Herefordshire County Council needs assessment – executive summary
This summary report has been compiled by Herefordshire’s Armed Forces Covenant Partnership to gain a deeper understanding of the Armed Forces community in Herefordshire.
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Wiltshire – South west Needs Assessment
Research on the presence and needs of the Armed Forces community in the South West of England.
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North Yorkshire and York Armed Forces community needs assessment
North Yorkshire commissioned research into the needs of the Armed Forces community in North Yorkshire (including the City of York), to establish the composition of the Armed Forces community in the area and understand the needs of the community.
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Veterans’ Support Association – VSA Hobby Packs
The Veterans’ Support Association received a grant of £5,000 as part of the Veterans Should Not be Forgotten programme. In the six months that the project ran, the organisation spent the funds on projects or hobby packs for veterans to complete at home during lockdown. The project was a huge success as it kept veterans engaged and focused during the months that followed, as the country
endured its first lockdown.
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Enabling immediate support for vulnerable veterans with reduced social contact
The Veterans Should Not Be Forgotten programme awarded 120 grants to organisations across the UK, totalling £2,394,698.
This programme evaluation explores the impact of the Veterans Should Not Be Forgotten programme on vulnerable veterans with reduced social contact.
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E-learning: Ethics and your grant
To behave ethically, we need to consider what is the ‘right’ way to behave towards others – how we can do no harm, and how we can achieve good outcomes through the work we support. There are two broad and overlapping ethical principles which govern our work: ‘Do Good’ and ‘Do No Harm’.
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Consultation report: The Local Grants programme
The Trust ran an open consultation in January 2020, to help inform our funding programmes for 2020 and beyond. We received our biggest response yet from individuals from the Forces community – 21% of who were veterans – and local organisations, of which, 11% were local authorities.
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Armed Forces Covenant Fund: Local Grants programme evaluative report of the first three years
In the first three years of the Armed Forces Covenant Fund: Local Grants programme, the Trust award 430 grants worth £7 million to Armed Forces community projects.
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Walking with the Wounded
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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Wigan Warriors Community Foundation
Wigan Warriors Community Foundation received a Local Grants award of £8,000 in 2018 to fund “Rugby Memories”, a project aimed at bringing together older veterans (who may or may not have dementia), serving personnel and their families in a social setting to forge friendships and ease loneliness through a shared experience and love of rugby.
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