Type: News
Categories: Covid 19, Forces families, Funds, Impact
The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has published its annual report for 2020/21, which gives the opportunity to reflect on a year of challenges.
th the Trustees under the outstanding leadership of Helen Helliwell, the Chair and the staff are responded to the challenges of Covid by focusing on what the Trust could do to support the Armed Forces charity sector, and the people it supports.
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Categories: Forces families, Impact, Programme news, Veterans
Under the Strengthening Delivery of the Armed Forces Covenant Programme, the Covenant Fund awarded £6.6M through two rounds of funding to clusters of Local Authorities (LAs). They used the funding to work with other Local Authorities in their areas enabling…
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Type: News
Categories: Programme news, Veterans, Veterans' mental health and wellbeing
In April 2020, the Trust launched the Veterans Should Not Be Forgotten programme; working hard to ensure the funding was delivered in a very short time frame, to provide immediate support to vulnerable veterans most likely to be adversely impacted by the restrictions imposed on us all during Covid-19.
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Type: News
Categories: Covid 19, Programme news, Veterans, Veterans' mental health and wellbeing
2020 was no ordinary year. The Covid-19 pandemic caused various challenges for many organisations supporting the Forces community and the Trust was determined to do all we could to keep supporting our grant holders and their beneficiaries.
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Categories: Programme news, Veterans, Veterans' mental health and wellbeing
Did you know organisations across the UK are currently conducting consultation events in preparation for applying to our Veterans’ Places, Pathways and People programme?
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Type: External News
Categories: Funds, Impact, Positive Pathways Programme, Projects we've funded, Veterans, Veterans' mental health and wellbeing
Earlier this year, Climbing Out was awarded two grants by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust to help the charity support members of the Armed Forces, veterans and their family members. They received the Positive Pathways grant to help veterans get active, reduce social isolation and integrate into the community. They also received The Force for Change grant for their Armed Forces Support project.
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Type: External News
Categories: Carers and Families, Forces families, Funds, Projects we've funded, Removing Barriers to Family Life
Alexander Stewart MSP has visited young people involved with the Royal Caledonian Education Trust (RCET), who have travelled to Edinburgh to begin the creative process of co-producing a new board game and comic book to transform civilian perceptions of life in an Armed Forces family.
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Type: News
Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants, Forces families, Funds, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Veterans
We’re delighted to announce a further 64 projects supported under the latest round of the popular Armed Forces Covenant Fund: Force for Change programme!
Each of these projects, supported with a share of more than £600,000, will help to reduce isolation and promote integration, aiding the post-Covid recovery of our Armed Forces communities.
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Type: External News
Categories: Programme news, Projects we've funded, Removing Barriers to Family Life
On 1 July 2021, the doors of the first overseas Military Coworking Hub will open at the Royal Air Force base, Akrotiri in Cyprus.
One of twelve coworking hubs set up as part of the Military Coworking Network, the hub will help facilitate remote working, ensuring partners, spouses and families can maintain their careers while supporting their serving family members.
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Categories: Consultation
This programme will award 10 grants of up to £800,000 to portfolios of projects, which will work regionally to develop better, more joined up lasting support for local veterans with mental health needs. Organisations are working on developing comprehensive portfolios…
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