Programme evaluations

The Trust conducts and commissions programme evaluations on a number of our funding programmes to discover more about the impact they have had. We place great importance on such programme evaluations as they help us discover best practice and consider what more can be done, including any next steps for the future.

Our most recent evaluations

Veterans’ Places, Pathways and People Programme – interim evaluation report

This report is an evaluation of the first year of the Veterans’ Places, Pathways and People programme, part of the Veterans’ Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund.

The report reveals the challenges the programme aimed to address, and the many achievements made so far to improve support for veterans in the communities where they live.

Sustaining Delivery of the Covenant Programme

This report is the final report of a study RAND Europe conducted on behalf of the Trust. It forms part of an ongoing evaluation of programmes we delivered to support local authorities to better implement the Covenant at a local level.

Front cover the Evaluation report showing images of Armed Forces families, serving personnel and veterans

Strengthening and Empowering Delivery of the Covenant: Evaluation of the Strengthening Delivery of the Armed Forces Covenant Programme

Under the Strengthening Delivery of the Armed Forces Covenant Programme The Covenant Fund awarded £6.6M through two rounds of funding to clusters of Local Authorities.

The projects were evaluated by RAND Europe. The report found that the funding had a significant positive impact on delivery of the Covenant

Veterans Should Not Be Forgotten programme evaluation

Veterans Should Not Be Forgotten Programme Evaluation: Enabling immediate support for vulnerable veterans with reduced social contact

This programme evaluation explores the impact of the 120 grants made to organisations across the UK under this programme, totalling £2,394,698.

Supporting the wider Armed Forces sector: How the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust responded to the Covid-19 pandemic

This report explores how the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust responded to the Covid-19 pandemic.

LIBOR Funding and its impact

This report explores the projects and organisations funded through the HM Treasury LIBOR Fund (HMT LIBOR Fund), the £35 million LIBOR Fund and the Veterans Accommodation Fund.

Collectively, these funds distributed £578.2 million in 472 grants to 334 organisations between 2012 and 2017.

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