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January 12, 2024

Trust announces Hans Pung as new Chair of Trustees

The Trust is delighted to announce their new Chair of Trustees as Hans Pung. Hans takes the baton from our outgoing chair Helen Helliwell who has successfully steered the Trust since 2018. We are extremely grateful for her dedication and…

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Categories: Funds, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized, Veterans

January 10, 2024

Boosting Veterans’ housing with six new awards

We’re delighted to announce that we’ve supported six projects, worth over £255K, under the Office for Veterans’ Affairs Veterans’ Capital Housing Fund Development Grants and Refurbishment Grants programmes.

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Categories: Impact, Programme news, Uncategorized, Veterans, Veterans' mental health and wellbeing

October 16, 2023

Conversation, collaboration and inspiration at the One Is Too Many: Suicide Prevention conference

Our One Is Too Many: Suicide Prevention conference on 11 October 2023 proved to be an insightful day of conversation, collaboration and inspiration for those who joined us both in person, and online.

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Categories: Consultation, Impact, Knowledge Network, Uncategorized

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.

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Categories: Carers and Families, Consultation, Forces families, Funds, New programmes, Uncategorized, Veterans

June 12, 2023

Your chance to shape the future of Covenant Fund programmes

We’re really excited to announce our Covenant Fund consultation and we want to hear from you!

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Categories: Consultation, Impact, Uncategorized

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.

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Type: External News

Categories: Uncategorized, Veterans

May 11, 2023

Trust funded project meets US First Lady

We were delighted to learn The Fighting Chance had recently welcomed US First Lady Jill Biden and Akshata Murty (wife of the Prime Minister) along to a boxing session earlier this month.

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April 21, 2023

Grants of up to £1.5M available to tackle veterans’ homelessness

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Reducing Veteran Homelessness Programme – a targeted programme that will award major grants to tackle the issue of veterans experiencing homelessness. Under this new programme, the Trust will award grants on…

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April 5, 2023

Grant awarded to reduce Veteran Homelessness

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has worked with the Office for Veterans’ Affairs to award a grant under a specialist grant scheme to end veteran homelessness. Nearly £500,000 has been awarded to Riverside to run Operation FORTITUDE, a UK…

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Categories: Force For Change, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized

March 29, 2023

Over £400,000 awarded in the latest round of Force For Change

We are delighted to have awarded grants totalling more than £400,000 to 42 outstanding projects in the latest round of our popular Force for Change programme, which supports community projects that reduce isolation and promote integration in local Armed Forces communities.

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