News

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 31, 2022

Have your say

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust and the Directory of Social Change are running a survey to find out more about small grants and small grants programmes.

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.

October 5, 2022

Evaluation report launched exploring Armed Forces loneliness

Evaluation report for Tackling Loneliness launched exploring Armed Forces loneliness

July 12, 2022

Transformational Grants: Trust Launches New Specialist Funding Programme

The Trust is excited to have launched a highly specialised programme that will make a small number of grants to create systemic change for Armed Forces communities. Grants of up to £300,000 are available.

July 12, 2022

What’s important when making grants to Armed Forces communities? Insights from consultation published; Online Survey Results 2022

In January 2022; the Trust launched an online survey to inform the Trust of views relating to funding programmes. Themes of grant size, grant length, impact and sustainability were explored.

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

February 8, 2022

Prison Radio broadcasts hope and inspiration to Veterans with a grant from the Trust’s Tackling Loneliness programme

Prison Radio offers hope and inspiration to Veterans with a grant from the Trust’s Tackling Loneliness programme