News

Type: News

Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Fund, Impact, New programmes, Programme news, Veterans, Veterans' mental health and wellbeing

June 24, 2025

Honouring Pride Month: Supporting our LGBT+ Veteran community

This pride month, we’re proud to shine a spotlight on one of our newly funded initiatives from The Bridge For Heroes , partnership working with Fighting with Pride called LGBT+ Veterans Voice, awarded through the Armed Forces Covenant Fund under the Fulfilling Futures Programme.

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Type: News

Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Fund, Forces families, Programme news, Tackling Loneliness

June 18, 2025

Blog: Only the Lonely

Loneliness impacts our health, our education, our work, our financial wellbeing and UK plc, and it’s on the rise. It’s an experience that many of us will share at some point in our lives.

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Type: News

Categories: Current Serving, Forces families, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Veterans

May 29, 2025

LGBT+ veterans – The Journey Home

Funded through our Fulfilling Futures programme, Fighting With Pride’s project The Journey Home will ensure that LGBT+ veterans, service personnel and their families are seen, heard and embraced by the wider military community.

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Type: News

Categories: Programme news, Projects we've funded, Veterans

May 13, 2025

Suicide prevention is everybody’s business

The Embedding Prevention of Veteran Suicide programme (EPVS) has awarded over £1.5 million to 18 projects that are driving real change in veteran suicide prevention.

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Type: News

Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Fund

May 9, 2025

Climate Change: We’d love your views

Climate change has cross-cutting impacts for all charities, and we’d love to hear your thoughts on what role there might be for funders like the Trust.

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Type: News

Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Fund, Current Serving, Forces families, New programmes, Programme news

May 7, 2025

Free from Fear Programme reopens for applications

Today, we’re opening the Free from Fear programme for a second year of applications.

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Type: News

Categories: Programme news, Projects we've funded

May 1, 2025

Support for families serving overseas

In March 2025 we made the first awards under our Supporting Service Families Overseas programme., supporting those stationed overseas.

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Type: News

Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Fund, Current Serving, Funds, New programmes, Programme news, Serving women

April 28, 2025

Servicewomen: Seen and Heard Programme reopens for applications 

The Servicewomen: Seen & Heard Programme will award grants of up to £100,000 for two-year projects that expand support options for serving women, ensuring they are aware of, and able to access, help that is tailored to their specific needs.  

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Type: News

Categories: Carers and Families, Current Serving, Forces families, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Veterans

April 24, 2025

Over £290,000 to support those with seldom heard needs in armed forces communities

In the latest round of our Hidden Voices programme, we’ve awarded grants totalling more than £290,000 to 15 projects delivering accessible mental health and wellbeing support for those with seldom heard needs in armed forces communities.

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Type: News

Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Fund, Carers and Families, Current Serving, Forces families, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Veterans

April 16, 2025

More than £1.3m to support families of wounded, injured or sick serving personnel and veterans

Families are at the heart of the latest round of Covenant Fund awards we’ve made – under our Family Focus programme.

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