The Armed Forces Covenant Fund
The Armed Forces Covenant Fund
The Covenant Fund - £10M per annum in perpetuity.
It has 4 broad funding themes now and in the future.
• Removing barriers to family life;
• Extra support after service for those that need help;
• Measures to integrate military and civilian communities and allow the armed
forces community to participate as citizens;
• Non-core healthcare services for Veterans.
The Covenant Fund so far
Awarded 231 grants to date
Committed funds
totalling
Covenant
in Business
£10m in 2015/16
£1.5m so far in 2016/17 with
the remainder being announced
late Feb/early March
The Covenant Fund so far …
The Covenant Fund Small Grants so far…
The Covenant Fund Small Grants so far…
The Covenant Fund Small Grants so far…
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The Covenant Fund Small Grants so far…
The Covenant Fund awarded in the South East…
2015/2016 Small Grants Awards
23 in total including the following Gurkha projects:
Organisation - Reading Ex British Gurkhas – Project - REBGA Gurkha Community Support Worker - £14,560
Organisation - Rushmoor Healthy Living – Project - We are Gurkhas! - £19,860
Organisation – Hampshire Cultural Trust – Project – Gurkha Connections - £20,000
2015/2016 Large Grants Awards
5 in total but region incorporated in a number of national bids
2016/2017 Small Grants Awards so far. Large Grants to be announced shortly
13 in total including the following Gurkha projects:
Organisation - Maidstone Gurkha Nepalese CIC – Project – South Park Pavilion Community Hall - £20,000
The Covenant Fund
So how can we make sure
that great projects get
funded?
Spread the
word
Improve the
quality of
applications
Understand
why
applications
fail
The Covenant Fund – what next?
Funding programmes for 2017/2018
• Families in Stress (Round 2) – Open for applications March 2017
• Strengthening Local Government Delivery of the Covenant (Round
2) – Open for applications June 2017
• Armed Forces Covenant: Local Grants – Open for applications
February 2017 (Small grants up to £20,000)
Measuring the impact
• Given the life span of the Covenant Fund, we’re looking at how we
can develop systems that will enable us to explore and show the
impact of the Fund over decades
• We want these tools to be easy for our grant holders to use, and
support our grant holders to be able to show others the great work
that they are delivering
The Covenant Fund – Any Questions?
Further information on the Armed Forces Covenant Fund can be found at
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/covenant-fund
You can email the MOD Armed Forces Covenant Fund team at:
[email protected]
For further information on all aspects of the Armed Forces Covenant visit:
https://www.armedforcescovenant.gov.uk/