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October 12, 2018

£700,000 awarded support community projects

45 organisations are celebrating being awarded a total of £723,973 under the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Local Grants programme. Woodbridge Station, home of the 23 Engineer Regiment have been awarded £18,000 to develop the Rock Community Picnic Gardens. The project…

September 17, 2018

Tackling Serious Stress in Veterans, Carers and Families Programme open 1st October 2018

The consultation report for the New Ways to Tackle Serious Stress in Veterans, Carers and Families programme has been published, and the programme will be open for applications on 1st October 2018. The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust ran a…

August 29, 2018

Hundreds of community projects supported through Round 1 of the Armistice and Armed Forces Communites Programme; and Round 2 opens soon

The Armistice and Armed Forces Communities programme enables community groups, schools and places of worship to receive awards to fund evocative silhouettes for their community. These can be used to support local events designed to bring the community together, to…

August 1, 2018

Families in Stress projects underway; and making a difference

In February 2018; we made 13 grants of up to £300,000 for projects that are supporting the families of serving personnel facing stressful circumstances requiring immediate short term intervention. Projects we have funded cover a wide range of issues for…

July 16, 2018

Update for organisations applying for an Armistice and Armed Forces Communities programme award

Update 16th July 2018 The programme is open until midnight tonight. A small number of users have had difficulties in accessing a draft application form that they had previously saved; and where this is happening we advise applicants to begin…

June 26, 2018

Planning your event for the Armistice and Armed Forces Communities programme?

June 26, 2018

Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust extends deadline of programme to 16th July 2018

While November may seem like a long way off, many community groups, schools, village halls and places of worship are thinking about the Armistice; and how, as part of this; they can work to build good links with the Armed…

June 22, 2018

Armistice and Armed Forces Communities Programme: What are you doing in your community?

We’ve been hearing about some great ideas from community groups, schools, Parish Councils, Armed Forces Bases and places of worship who are thinking about applying to the programme; and thinking about how they can bring their communities together. Thetford Town…

June 22, 2018

A particularly busy week for the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust

June 4, 2018

Our top tips for your Armistice and Armed Forces Communities application