New projects help families of WIS service personnel and veterans stand strong
Family Focus programme awards 17 projects supporting Wounded, Injured or Sick service personnel or veterans a share of more than £1.5 million
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Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Fund, Forces families, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Veterans
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New awards to support for serving families facing separation challenges
Maintaining a balanced home life through frequent periods apart is a challenge that many armed forces families face, and one which is addressed by the latest projects supported through our Apart, not Alone programme.
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Empowering Bereaved Armed Forces Families: Transforming Mental health Support Through Partnership
We’ve awarded nearly £2 million to Defence Medical Welfare Service to deliver targeted support – including counselling, emotional and practical care – to military families who’ve lost loved ones during or connected to service.
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New awards to help ease the stress of relocation
Starting again somewhere new is challenging. The latest projects funded by Serving Families: On the Move hope to make each move a little easier.
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“No-one mourns the wicked”
How do you solve the most intractable problems facing the armed forces community? It’s the question which was taken on by organisations in our Transformational Grants programme…
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Investing in Their Future: Over £350,000 Awarded to Support Early Years Services for Children from Armed Forces Families
We’ve awarded over £350,000 to 11 projects that will expand childcare capacity, enhance staff development through targeted training, and create shared resources to establish collaborative networks, ensuring the needs of service children are addressed.
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“It’s just like a darkness. As soon as they’ve gone, there’s just nothing…”
In March this year, we awarded £368,500 to Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC) to support submariner families in the West of Scotland. Forming part of our Apart, Not Alone portfolio, funding will enable RNRMC to bring organisations together to improve mental health and wellbeing – fostering community connection and enhancing social support.
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Celebrating 10 Years of the Covenant Fund
This year marks a significant milestone: 10 years of the Covenant Fund. It has supported hundreds of projects making a real lasting difference to veterans, service families, reservists and those who stand beside them.
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It starts with a home, and changes a life
On behalf of the Office of Veterans’ Affairs, we’ve awarded a further £2,905,656 under the Reducing Veteran Homelessness (RVH) programme.
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LGBT+ veterans – The Journey Home
Funded through our Fulfilling Futures programme, Fighting With Pride’s project The Journey Home will ensure that LGBT+ veterans, service personnel and their families are seen, heard and embraced by the wider military community.
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