Type: News
Categories: funding support, Guidance, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorised
We’ll do all we can to help you keep supporting the people who benefit from the grant that we have awarded to you. We know your organisation will be deciding how best to respond to the Government’s advice, and making the best choices for your staff, volunteers and your beneficiaries should be your priority. We…
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Type: News
Categories: funding support, Impact, New programmes, Uncategorized
Following an announcement on 11 March 2020 by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, an additional £10M of funding has been awarded to the Trust to distribute as grants to support veterans’ mental health and wellbeing. The Trust is privileged to be tasked with managing this funding, and we’ll be able to announce more details in…
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Type: News
Categories: funding support, Impact, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized, Veterans' Community Centres Programme
The final round of awards have been made under the Veterans’ Community Centres programme, this time including larger projects awarded sums of up to £150,000. In our biggest round yet, 46 refurbishment projects were supported from Shetland in the North, to Plymouth in the South, County Durham in the East, to Fermanagh, Northern Ireland and…
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Type: News
Categories: Armed Forces families, Carers and Families, funding support, Impact, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Removing Barriers to Family Life, Uncategorised, Uncategorized
The Removing Barriers to Family Life programme has made 60 awards totalling just over £7M to support Armed Forces families. Awards were made at two levels, medium grants of £30k to £100k and large grants of up to £300k or more, for exceptional, transformational work. Wide range of provision supported We’re pleased to have supported…
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Type: News
Categories: funding support, Positive Pathways Programme, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized, Veterans' mental health and wellbeing
We’re excited to announce that the second round of Positive Pathways programme awards has seen a whopping £3,465,000 go towards activity-based projects for Armed Forces veterans. Continuing the theme of being veteran-led and getting veterans out and active, successful projects will be hosting all manner of sports, outdoor pursuits and nature-based therapies. ‘Creating lasting personal…
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Type: News
Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants, funding support, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorized
Almost £700,000 has been awarded in the final round of funding for the Armed Forces Covenant: Local Grants programme. We were delighted to be able to support 48 more projects, spanning the UK and even supporting those based in British Forces Cyprus. Supporting the community in different ways Once again, a whole range of support…
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Type: News
Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants, Armed Forces families, Carers and Families, Consultation, funding support, Impact, New programmes, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorised, Uncategorized
With more than 650 awards over the past five years, the Armed Forces Covenant: Local Grants programme will end after the final round of awards are made this month. At our recent Breakfast Seminar event to look at the Trust now and in the future, Trust Grants Officer Ian Leckie spoke about the truly local…
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Type: Case Study
Categories: funding support, Positive Pathways Programme, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorised, Uncategorized, Veterans' mental health and wellbeing
Positive Pathways awardee, Veterans’ Woodcraft CIC, were awarded £70,000 over two years for their ‘Woodworking Warriors’ project, which tackles the mental health and wellbeing of veterans in the North East. This new funding will allow the group to open its workshops to many more veterans, enabling them to access new skills and, importantly, to make…
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Type: News
Categories: Uncategorised, Uncategorized
The Trust hosted its first breakfast seminar at the majestic Royal Hospital Chelsea this week; a great opportunity to bring invited guests together to learn about who we are and how we are supporting the Armed Forces community. We were delighted to speak to representatives from the MOD, the Cabinet Office including Minister for Defence…
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Type: Case Study
Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants, funding support, Impact, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Uncategorised, Uncategorized
Community integration and local service delivery can take many forms, but not many can claim to be quite as yummy as the latest award from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust: Local Grants programme! With £19,622 of funding, the Church Homeless Trust are offering a Veteran’s Artisan Bakery, a community bakery based in a supported…
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