Awards made
| Year awarded | Programme | Funder | Organisation name | Project title | Project description | Project location | Grant amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Age Cymru Dyfed | 'Veterans In View' | The "Veterans in View “project will deliver tailored, practical support to older veterans (65+) and their carers/families in West-Wales, who have remained hidden from support services due to their gender, race, rurality, social-economic circumstances, and may have experienced recent bereavement. The project will include research to inform future service planning. | Wales | 87,822.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Age UK Lancashire | Connecting Veterans to their Community | The project will support vulnerable older veterans experiencing isolation, due to where they live and/or because of their health, to connect with the wider veteran community. The project removes barriers to a veteran meeting with others, such as confidence, transport, or money and, where appropriate, will introduce them to a veteran befriender | England/North West | 83,343.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Battling On CIC | New Horizons | The grant will enable the New Horizons Project to provide two detached mentors who will work with statutory and non-statutory organisations to help veterans with complex needs access support from multiple organisations. Veterans with complex needs often have multiple issues such as substance abuse, mental health issues and homelessness; but this can be highly challenging for veterans to navigate without support. | England/South West | 100,000.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Brooke House Health and Wellbeing Centre | No Barriers. | Brooke House will take a holistic approach guiding Veterans experiencing suicide ideation to recovery and providing support to family members and carers. | Northern Ireland | 99,984.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Citizens Advice Rushmoor | Domestic and Sexual Abuse Prevention and Support (Armed Forces and veterans: Nepali and Foreign and Commonwealth) | The Nepali Domestic and Sexual Abuse outreach project provides specialist, bespoke support for Serving and veteran families from the Nepali community who are affected by domestic abuse and are unable to access mainstream services as a result of language and / or cultural barriers | England/South East | 100,000.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Combat Stress | Family Support Services | With this grant, a new Family Support Worker will be able to work with veterans’ families, providing emotional support and practical advice for living with someone with complex mental health issues. The project will focus on creating partner relationships with other services and engage families in treatment. | England/West Midlands | 100,000.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | The Fighting Chance | Gloves On | The Fighting Chance 'Gloves On' project is a boxing training programme designed for injured and limbless Veterans. The project provides a fun, challenging boxing programme alongside other social activities and support for Veterans and their families. | England/London | 100,000.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Forces Children Scotland | Ruby Boots Project | The project will offer upbeat sessions for Forces families with pre-school children, which will help to strengthen family attachment ensuring relationship resilience, reduction in isolation and loneliness through participation in creative musical activity. Increased participation in Early Years Music making will also support development of skills across the EYFS prime areas of learning and development including language | Scotland | 100,000.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Forward Assist | Intersectional Pathways for Marginalised Veterans | The project will offer new and highly specialist support to veterans who have experienced violence. Specialist interventions will promote long term mental health recovery and include positive recommendations for lifestyle changes for veterans and service members of all ages. Types of support offered will vary, but veterans and service members will be given the tools and skills needed to move forward and build healthy, productive relationships and lives. This online service will be offered to serving personnel and veterans no matter their geographical location | UK-wide | 100,000.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Gloucester Rugby Foundation | Empowered Together | The ‘Empowered Together’ project offers a new approach towards supporting female veterans in Gloucestershire to come together and participate in bespoke activities that improve physical and mental health. Interventions will include learning and personal development opportunities, access to physical activity, and group-based mental resilience support with an objective of improving life chances. | England/South West | 79,150.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Home-Start Greenwich | Parenting Power, Woolwich Garrison | The project will support vulnerable Armed Forces families at Woolwich Garrison, with at least one child under 6, in group activities and befriending (one-to-one) support to improve parent and child health. The project will support families experiencing a rage of different challenges and enable children to thrive | England/London | 99,594.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Launchpad | Rehabilitating Homeless Veterans | With the grant, Launchpad will provide support to 135 homeless veterans at Speke House, Liverpool over the next 3 years. This project will enable Launchpad to employ a Specialist Case Worker to work with the veterans to address complex mental health and addiction problems which caused or contributed to their homelessness. | England/North West | 94,812.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Make Some Noise Limited | Upbeat Legacy | The project will offer upbeat sessions for Forces families with pre-school children, which will help to strengthen family attachment ensuring relationship resilience, reduction in isolation and loneliness through participation in creative musical activity. Increased participation in Early Years Music making will also support development of skills across the EYFS prime areas of learning and development including language | England/West Midlands | 100,000.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Poppy Factory | Family Employment Service | The project will work in collaboration with The Ripple Pond to provide a personalised employment service for adult family members of veterans with health conditions. The project will use Poppy Factory's expertise in providing employment support to veterans to work with family members, supporting them to secure and sustain employment, overcoming barriers they often face. | UK-wide | 100,000.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | The Ripple Pond | Family Pathways Support Service | The project, a collaboration between The Ripple Pond and The Poppy Factor will improve pathways to support for family members with caring responsibilities in the serving and veteran communities. | UK-wide | 100,000.