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Type: News

Categories: New programmes, Programme news

January 13, 2019

Fund for Veterans’ Community Centres Launched

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has launched a £3M funding programme to fund renovations and improvements to veterans’ community centres. Grants of up to £30,000 are available. A small number of grants of up to £150,000 will be made…

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Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants, Projects we've funded

December 14, 2018

Project to help Army Families on the move

Moving home is challenging for all of us and something that army families know only too well.  Berkshire- based charity Family Friends will use their grant of £19,969 under the Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants Programme to deliver ‘Family Transitions’.  The project…

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Categories: New programmes, Programme news

December 14, 2018

Strategic Pathways Programme open for Expressions of Interest

The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced £10M to support Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Autumn Budget 2018. This Fund is being delivered by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust. The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund aims to…

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Categories: Consultation, New programmes, Programme news, Uncategorised

December 7, 2018

Launch of consultation on the Veterans’ Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund

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: Case Study

Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants

December 3, 2018

£563,016 to 33 Local Projects through the Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants Programme

33 Projects are celebrating grants worth over £500,000. The projects, based throughout the UK, will support Armed Forces Communities through activities that will meet local needs, or boost strong links between Armed Forces and civilian communities. Read about the full…

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Tacking Serious Stress consultation report

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Categories: Carers and Families, Tackling Serious Stress

November 20, 2018

Innovation Key to finding New Ways to Tackle Serious Stress  

In our latest article on the new programme; we explore innovation, and the power of new ideas. To read our article on evaluation click here The Tackling Serious Stress in Veterans, Carers and Families programme is all about innovation. It was…

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Categories: Programme news, Tackling Serious Stress

November 7, 2018

Tackling Serious Stress in Veterans, Carers and Families: How will the evaluation work?

The Tackling Serious Stress programme will make large grants to projects that are trying out new and better ways of helping veterans who are very unwell, their carers and their families. Through this programme, we will be looking very carefully…

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Categories: Programme news, Tackling Serious Stress

October 29, 2018

Tackling Serious Stress in Veterans, Carers and Families: New tool to enable organisations to connect and build collaborations

This £4 million programme  is designed to providing funding for innovative and new ways of working to reduce serious stress in veterans, their carers and families. Applications close on 31st December 2018; and funding decisions will be made in February…

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Silhouettes evoking those who have lost their lives, located in a church

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Categories: Uncategorised

October 23, 2018

1,200 awards made under the Armistice and Armed Forces Communities programme

Youth organisations, community centres, village halls and places of worship are among the organisations celebrating receiving awards through the second round of the Armistice and Armed Forces Communities programme. This programme makes awards of evocative silhouettes  that provide a focus for…

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Front cover of Armed Forces Covenant, the first three years report

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Categories: Uncategorised

October 12, 2018

£7 Million supporting communities through Local Grants; what effects is this having?

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has published a report on the first 3 years of the Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants programme, drawing on 430 grants totalling £7 million, and spent on projects across the UK. The programme makes…

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