Aims/priorities:
The Embedding Prevention of Veteran Suicide programme is provided and administered by The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust. It is one of the programmes being launched under the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust’s new three-year Covenant Fund Funding Framework. This programme is in response to the Covenant Fund Consultation in 2023. The top response was to ‘help Veterans with significant mental health needs’.
The programme fits under the theme of addressing and preventing complex challenges. It aims to enable systemic change and long-term, sustainable impact, incorporating key findings from the Trust’s ‘One is Too Many’ programme.
The funding will support projects that meet one or more of the following outcomes:
- To support staff who work with vulnerable beneficiaries.
- To address mental health wellbeing, help-seeking, and stigma within the Armed Forces community.
- To address the needs of under-represented groups.
The project could be a continuation of an already proven project, or a new intervention or project that meets the programme outcomes.
Who can apply:
Applications will be considered from UK based registered charities and statutory organisations (examples include regulatory agencies, public health bodies, and social services).
To be eligible, charities must:
- Have been registered in the UK (with one or more of the charity commissions for England and Wales, or Scotland or Northern Ireland) for at least three years at the time of their application and able to provide published accounts for all three years if requested.
- Have a minimum of three unrelated trustees at the time of applying, and, if successful, throughout the life of their grant. This must be verifiable at all times on the relevant charity regulator’s website.
Grant amount:
Two levels of funding are available:
- Grants of up to £50,000 for projects last one year.
- Grants of up to £100,000 for projects lasting two years.
Projects should start by January 2025.
Application process:
The programme guidance, faqs, application questions and online application portal can be found on the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust website.
It is recommended that applicants read the ‘One is Too Many Evaluation’ Report before completing their application as the new programme is designed to build on the success of previous Trust programmes.
Deadline: The deadline for submission is 2 October 2024 (12 noon).
Contact information:
Email: info@covenantfund.org.uk