Under the Veterans’ Mobility Fund, we will award a single grant of up to £2.52 million towards a project that will deliver high quality support to veterans with physical disabilities, through grants to enable them to access mobility equipment that meets their needs and improves their quality of life. 

This is a highly specialised programme. We will make a single grant to a Lead Organisation who will then make onward grants to veterans with physical disabilities via an externally delegated grant scheme. 

Eligibility 

To be eligible for this funding, you must be a registered Charity 

The following additional eligibility requirements also apply. 

1. Your organisation must have been registered in the UK (with one or more of the charity commissions for England and Wales, or Scotland or Northern Ireland for at least two years at the time of your application and able to provide published accounts for all two years if requested. 

2. Your organisation must have a minimum of three unrelated trustees at the time of applying, and, if successful, throughout the life of your grant, and this must be verifiable at all times on the relevant charity regulators or Companies House website. 

Additionally, you need to have: 

• experience in providing direct support to people with physical disabilities   
• experience of working with veterans 
• evidence of robust governance to manage risks effectively. 

Full eligibility guidance is available in our Programme Guidance Document below. 

What’s available 

You can apply for a grant of up to £​2,520,000​ for up to ​5​ years to deliver a grants scheme that would make in-kind grants to veterans with mobility needs linked to their service.  

Themes and priorities 

The overall aim of this programme is that veterans should be able to access high quality support ensuring that the proposed mobility equipment solution for the veteran meets their needs and enables them to engage in activities that are important to them. 

A strong application would be able to show that it could integrate the veteran with wider forms of support which could address wider needs that the veteran may be experiencing such as housing, isolation and loneliness or mental wellbeing.  

It will also need to be able to integrate with other veterans’ services such as the Veterans Trauma Network in England.  

Deadlines and dates to note 

This programme is now closed for new applications. The deadline for applications was 5pm on 14 August 2023. 

If you applied by the deadline, we expect to be able to let you know the outcome of your application before the end of September 2023. 

Guidance and resources 

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