Type: Case Study
Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants, Funds, Impact, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized
Age Concern Colchester is bringing the community together to tackle loneliness and explore different cultures thanks to funding from the Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants programme. Working closely with the Colchester Nepalese Society, the group is hosting a variety of…
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Type: News
Categories: Carers and Families, Funds, Impact, Positive Pathways Programme, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized, Veterans' mental health and wellbeing
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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Type: Case Study
Categories: Funds, Impact, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized, Veterans' Community Centres Programme
The Grimsby and Cleethorpes branch of the RAF Association have received a funding boost from the Veterans’ Community Centres programme, to help better provide for the many Veterans they work with. Veterans such as 102-year-old Stanley Edmunds (pictured centre), who…
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Type: Case Study
Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants, Funds, Impact, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized
That their deaths were not in vain, That is their legacy, rooted here, In branch and leaf endeared, Each tree equal, each the same. by Dr Sam Burnside MBE, Woodland Trust Poet in Residence With help from funding from the…
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Type: News
Categories: Funds, Guidance, Programme news, Uncategorized
What is the difference between an Armed Forces charity or a charity that is supporting people from the Armed Forces community? Our Director of Grants, Carol Stone, explains… We generally get more good applications for funding than we can support….
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Type: News
Categories: Funds, Impact, Uncategorized
We are delighted to announce a grant of £300,000 to support wounded, injured and sick Veterans and Service Personnel taking part in the Invictus UK trials in Sheffield this July. Supporting mental health and wellbeing The funding, awarded from the…
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Type: News
Categories: Consultation, New programmes, Programme news
The Positive Pathways Programme is part of the £10M Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund. The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust launched a consultation in late 2018 to help shape this programme. 124 individuals and organisations responded; and there is…
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Type: News
Categories: Impact, Projects we've funded
This programme aimed to bring communities together, to think about the Armistice, and importantly, to think about Armed Forces Communities today. In 2018, communities across the United Kingdom were thinking about the centenary of the end of World War One…
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Type: News
Categories: Consultation, New programmes, Programme news, Uncategorised
The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has launched a consultation, asking veterans to help shape a £10M Fund to improve veterans’ mental health and wellbeing. The Positive Pathways Programme will have a budget of up to £9M to fund projects…
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Type: News
Categories: Guidance, New programmes