Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust

🤩 In April 2024, we were thrilled to launch the Armed Forces Covenant Fund: Funding Framework consultation and Development, shaped by your invaluable feedback. This summer, we’ve used those insights to address the needs of our Armed Forces community by launching the first, new programmes, under our funding framework. Learn more about our funding framework, programme development, and the innovative programmes we’ve introduced on our website 👉 👉https://buff.ly/3LKGwwx

🤩 Service Women: Seen & Heard’ is the latest funding opportunity to launch in our series of new Covenant Fund programmes!   📣 Funding is available to enable serving women to make informed choices and access services that enhance their health and wellbeing. It will also seek to increase accessibility into activities and support, leading to significant improvements to Service women’s quality of life. ✔️ Organisations can apply for a one-year grant of up to £50,000 or a two-year grant of up to £100,000.   Full details at: https://buff.ly/3zTjbGy

🥳 We’re excited to announce ‘Hidden Voices’ programme in our series of new Covenant Fund programmes!   Hidden Voices aims to enable and deliver support for those under-represented communities with a focus on prevention and early intervention through collaborative partnership working. In our Covenant Consultation last year, you told us a key issue was ensuring Armed Forces communities are not disadvantaged. We’re delighted to be tackling this issue head-on with this community-focused programme.  ✔️ Grants up to 20K are available towards projects to supporting serving or Veteran families who are ‘seldom heard,’ enabling them to access tailored mental health and wellbeing support. Want to learn more and apply? 👉 Head over to our website for more details https://buff.ly/3yat0iG

We’ve awarded 21 fantastic projects a share of £1.3M under the Service Pupil Support programme – part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Families Fund. These projects will deliver real change to Armed Forces communities by improving the educational pathway of Service children and helping address the challenges they can face. Find our more and see the full list of awards at https://buff.ly/4c9FGVb

📣 There's still time to apply for the Early Years programme which closes 12 noon on 24th July 2024. 🚸 Grants of between 5K and 50k on behalf of the MODs Armed Forces Families Fund to help enhance early childhood education and childcare settings for forces children. Full details on how to apply here 👉 https://buff.ly/3LoAnG4

Introducing the Embedding Prevention of Veteran Suicide programme – the newest programme to launch under our three-year Covenant Fund Framework. This Veteran-focused programme will support not only vulnerable Veterans and their families, but also those who care for and support them. This is a two-tiered programme with 1-year grants up to £50k and 2-year grants up to £100k available. Registered charities and statutory organisations that meet our eligibility guidelines are invited to apply. Full details at https://buff.ly/3W1N7rb

💻 Following on from our lunch and learn webinar, we’ve updated our FAQs document for the Early Years programme! 🗓️ The first round of the programme closes Wednesday 24 July. For more useful information for applicants, visit our website here👇 https://buff.ly/3LoAnG4

🎉 We’re excited to announce the launch of Apart Not Alone: Support for Serving Families programme under our Covenant Fund three-year framework! 💬 Using your feedback from our Covenant Fund Consultation, we've developed a range of new programmes which meet the issues and challenges you said most needed addressing. ✔ Apart Not Alone aims to mitigate the impact of long or frequent involuntary separation for families, spouses and serving personnel. Grants between £5,000 and £15,000 are available towards projects to address the significant impact on family life, emotional wellbeing, mental health, and social connections. Want to learn more and apply? 👉 Head over to our website for more details https://lnkd.in/gGcEwNEj

🚀 We’re delighted to announce the launch of the first new programme under our Covenant Fund three-year framework! Using your feedback from our Covenant Fund Consultation, we've developed a range of new programmes which meet the issues and challenges you said most needed addressing. 🙂 Serving Families: On the Move aims to improve the quality of life for Service families impacted by relocation as a direct result of Service life. Grants of up to £120,000 are available towards projects to help boost links with local communities, improve access to services and develop support networks to Military families in reducing isolation and loneliness. 👉 Want to learn more and apply? Head over to our website for more details https://lnkd.in/eQsBR3xv

On Armed Forces Day we are proud to show our support for all serving personnel, Veterans, cadets, families, carers, and everyone who forms part of our unique Forces community. #saluteourforces #armedforcesday2024 #armedforcesweek #armedforcescommunity