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Sporting Force | Bedtime stories and Breakfast Together | Project delivered/partially delivered, with some funding not used | England/North East | 99,100.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | DEFENCE MEDICAL WELFARE SERVICE (DMWS) | Armed Forces Community - Carers Support | The project will offer dedicated welfare support, and advice to carers of serving personnel or carers; to help with a range of issues including loneliness, addiction issues or financial concerns. | England/South West | 93,738.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | The Bridge for Heroes | Project INTERFACE | The project aims to reach specific groups of veterans and reservists, in rural areas, poorly served by public transport, to identify and assist those with hidden and compelling needs, reducing isolation by encouraging individuals to engage in the charity's varied range of services and activities. | England/East | 91,478.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | ManKind Initiative | ACORN Pattern Changing Recovery Programme | The project will offer specialist support, engagement and awareness raising for men, both serving and veterans, who have experienced Domestic Abuse, connecting them with specialist services breaking the cycle of isolation and loneliness. The project will offer support for survivors aimed at helping them to move forward, understand their experiences and focus on forming healthy relationships. | UK-wide | 90,000.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity | Support for Foreign and Commonwealth RN families | The project will improve support for Non -UK and Commonwealth RN serving personnel and their families by providing effective support and guidance, developing specialist expertise, and offering a personal experience to families experiencing complexities regarding immigration | UK-wide | 100,000.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Royal Star and Garter | Veteran-friendly care home framework | The project will develop a veteran friendly framework applicable to residential settings for older people to help providers in offering appropriate support to thousands of veterans living in non -military care homes across the UK. It will include identifying veterans and their needs, addressing social isolation and signposting; and developing better ways of supporting older, vulnerable veterans in future. | UK-wide | 100,000.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | The Warrior Programme | Building resilience - Living your potential | The project will use this grant to empower 50 Serving women who have experienced significant challenges including traumatic experiences to reconnect with their jobs and rebuild their careers | UK-wide | 100,000.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Veterans' Growth | Veterans' Growth Addiction Programme (VGAP) | The project will address a significant need among veterans who are dealing with mental health and substance addiction challenges simultaneously. The project will bridge the gap between addiction and mental health support services, offering a route into addiction treatment and a pathway out of it, whilst supporting mental health and wellbeing. | England/South East | 100,000.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Walking With the Wounded | Improving support for Minority Ethnicities | This project aims to develop a comprehensive referral network for veterans of minority ethnicities who are struggling to access employment support and services post discharge through developing referral pathways and a network of organisations who can offer specialist support to minority ethnicity veterans. The project will be led by a Cultural Liaison Manager who will have lived experience of the issues and they will create a specialist network. | England/South East | 99,517.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | We Are With You | With You for the Armed Forces | The project will provide much needed support for veterans in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly who are experiencing drug and alcohol addiction and mental health issues. With the grant, specialist support will be embedded in the region to broaden service provision for this group of veterans. | England/South West | 99,922.00 |
| 2022 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | West London Mission | Rebuilding the lives of homeless veterans in London | Project delivered/partially delivered, with some funding not used | England/London | 96,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Age UK Plymouth | Regi-Mental Wellbeing Club | This project will support veterans across the City of Plymouth, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health problems, to reduce low mood and social isolation. The grant will be used to facilitate a combination of activities and professional therapy. | England/South West | 98,511.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Age UK | Operation Sterling – Supporting LGBT+ Veterans | This project consists of a collaboration between Age UK and Fighting with Pride and will enable them to use their specialist skills to provide telephone-based support, advice, and casework capabilities to older LGBT+ veterans. | England/North West | 98,246.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Dame Agnes Westons Royal Charity for the Naval Service | Aggie's Community Waves | Through social events, activities and a presence within the Portsmouth region, this grant will enable the 'Aggie’s Community Waves' team to provide pastoral support to naval families. The project will help to alleviate the loneliness of families new to the area and help partners, spouses and families to engage with their community, build friendships and remove isolation. | England/South East | 95,403.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Anxious Minds | Veteran Recovery College | This project will provide early intervention and long-term support for veterans and their families waiting for NHS services following discharge from Mental Health and Addiction services. The grant will be used to provide counselling, addiction support, outdoor therapy and support re-entering into education and employment. | England/North East | 99,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Armed Forces Community HQ CIC | Home & Hope: Domestic Abuse | This project will champion delivery of specialist support and interventions to the Armed Forces community experiencing domestic abuse. 