“One ensures that the armed forces community isn’t disadvantaged as a result of its service; the other is about maximising the potential of civil society as a “strategic partner to government and independent advocate for public benefit.”
“Two Covenants, both set by government with distinct but complementary remits. Both reliant on and – to a huge extent – driven by the innovation, lived experience and expertise of charities and their respective communities up and down the country.
Our CEO, Anna Wright, has been reflecting on the Armed Forces Covenant (external link) recently, as we prepare to mark ten years of the Covenant Fund’s work. Read more from her look-back at the decade since the then Chancellor announced the creation of the Fund, which has since supported thousands of projects reaching more than two million people, via more than 1500 organisations.
