding has been awarded to the Trust to distribute as grants to support veterans’ mental health and wellbeing. The Trust is privileged to…
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Type: News
Categories: Funds, Impact, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized, Veterans' Community Centres Programme
The final round of awards have been made under the Veterans’ Community Centres programme, this time including larger projects awarded sums of up to £150,000. In our biggest round yet, 46 refurbishment projects were supported from Shetland in the North,…
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