'Home & Hope: Domestic Abuse' will also collaborate with statutory, public and third sector agencies across the North West. | England/North West | 99,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Aurora New Dawn | Advocacy for Foreign/Commonwealth victims. | This project will build on the success of the longestablished Armed Forces Advocacy service by recruiting a specialist advocate to support UK personnel, Reservists and families from foreign and Commonwealth communities who may have experienced domestic and or sexual abuse. | England/South East | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Beacon Counselling Trust | Battling The Odds | The ‘Battling the Odds’ project aims to reduce the number of individuals within the Armed Forces community impacted by gambling and increase the number accessing support by raising awareness, providing early intervention and education | England/North West | 84,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Blackburn Rovers Community Trust | Female Veterans’ Leadership and Employability Skills Programme | The 'Female Veterans’ Leadership and Employability Skills' project will, over a three-year period, support working-age, female veterans to recognise and develop their transferable skills and build their career confidence by engaging in focused employability workshops. | England/North West | 91,230.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Blackpool FC Community Trust | Mental Health Support for Veterans | The grant will enable Blackpool FC Community Trust to develop its services specifically for veterans requiring mental health support. The project will include: one-toone mentoring and support; home visits; welfare calls; welfare hubs and mental health support groups, whilst also supporting individuals into boxing, football, or other veterans’ provision locally. | England/North West | 96,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Breen Centre | Time for Change | ‘Time for Change' will enable the engagement and support of veterans within the Newtownabbey area. The project will enable veterans without previous experience of support organisations to access a range of activities and opportunities to socialise and improve mental and physical health. | Northern Ireland | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association | Activities for Limbless/Injured Female Veterans | This two-year project will deliver a bespoke activities programme to meet the hidden and compelling needs of female limbless or injured veterans and serving personnel. Female Blesma members will be invited to attend regular activities across the UK to build selfconfidence, resilience and mutual support. Participants will experience long-term, sustainable benefits through establishing friendships and support networks. | UK-wide | 66,340.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Bulldogs Boxing and Community Activities | Bulldogs Veterans | This project will support veterans to integrate into civilian life by supporting them to make positive relationships within the community. 'Bulldogs Veterans' will facilitate physical and mental health support to be delivered through a multi -agency approach through NHS Veterans Wales, ChangeStep, Adferiad Recovery, SSAFA and DWP. | Wales | 90,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Burnley FC in the Community | Burnley FC in the Community Veterans Mental Wellbeing Hub | This project will build on the organisations existing work by supporting veterans with their emotional and mental wellbeing through a dedicated facility hub in their Whitehough Outdoor Centre. The grant will be used to fund a specific role to support veterans who are experiencing challenges. | England/North West | 93,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Care after Combat | Bowman CJS Remote Support Service | ‘Bowman CJS Remote Support Service' project will deliver support to ex-Armed Forces personnel in the justice system, predominantly whilst in prison. This project builds upon a highly successful initiative, started in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and will support this hard-to-reach community | England/East | 99,461.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Cyrenians | Live Life | This project will provide a creative programme of support for veterans and their families, covering at least 18 local authority areas in Scotland. The ‘Live Life' project aims to improve relationships, mental health, wellbeing, resilience, and the ability of participants to integrate into the community | Scotland | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Disability Stockport | Live at Ease | This project will support ex-Forces men and women within the Greater Manchester and Cheshire area, who have disabilities or autism, by providing safe environments, specialised support, and both adaptive and autism friendly activities. 'Live at Ease' will help to improve mental wellbeing; independent living; confidence and quality of life, while reducing isolation and social exclusion | England/North West | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Centre for Military Research Education and Public Engagement, Edinburgh Napier University | Forces Children – Additional Learning Needs | ‘Forces Children- Additional learning Needs' will develop a clear pathway, to benefit serving and veteran parents and their children with additional support needs, when educationally transitioning to and from Scotland. The project aims to empower policymakers with evidencebased recommendations through identification of enablers and barriers impacting the child’s learning journey, wellbeing and family life. | Scotland | 91,792.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Everton in the community | Everton Women's Veterans Project - Final name to be decided by project participants as part of co-production activities | This project is dedicated to engaging women veterans into accessing wraparound post-Service support. It is a military and gender-specific-led programme, designed through research directly with women veterans, delivered in a non-stigmatising environment. | England/North West | 84,705.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | FLEETWOOD TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST | Onward Together | This project will provide a range of activities for veterans, serving personnel and their families. 'Onward Together’ will, through the creation of support chain networks, improve mental, emotional and physical health, with a referral facility available into further professional services. | England/North West | 70,700.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Forward Assist | Enhanced: Intersectional Pathways for Marginalised Veterans (Males) Reference No.: 6345 | This additional funding forms an enhanced element to their overall project. With this funding they will develop specialist support for males within the Armed Forces community who are survivors of bullying, harassment and sexual assault | England/North East | 50,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Home-Start Richmondshire | Early support with additional needs | This project will support Army families in Richmondshire, who have at least one child under the age of 7, on the pathway to, or with, a diagnosis for autism and/or special educational needs | England/North East | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | HOME-START HORIZONS | Armed Forces Family Peer Support | This project will provide a weekly, on-base, facilitated family support group in conjunction with one-to-one home-visiting support at Kendrew Barracks, for parents with a child under 5. The project will help families use strategies to manage children’s challenging behaviour while developing peer-support networks to reduce isolation and build family resilience. | England/East | 93,600.