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December 8, 2025

How Should the Covenant Fund Navigate Its Teenage Years? 

As someone who has spent years researching military-connected children and young people, and working alongside Covenant Fund-backed programmes, I’ve developed both ground-level intimacy and strategic distance with this work.

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December 8, 2025

How can the fund’s work continue to build the evidence base on what works, and what’s needed for the armed forces community?   

Professor Alan Finnegan was appointed as the Principal Investigator to evaluate the £4M invested by the AFCFT’s Tackling Serious Stress project.

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December 8, 2025

How can a relatively small fund maximise impact in its next decade

FiMT’s mission is to enable ex-Service personnel and their families to make a successful and sustainable transition to civilian life.

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December 8, 2025

Amanda Struby, Armed Forces Covenant Team Leader and Deputy Head of Armed Forces People Support, Ministry of Defence  

Highlights from Amanda’s interview with Anna Wright, our CEO, reflecting on the Covenant Fund’s first decade of work.

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December 1, 2025

West Mercia Women’s Aid – The Penelope Project

West Mercia Women’s Aid received a grant through the Free from Fear programme to support their project, The Penelope Project- an initiative designed to work with the military service to help domestic abuse victims access confidential, independent advice and support, enabling them and their children to move towards safety and recovery.

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September 2, 2025

Strength in Support – Empowering service leavers to success.

With tailored one-to-one support, RMA-The Royal Marines Charity helped to ensure the best possible outcome for this former serviceman’s transition.

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August 11, 2025

Hidden Voices Programme 2025/26 – webinar

In August 2025, the Trust hosted a Lunch & Learn webinar focusing on the Hidden Voices programme for 2025/26.  

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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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