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March 8, 2019

Local organisations celebrate £750,000 to support Armed Forces Community Projects

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund has made 43 grants totalling £743,993 under the Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants programmes. Projects across the United Kingdom are benefiting from the projects, with 8 projects worth £136,630 awarded in Northern Ireland, £60,000 for…

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March 8, 2019

Large Grants worth £5.3M awarded to support veterans with complex needs

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund has announced substantial grants to support veterans with complex mental health needs, and additional grants to extend some current Covenant Fund projects that are making a significant difference to former service personnel who are in…

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February 28, 2019

Consultation for Positive Pathways Programme closing 15th March

Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund- Shape the Positive Pathways Programme The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund has £10M to award; and the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust is asking for your views on how it should be spent….

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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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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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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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