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Home-Start Lorn | Military Families Support Worker | This project will enable Homestart Lomond to support Armed Forces families in the Lomond area of Argyll by ensuring children have the best start to life. The grant will enable a Military Families Support worker to offer one-to-one, tailored befriending opportunities; practical help & emotional support; bespoke activities; signposting; advocacy and inclusion work. | Scotland | 99,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Hull and East Riding Citizens Advice Bureau Ltd | ARMED FORCES OUTREACH SERVICE | This project will deliver outreach services for isolated members of the Armed Forces community, including access to financial, legal and housing advice. It will target members of the Armed Forces community in East Yorkshire, focusing on those with chronic/long term health conditions and/or disabilities. | England/North East | 99,262.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Hull FC Community Foundation | Change of Tactics | ‘Change of Tactics’ provides health and inclusion support to older veterans who have long-term health conditions and live alone in neighbourhoods within the most deprived areas in England. This project will enable better access to health care, by empowering veterans with the knowledge to manage their health needs within the community | England/North East | 86,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Inspire | Road Map to Recovery | This project will provide a structured and facilitated network of Mutual Aid Partnership Groups across Northern Ireland. Veterans who have been impacted by addictive behaviours and/or mental ill health will be offered the opportunity to work together as peers to make positive changes to achieve recovery, along with support for family members. | Northern Ireland | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | LGBT Foundation | Operation Equality (Phase 2) | This project builds upon the success of 'Operation Equality' with the aim of reaching a wider spectrum of LGBTQ+ veterans, Armed Forces personnel and their families. The grant will be used to facilitate community engagement and mutual aid activities, with access to inhouse and external services, whilst enabling other unmet needs to be identified and further developed | England/North West | 98,361.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Preston North End Community and Education Trust | Back in the Game | This project will support older veterans to access community-based interventions by improving emotional resilience. ‘Back in the Game' will prioritise veterans who have been affected by bereavement in the last three years, and who now face challenges with loneliness, social isolation and socio-economic inequalities, to be supported. | England/North West | 82,112.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Prison Radio Association (PRA) | Radio and podcasts for prisoners | This project will use National Prison Radio and the 'Life After Prison' podcast channel to provide veterans in custody, their families, and former offenders, with the inspiration, information, advice and comfort needed to help them access the support they need, turn their lives around and reach their full potential. | UK-wide | 79,219.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Relate | The Strengthening Parents Programme | ‘The Strengthening Parents Programme' will provide targeted interventions tailored to the needs of naval parents together or apart. The project is aimed at strengthening parental relationships, reducing parental conflict, and creating a positive impact on children's mental health and life chances. Interventions will be available to Royal Navy, Marine and Royal Fleet Auxiliary parents, and offered digitally. | UK-wide | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Re-Live | Coming Home to the Arts | Coming Home to the Arts' is a two -year, Arts in Health project , which will enable veterans, families, and community members from across Wales to access high - quality, therapeutic arts engagement through theatre, song writing, singing and comics. This project will help to improve mental health and wellbeing, while advancing strong social connections. | Wales | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Sacro | Veterans Mentoring Service (VMS) | This project will provide intensive mentoring support to men and women who have completed Service within the UK Armed Forces and are at risk of becoming involved, or are already involved, in the justice system | Scotland | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | The Society of St James | Veterans Link Worker | This project will embed a Veteran’s Link Worker within the local substance misuse provision to develop and offer bespoke assessments, signposting, advocacy, family support and peer mentors. The worker will provide a vital link to veteran networks in the local area | England/South East | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association – Forces Help | Supporting Gurkha Veterans and Families | This project will provide specific, tailored support for Gurkha veterans and their families who have settled in the UK. A team of outreach workers will work with the community to provide holistic support to ensure that Gurkha veterans and their families can live in the UK in dignity | England/London | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Suffolk Family Carers | Reaching & Supporting- Armed Forces Carers. | This project will seek to identify those in the Suffolk Armed Forces community who are family carers. Information, guidance, and emotional support will be offered to help highlight and improve the wellbeing, family life and work opportunities for those with caring roles in the Armed Forces community. | England/East | 89,668.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | RAF Benevolent Fund | RAF Reminiscence Groups | The 'RAF Reminiscence Group' will provide specialist support to veterans living with dementia and their carers. Veterans will come together to re-call, re-live and reexperience their time in the RAF in a relaxed and friendly environment. Carers will also receive respite, specialist advice, guidance and peer support. | England/East | 81,709.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Walking With the Wounded | Enhanced Improving support for Minority Ethnicities (Ref 6472) | This additional funding forms an enhanced element to their overall project. With this funding they will address challenges and barriers surrounding mental health in minority ethnic veteran communities. Through this work they will embed an awareness of cultural differences within staff and therapists. In the longer term, they hope that this work will start to destigmatise mental health issues for minority ethnicities and create a network of supportive organisations that veterans can confidently approach. | England/East | 49,805.