Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support early intervention projects that assist military families in accessing services as they relocate. These initiatives will help families integrate into their new communities and build lasting friendships.
Projects will need to contribute towards at least one of the following outcomes:
- Provide families with ongoing information about available resources when relocating to unfamiliar areas.
- Provide families with access to enjoyable resources that meet their needs and improve wellbeing.
- Reduce isolation and loneliness by helping families build support networks.
This might include projects that:
- Provide early intervention support to prevent issues escalating and help families make informed choices.
- Engage Service families effectively with a range of support on issues that matter to them.
- Inform Service families of existing statutory and welfare provision, and ensure it is available and accessible when they need it most.
- Build capacity for Service families by increasing awareness of, and improving links and referrals to, existing services and complementing existing welfare provision.
The direct and primary beneficiaries must be current serving Armed Forces personnel, Reservists (including RFA Royal Fleet Auxiliary) and their families.
Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from UK-based registered charities, both Armed Forces charities or those keen to collaborate with Armed Forces charities, who have been registered for at least three years at the time of application.
To be eligible, applicants 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: Up to £120,000 are available for projects being delivered over a two to three year period.
The start date for round one projects is by 1 April 2025 and 1 July 2025 for round two projects.
Application process: The programme guidance, faqs, application questions and online application portal can be found on the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust website.
Deadline: Wednesday 22 January 2025, 12 noon.
Contact information: Email: info@covenantfund.org.uk
Website: Serving Families: On the Move programme 2024-25 : Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust