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Removing Barriers to Family Life

Type: News

Categories: Carers and Families, New programmes

April 17, 2019

Removing Barriers to Family Life- New programme launched

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has launched a £7.5M programme to award grants to Armed Forces Charities or Community Interest Companies or Armed Forces Units working with Armed Forces Families. This programme is about supporting Armed Forces Families facing…

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Front cover of Positive Pathways consultation report

Type: News

Categories: Consultation, New programmes, Programme news

April 15, 2019

Positive Pathways- What did the consultation say?

The Positive Pathways Programme is part of the £10M Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund. The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust launched a consultation in late 2018 to help shape this programme. 124 individuals and organisations responded; and there is…

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A veteran, at an event in Devon with silhouettes evoking lives lost

Type: News

Categories: Impact, Projects we've funded

April 10, 2019

Exploring the reach of the Armistice and Armed Forces Communities programme

This programme aimed to bring communities together, to think about the Armistice, and importantly, to think about Armed Forces Communities today. In 2018, communities across the United Kingdom were thinking about the centenary of the end of World War One…

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Type: News

Categories: Uncategorized

March 8, 2019

Future funding programme to support Armed Forces Families

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust is working on funding priorities for the 2019/20 financial year. The popular Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants Programme will continue into its fifth year, but families will feature heavily in other funding to be…

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Type: News

Categories: Uncategorized

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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Type: News

Categories: Uncategorized

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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Type: News

Categories: Uncategorized

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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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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Type: News

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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Type: News

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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