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Wiltshire Wildlife Trust | Wild Transitions | The grant will enable 'Wild Transitions' to provide Nature Based Therapy programmes for military veterans and Service leavers living with mental ill health and social isolation. Sessions will be run by a qualified horticultural therapy practitioner and a horticulturist. Its positive impact will be evaluated using qualitative and quantitative data collection. | England/South West | 74,065.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Start360 | Veterans: Beyond the Prison Wall | This project will support veterans within the NI Criminal Justice System, providing transition from behind the prison wall, and enabling them to lead fulfilling lives as valued members of society. Working collaboratively with veteran supporting partners, it will deliver unique mentored support plans spanning pre to post release. | Northern Ireland | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Adfam | Adfam@Home for families of serving personnel | Project delivered/partially delivered, with some funding not used | UK-wide | 66,600.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Age UK Lincoln & South Lincolnshire | AUKLSL Cost of Living and Energy Advice for AFC Veterans | The project will deliver in-depth information and advice to veterans aged 50+ and their carers. The project will use a holistic approach within armed forces communities, where vulnerability and wellbeing is impacted by the current cost of living and energy crisis in order to maximise income and combat social isolation. | England/East | 98,140.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Army Welfare Service | Force of Nature - Community Wellness garden | The project will set up a community wellness garden specifically for past and present military members and their families to bring the existing and new community together. People can enjoy the outdoors, grow fruits and vegetables and access a variety of wellbeing sessions. | England/North West | 99,920.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | BRAVEHOUND | BRAVEHOUND CONNECTIONS | Bravehound Connections will provide intensive support to vulnerable isolated veterans and family members at risk of relationship breakdown and challenges relating to unsustainable debt linked to wider cost of living challenges. | Scotland | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Bridgend Carers Centre | Reaching Out to Veteran Families | Reaching Out to Veteran Families will identify and support this marginalised group of veteran carers and families within the community of Bridgend County. The project will provide access to information, advice and support, with beneficiaries having access to a designated support worker and specialised support able to signpost to other organisations. | Wales | 99,989.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd (prev Scarborough & Ryedale Carers Resource) | No One Left Behind | Building on their experience of working with the local military community with additional support needs, Carers Plus Yorkshire will offer both free short-term information, advice and guidance to access the right support at the right time, and long-term support through locally-based groups to reduce isolation, nurture peer support and build friendships. | England/North East | 95,169.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | CITIZENS ADVICE PORTSMOUTH | Forces Home Straight | Forces Home Straight aims to reduce debt and housing crisis for services, families and veterans in Portsmouth and Rushmoor. The project will bridge the gap between military and civilian advice, increasing awareness of available help and empowering people to deal with civilian debt and housing by providing preventative specialist help and legal aid, via a co-ordinated referral system | England/South East | 98,656.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Climb 2 Recovery | Therapeutic adaptive climbing and mountaineering | This project will optimise the recoveries of seriously wounded service people and veterans through a programme of progressive therapeutic adaptive climbing and mountaineering, all of whom have completed at least two[1]years of conventional clinical treatment and yet remain chronically and severely disabled by their injuries or illness | UK-wide | 99,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Community Drug and Alcohol Recovery Services (CDARS) | Project 360 | Community Drug and Alcohol Recovery Services (CDARS) will deliver a wraparound care programme for veterans experiencing acute mental health needs in South West London. Project 360 will provide specialist one-to-one counselling sessions, support groups, advocacy, wellness activities and referrals to specialist organisations for further support if needed. | England/London | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | The Fighting Chance | Women. Veterans. Families. | Women. Veterans. Families. is designed for women veterans experiencing difficulties with transition, mental or physical health and social isolation. The project provides a bespoke programme of support for women veterans and their families, designed to improve access to support services and create a supportive community. | England/London | 89,024.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Forces Employment Charity | Families Programme: Enhanced Employment Support | This project will enhance the level of employment support provided to vulnerable military spouses, partners, and widows experiencing multiple barriers to employment. | UK-wide | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Groundwork Greater Manchester | HMPs veteran’s successful transitions | HMPs Veteran’s Successful Transitions will support veterans currently serving sentences in Greater Manchester prisons. The project will provide a full package of support in training, education, housing, financial guidance and mental wellbeing to both rebuild confidence and self-esteem, and to help Veterans achieve a successful transition back into the community on release. | England/North West | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Improving Lives Plymouth | Unpaid carers of Veterans support. | This project will offer a wrap-around, holistic service to ensure that families and unpaid carers of veterans of all ages receive support and guidance they need. They will be offered opportunities to meet new people, learn new skills, access health and social care provision, and mitigate the impact of the cost-of-living crisis. | England/South West | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | North Yorkshire Citizens Advice & Law Centre (NYCALC) | Catterick Connection | Catterick Connection will provide free, confidential and impartial advice to serving armed forces personnel, new veterans and their families based at, and around, Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire. The service will focus on resolving financial problems, including those caused by the cost-of-living crisis, and interlinked family relationship issues. | England/North East | 99,600.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Play Therapy Base Limited | Play Therapy Services for Armed Forces Military Families | This project will provide play therapy services for children from armed forces families aged 3 to 14 years old and their families, living in Midlothian. | Scotland | 95,542.