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Walking with the Wounded received £15,000 of Local Grants funding from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust for their Veterans in the Community Scotland project, which was a one-year veteran-led endeavour commencing in December 2018.
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The Advocacy People received a grant from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust of £19,439 as part of the Local Grants Programme. The grant funded their “Military Integration and Training” project which was held in 2018 – 2019. The project aimed to provide specialist support for veterans in the Devon and Torbay area by organising integration events and awareness training for the veteran community’s employers and civilian frontline delivery staff working with veterans.
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The RAF Association received £20,000 from the Trust in 2018 to run a project to provide 32 RAF spouses and partners with the opportunity to participate in training to enable them to become an OFSTED registered childminder. This sought not only to increase their employability, but also increase the amount of high-quality childcare around RAF stations located in the South East of England.
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The Positive Futures – Meteorite project, with just over £140,000 of funding from the Trust’s Ex-Forces in the Criminal Justice System (CJS) programme, has enabled the organisation to work with “hidden veterans” which includes early Service leavers, those discharged for poor conduct, those with an offending background or who are in the CJS and don’t want to identify as a veteran, and those who traditionally refuse to engage with what is seen as ‘charity’.
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