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March 31, 2025

Creating a Calming Space for Service Children with Special Educational Needs.

The Picture, Smiles and Giggles project which received funding under the Early Years Fund, set out a clear vision to create a nurturing space where the children, including babies up to two years old and those children with SEND could thrive.

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March 25, 2025

Practical and Emotional Support for Serving Families On the Move

Home-Start Richmondshire, will be delivering the project Settling into Catterick aimed at providing practical and emotional support to families relocating to Catterick garrison.

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March 19, 2025

Enhancing Support For Service Children SEND

The Garrison Assist Project (GAP) and its extension, GAP+, supported through our Service Pupil Support programme, set out to bridge the gap between military life and SEND support.

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March 17, 2025

Early Years Programme 2025/26 Webinar

In March 2025, the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust hosted a Lunch & Learn webinar focusing on the new round of the Early Years Programme, part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Families Fund (AF3).

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March 6, 2025

Bridging the Gap: Support for Service Families to Re-enter the UK Workforce

In June 2024, RAF Akrotiri Families Centre was awarded £30,000 under the MODs Families Fund: Supporting Partners Programme to support military families returning to the UK from Cyprus to securing new employment.

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March 6, 2025

Empowering Military Spouse Entrepreneurs

Milspo were awarded a grant of £33,000 in March 2024 under the MOD Armed Forces Families Fund: Supporting Partners Programme for their project The Launch Accelerator.

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February 10, 2025

Research into the needs of the bereaved Armed Forces community

We commissioned Alma Economics to help us understand the needs of the Bereaved military community in more detail.

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February 5, 2025

Researching the needs of the Royal Navy submariner community

The Trust commissioned the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) to undertake research into the needs of the Royal Navy submariner community and the impact of separation on family life.

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December 4, 2024

Hidden Voices Programme – webinar

In December 2024, the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust hosted a Lunch & Learn webinar focusing on the new Hidden Voices programme

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October 31, 2024

The University of Chester – Service Children’s Transitions in Education.

The University of Chester received £59,894 for their project, ‘Service children’s transitions in education’. The project will investigate the educational risks and benefits associated with Service children’s transitions.

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