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Poppy Factory | Naviagtor Cymru | Navigator Cymru will provide intensive, personalised support for veterans in Gwent facing challenging circumstances. Navigator will help veterans develop strong support networks, connect with meaningful activities within their communities and support positive wellbeing, with the aim of returning to work and thriving at home. | Wales | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | RMA-The Royal Marines Charity | Transition Support: Long Service Leavers | This is a targeted project offering additional support for Royal Marines transitioning after 22 years completion of service, providing bespoke 1-1 guidance, workshops and civilian mentors. This project will support beneficiaries into meaningful and sustainable civilian employment following long-term military service. | England/South West | 95,330.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Aid Society (FAS) | Infantry Connect | Infantry Connect will deliver a digital community platform to transform the way vulnerable veterans can connect and be supported to access the help they need. The project will connect struggling infantry veterans to a large peer support network alongside a range of support services. This project is collaboration between six regimental associations. | UK-wide | 98,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Sacro | Changing Steps | The project plans to fill an identified gap in services available for former serving personnel who are serving custodial sentences for sexual offences in HMP Glenochil. Changing Steps will support them during their time in custody, their transition into communities on liberation and provide links to the relevant community services. | Scotland | 40,750.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Sale Sharks Foundation | Reaching New Goals | Reaching New Goals will offer targeted wellbeing activities focused on helping working age veterans, facing challenges with PTSD and other mental health problems, with the skills, confidence and resilience to progress into sustained employment. One-to-one and group sessions will prioritise mental health, employability skill attainment and self-efficacy. | England/North West | 87,875.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Scotty's Little Soldiers | StandBy - Military Bereavement in Education | StandBy will ensure bereaved service children and young people are sensitively supported in their education setting. This project addresses the gap in guidance, training, resources and support around mitigating the challenges bereaved service children, who have experienced the death of their parent, face within an education setting. | England/East | 70,984.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Smart Savings CIC | Veterans Regroup Outreach Events | Veterans Regroup Outreach Events will offer free activity days (gardening, water sports, bushcraft, foraging walks, crafts and cooking) for vulnerable veterans with complex needs in Cornwall who are impacted by cost-of-living challenges. The project helps veterans re-connect with the armed forces community and develop a more positive outlook on life. | England/South West | 64,170.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association – Forces Help | Domestic abuse trauma support. | This project will provide vital mental health support to highly vulnerable women and children from the armed forces community who are escaping domestic abuse. A programme of new activities will be offered to support beneficiaries move from crisis to independence. | England/London | 96,314.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | The Warrior Programme | Moving Beyond Domestic Abuse | Warrior, in partnership with Aurora’s Armed Forces Advocates, will establish an evidenced based service for serving personnel affected by domestic abuse and/or sexual violence. Moving Beyond Domestic Abuse will address compelling and complex individual needs and deliver lasting change, enabling beneficiaries and their families to rebuild. | UK-wide | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Tom Harrison House | Tom Harrison House Therapeutic Retreats | This project will offer nature-based, therapeutic retreats over the next three-years to veterans living with addictions and mental health needs. Six retreats will be family retreats to support families in overcoming the challenges they face supporting their loved one through addiction. | England/North West | 99,750.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | UK SMART Recovery | SMART Veterans Programme England | SMART Veterans Programme will support veterans with addiction, helping them change their behaviour, by providing techniques to build motivation, cope with urges, manage thoughts and behaviours and create a fulfilling life. This will be achieved in an environment where veterans support veterans to recover and reintegrate into their community. | England/South East | 141,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Veterans Outdoors | Artemis+ (plus) | Artemis Plus will provide a comprehensive programme of emotional and physical resilience for female veterans in the South West, enabling women to 'move on' from their service careers and achieve the next steps in their lives. | England/South West | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Veterans Outreach Support | Vectis Veterans | Veterans Outreach Support will reinforce and expand its current range of activities in welfare, wellbeing and clinical support on the Isle of Wight supporting the on-island veteran community, improving lives whilst combating loneliness and isolation. | England/South East | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Who Dares Cares | About Turn | About Turn will support and engage with veterans within the Criminal Justice System who are subject to a Community Payback Order with an unpaid work or other activity requirement in agreement with South Lanarkshire Councils' allocated workers within the Unpaid Work Service. | Scotland | 66,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Woody's Lodge | Veterans in care | This project will support veterans who live in care homes around Wales. Working with Age Cymru the project will run veteran specific groups within the home or at Woody's hubs/drop-in centres nearby. | Wales | 100,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Youth Options | Serving Families Together Hampshire | Serving Families Together supports families of serving personnel, who are struggling with Child/Adolescent to Parent Violence and other forms of challenging/self-harming behaviour. The project provides Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) training to parents, alongside youth/family support for the whole family, addressing harmful behaviours and improving relationships and communication. | England/South East | 100,000.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | 39 Engineer Regiment | Single Soldiers Welfare Respite Pod | Four off-grid Respite Pods will be available for use by soldiers when off duty for socialising and relaxing, addressing issues of social isolation and loneliness. The pods will be situated in nature, next to the beach. | Scotland | 50,000.