Type: News
Categories: Carers and Families, Funds, Impact, Positive Pathways Programme, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized, Veterans' mental health and wellbeing
Following our week at the Invictus UK Trials in Sheffield, we’ve been thinking more in-depth about the importance of sport in the recovery process, not only for Veterans, but also their families and those who support them. We always knew…
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Type: Case Study
Categories: Funds, Impact, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized, Veterans' Community Centres Programme
The Grimsby and Cleethorpes branch of the RAF Association have received a funding boost from the Veterans’ Community Centres programme, to help better provide for the many Veterans they work with. Veterans such as 102-year-old Stanley Edmunds (pictured centre), who…
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Type: Case Study
Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants, Funds, Impact, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized
That their deaths were not in vain, That is their legacy, rooted here, In branch and leaf endeared, Each tree equal, each the same. by Dr Sam Burnside MBE, Woodland Trust Poet in Residence With help from funding from the…
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Type: News
Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants, Funds, Programme news, Veterans' Community Centres Programme
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Type: News
Categories: Funds, Guidance, Programme news, Uncategorized
What is the difference between an Armed Forces charity or a charity that is supporting people from the Armed Forces community? Our Director of Grants, Carol Stone, explains… We generally get more good applications for funding than we can support….
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Type: Case Study
Categories: Funds, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized, Veterans' Community Centres Programme
The Trust was excited to get the opportunity to visit a new installation at the Royal Marines Association (RMA) Deal club in Kent last week, following their grant award of £17,386 through the Veterans’ Community Centres (VCC) Programme. One of…
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Type: News
Categories: Funds, Impact, Uncategorized
We are delighted to announce a grant of £300,000 to support wounded, injured and sick Veterans and Service Personnel taking part in the Invictus UK trials in Sheffield this July. Supporting mental health and wellbeing The funding, awarded from the…
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Type: Case Study
Categories: Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized, Veterans' Community Centres Programme
Parwich Royal British Legion Club has become one of the first groups to receive funding from the Veterans’ Community Centres (VCC) Programme. Based in the vibrant village of Parwich, in the heart of Derbyshire within the Peak District, the club…
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Type: News
Categories: Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized, Veterans' Community Centres Programme
We’re delighted to announce that the first awards have now been made under our Veterans’ Community Centres Programme and 11 worthy projects will take a share of just over £220,000 awarded to improve the facilities available to veterans in their local communities. …
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Type: News
Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized
A new batch of awards has been made under our Local Grants Programme and it’s great to see awardees using the money in such a variety of ways! From outdoor sports equipment, to forest school sessions, to tackling knife crime – we’re sure these…
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