New Funding Programme to Support Families of UK Veterans
This programme is being launched under the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust’s three-year Funding Framework which will award £30 million in grants over the next three years.
The funding is for projects that explore and pilot solutions for family members-collectively and as individuals of wounded, injured and sick serving personnel or Veterans.
Projects will need to meet at least one of the following outcomes:
- Improved access to support for families, through information, advice and guidance.
- Improved family bonds, through meaningful opportunities together.
- Increased resilience for family members with a caring role, through wellbeing activities.
- Family members feel that their needs are recognised and that they can receive targeted support that addresses these changing needs over time.
- Parents are better supported to respond to changes in family life, where there are children within the family unit.
- Family carers have enhanced employability, through access to skills development which enables them to plan for the future.
- Organisations and agencies can demonstrate that they are equipped with the skills and knowledge to address the specific needs of the families of wounded, injured and sick serving personnel and/or Veterans.
The direct and primary beneficiaries must be the families of wounded, injured or sick serving personnel/Veterans.
Grants of between £50,000 and £100,000 are available for projects of 12-18 months in duration. Projects to start between 1 April 2025 and 1 July 2025. The grant can pay for most of the things needed for the project or activity, including people’s time, costs of delivering work online or buying/hiring equipment.
Applications will be accepted from UK based registered charities, CICs, local authorities and statutory organisations.