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Accrington Stanley Community Trust | STANLEY VETERANS SUPPORT HUB | The Accrington Stanley Community Trust Veterans Support Hub will provide a much-needed, veterans-led support for veterans aged 30-40 affected by addiction issues in the Hyndburn area. The hub will offer a holistic mix of sport, physical activity, mental health and wellbeing support mixed with fun, family-friendly activities and development opportunities. | England/North West | 100,000.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Age Cymru Powys | Rural Veterans MOT | Rural Veterans MOT is an innovative concept developed by Age Cymru Powys to revolutionise future planning in response to veterans’ needs. The project will target vulnerable, disabled, isolated veterans aged 65+, who may be hidden from support services in rural Powys. Veterans will be helped to maximise income, health and wellbeing, making the most of later life. | Wales | 98,076.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Age UK Northumberland | Connections for Veterans | This project aims to connect veterans with services and activities to improve their quality of life. Whether connecting people with groups, classes and friendship, or helping with claiming the benefits or support they’re entitled to, the project will take a holistic approach to support, building long-term trust and relationships. | England/North East | 75,800.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Armed Forces Community HQ CIC | Forces Hospital Home Check | Forces Hospital Home Check will provide a targeted service for the most vulnerable members of the armed forces community in the North West, offering coordinated support to ensure efficient hospital discharge. The bespoke service will put in place measures to support individuals to maintain their independence and quality of life, reducing reliance on services, and lower the potential of readmission. | England/North West | 99,968.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Beyond the Battlefield | Pace | This project will develop a sustainable support structure for LGBT+ veterans by building a sustainable partnership between the LGBT+ veterans and veterans organisations. A strong LGBT+ veterans group will be developed, helping to promote inclusion and recognition. | Northern Ireland | 100,000.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Brooke House Health and Wellbeing Centre | Relax, Restore, Revitalise. | Relax, Restore, Revitalise will introduce music therapy to a group of veterans, including those suffering from dementia and PTSD. Through the medium of music, these sessions will provide relaxation and inner peace to veterans who are struggling with the pressures of modern life. | Northern Ireland | 100,000.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Broughton House - Veteran Care Village | Navigator: Veterans with Complex Needs | The project will support working age veterans with multiple, complex needs in Greater Manchester, addressing issues including mental health, poverty, addictions, unemployment, isolation and/or homelessness. The Navigator will provide advocacy and support to help veterans and partners access the support they need from multiple sources. | England/North West | 93,648.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Citizens Advice West Oxfordshire | Citizens Advice for RAF Brize Norton | A local Citizens Advice service dedicated to serving the advice needs of RAF Brize Norton personnel and their families. Holistic advice will be provided to help navigate family breakdown, housing issues, money and debt issues. Support will be provided to challenge decisions and uphold the rights of serving military personnel and their families. | England/South East | 66,100.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Citizens Advice York | Advisor Training and Community Advice | Citizens Advice York will train four service leavers and family members to become qualified advisors, with options for specialist training, increasing chances of employability. Advisors with lived experience will then advise forces communities one day per week in selected military settings. | England/North East | 50,088.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Combat Stress | Suicide Prevention; Supporting High-Risk Veterans | Combat Stress will share their specialist expertise with national networks and learning communities to reduce the chance of high-risk veterans committing suicide. Specialised suicide prevention toolkits will be developed that will be accessible 24/7 to upskill people living with, working with and / or caring for veterans at high-risk of suicide. | UK-wide | 100,000.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Cwm Taf Morgannwg Mind | Knowing Me; Knowing Mind | Knowing Me; Knowing Mind will deliver trauma-informed counselling to veterans living in the Cwm Taf Morgannwg region. The project will create an accessible pathway into counselling, targeting those with hidden mental health needs who are unable to use NHS counselling services due to a range of needs. | Wales | 150,000.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Derbyshire Addictions Advice Service | RECONNECT | RECONNECT will reach out to veterans who are more difficult to engage, whose needs may be hidden and/or complex. The veteran-to-veteran programme will facilitate early-stage engagement, offering regular contact and supported access to established Derbyshire MESS groups, peer support and buddying. | England/East | 134,521.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Erskine Veterans Charity | One-Stop-Shop for Veterans | The Erskine One-Stop-Shop service helps tackle the compelling need of financial difficulties within the ex-service community, providing vulnerable veterans with support and guidance during the cost-of-living crisis. | Scotland | 59,681.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Home-start in Suffolk | Military Family Support Navigation Project | The Military Family Support Project will help families thrive by providing bespoke, home-based 1-1 support for Suffolk armed forces families. Specially trained volunteers will give practical and emotional support, encouraging community integration and friendships, and reducing isolation. The project will also help build resilience and parenthood skillsets within families. | England/East | 94,398.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Lothians Veterans Centre | Lothians Female Veterans' Gateway | This project will support female veterans and their families in Edinburgh and the Lothians to overcome barriers in accessing help and support for issues including health and wellbeing, peer support and comradeship. Advice on employment, training, housing and benefits will be provided in a safe, protected and welcoming environment. | Scotland | 97,700.