News

Type: News

Categories: Programme news, Veterans

March 11, 2025

From sailing to service dogs: over £850,000 awarded to improve the quality of life for veterans negatively impacted by their service

Breaking down barriers; building bridges; addressing trauma. Our Fulfilling Futures programme has supported six outstanding projects totalling more than £850,000 to improve the lives of veterans negatively impacted by their service.

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Empowering Bereaved Military Families

Type: News

Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Fund, Carers and Families, Current Serving, Forces families, Funds, New programmes, Programme news

February 10, 2025

Improving support for bereaved military families

A new funding opportunity for charities supporting bereaved military families is now accepting expressions of interest.

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Type: News

Categories: Consultation, Current Serving, Forces families

February 5, 2025

Supporting the submariner community

We commissioned the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) to conduct research into the needs of the Royal Navy submariner community and the impact of separation on family life, to help strengthen the design of what comes next.

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Type: News

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

January 21, 2025

Over £3.3 million awarded in latest round of Covenant Fund awards

We’re starting 2025 with some great news – we’ve awarded over £3.3 million in the latest series of grants made under the Covenant Fund.

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Type: News

Categories: Impact, Programme news, Projects we've funded, Veterans, Veterans' mental health and wellbeing

January 17, 2025

Celebrating Success: End of Project Webinar Highlights

In January 2025, the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust jointly hosted a webinar with programme evaluators from the University of Chester, focusing on key insights and outcomes from the end evaluation of the supporting Armed Forces in Acute Hospital Settings programme.

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Type: News

Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Fund

December 12, 2024

Over 70K awarded to mitigate the challenges of long or frequent involuntary separation.

We’ve awarded funding worth over £70,000 to five fantastic projects designed to mitigate the challenges posed by long or frequent involuntary separation on families, spouses, and serving personnel.

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Type: News

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

December 10, 2024

Over £160,000 to support Hidden Voices in Armed Forces communities

We are delighted to announce grants totalling more than £160,000 have been awarded to 9 outstanding projects in the first round of our Hidden Voices programme.

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Type: News

Categories: Armed Forces Covenant Fund

December 4, 2024

Hidden Voices programme – Lunch & Learn webinar

Trust staff provided an overview of the Hidden Voices programme and advice on how to make a really good application.  

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Type: News

Categories: Annual Report, Projects we've funded

November 27, 2024

A look back at 2023/24

Explore our digital report to discover the funding we’ve awarded, inspiring stories from those we’ve supported, and much more all presented in engaging highlights that are easy to explore and share.  

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Type: News

Categories: New programmes, Programme news

November 20, 2024

Hidden Voices programme – A Lunch & Learn webinar

The Trust is hosting a free Lunch & Learn event on 3 December 1pm – 2pm for the Hidden Voices programme.

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