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Poppy Factory | Families Employment Service | Working in collaboration with The Ripple Pond, the project will expand The Poppy Factory’s Families Employment Service for adult family members who support veterans with health conditions. Building on a successful pilot and high demand to date, the project will help family members overcome barriers to secure and sustain employment. | UK-wide | 100,000.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Race Council Cymru | Ethnic minority veterans support network | Race Council Cymru are establishing a support network for ethnic minority veterans and their families which will facilitate access to crucial support and resources. An annual community event will honour and celebrate their invaluable contributions. A publicly accessible archive of stories will also be created to raise awareness of their service. | Wales | 99,851.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | RAF Association | The Veterans' Resilience Programme | The RAF Association, in partnership with Loughborough University, will deliver an intensive resilience programme for 72 veterans with complex mental health needs. The programme will help veterans develop a positive social identity and alleviate the stressors associated with the cost-of-living crisis by strengthening their social, physical and psychological resilience. | England/East | 88,584.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Rangers Charity Foundation | Veterans at Ease | This project will engage with veterans who are struggling to adapt back into civilian life. Delivering a yearly 14-week programme to build resilience, confidence and life skills, the project delivered through Rangers Football Club will look to re-engage participants back into society. | Scotland | 50,788.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | The Ripple Pond | Veteran Family Engagement Programme | The Veteran Family Engagement Programme will support families within the veteran community living with the day-to-day challenges of caring for someone with injuries sustained during military service. The project will focus on reaching ‘hidden’ families who are not currently accessing the support they need. | UK-wide | 100,000.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | The Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation | Community Connections Project for Armed Forces Veterans | The Community Connections project will provide outreach support to armed forces veterans as they leave supported housing centres and integrate into local communities across London. The project will also enable up to 130 veterans to co-design and lead activities and events that will improve their health and wellbeing. | England/London | 91,342.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | DEFENCE MEDICAL WELFARE SERVICE (DMWS) | Armed Forces National Response Helpline | The Armed Forces National Response Helpline provides support and advice to the armed forces community across the UK. The helpline provides direct emotional and practical support that is person centred and improves physical and mental wellbeing in the short and long term. | England/North East | 99,657.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Step Together Volunteering | Step ToGetHer Women’s Peer Support | Step ToGetHer provides gender-specific support with transition from the armed forces to civilian life for female veterans and PRD (Personnel on Recovery Duty). Through intensive 1-1 coaching and peer support, these women will improve confidence and self-belief to help them build a fulfilling life after military service. | England/South West | 97,029.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Stirling District Citizens Advice Bureau Ltd | Veterans Housing Advice Service (VHAS) | The Veterans Housing Advice Service aims to prevent homelessness. The service will provide advice, advocacy, casework support and representation, across Stirling & Clackmannanshire exclusively to the veteran community. | Scotland | 99,795.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Suffolk Mind | Front Line Families | Front Line Families will meet the hidden needs of families supporting serving/veteran personnel affected by trauma and PTSD. The project will: teach spouses/children to recognise and look after their own mental health needs, equip families to support their peers/loved ones, and build a supportive mental health/wellbeing culture for future generations within the armed forces. | England/East | 95,860.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Oxfordshire Play Association | RAF Benson Family Support Worker (Additional Needs) | Oxfordshire Play Association will employ a Family Support Worker to work with the families at RAF Benson for those families who have a child with additional needs. This service will cover a wide range of additional needs including children on the Autism Spectrum, those with behavioural needs, allergies etc. | England/South East | 75,761.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Royal Star and Garter | Supporting the bereavement journey | Royal Star & Garter will work with bereaved partners and close family members of the veterans who live with them or access their outreach services, to create a supportive journey at a time of significant loss. | UK-wide | 100,000.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Veterans' Growth | Veterans' Growth Managing Addictions Programme (VGMAP) | The Veterans' Growth Managing Addictions Programme supports veterans of the UK armed forces who are living with addiction issues. The programme provides support and guidance to help participants understand their behaviours, reflect on the impact these behaviours have on their lives and devise strategies to overcome them. | England/South East | 65,500.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Veterans in Communities | Reach, Support, Belong and Prosper | Veterans in Communities will utilise this funding to identify, reach and support those from the armed forces communities, supporting them to overcome individual barriers to lead fulfilling lives. The project will help to cultivate a sense of belonging and help those supported to prosper within their own localities. | England/North West | 97,142.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Walking With the Wounded | Support Pathways for Neurodiverse Veterans | This project will develop comprehensive information and support pathways for diagnosed or suspected neurodiverse veterans who are struggling to access assessment and mental health support. Working with partners like the NHS, the project will explore barriers, whether they be a diagnosis or lack thereof, and empower veterans to access support. | England/West Midlands | 99,517.00 |
| 2024 | Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities | Covenant Fund | Wild Things - Environmental Education in Action | Wilderness Explorers Club for Youth | This project will engage the youth of military families with exciting outdoor adventure and ecological activities supporting community connection, conservation, volunteering and gaining qualifications. Club members will make new friends, receive mentorship and support and have the opportunity to attend overnight expeditions. | Scotland | 25,830.00 |
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