Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust: Family Focus Programme 2025/26

Overview

This programme offers grants of between £50,000 and £100,000 to fund projects that explore and pilot solutions for family members-collectively and as individuals of wounded, injured and sick serving personnel or Veterans.

Eligibility

Applications are welcome from:

• Registered charities
• Community Interest Companies (CICs)
• Local authorities
• NHS organisations

Additional eligibility requirements also apply: see Guidance.

What’s available

You can apply for a grant of between £50,000 and £100,000 towards a project of 12 to 18 months in duration.

Eligible costs

• Staff time
  • Staff time for this fixed-term project.
  • Direct project work or for admin or to manage volunteers that may be involved in your project.
  • Sessional staff or freelancers that you may need to run your project.
  • Appropriate clinical supervision for workers who are supporting vulnerable individuals.
• Travel costs
  • Reasonable travel costs
  • Fares or mileage for project staff, volunteers or beneficiaries to enable participation in the project.
• Items to support your project
  • Purchasing items that enable activities to take place.
  • Art materials; sports/games/outdoor equipment; supplies for breakfast or social hubs.
  • Purchasing items that will help you to deliver your project, such as additional telephones or laptops or IT equipment.
• Reasonable overheads
  • Reasonable costs for storing and transporting items, including wear and tear on private vehicles.
  • Reasonable overheads, which reflect the cost to your organisation of delivering this project, taking account of recent cost increases

See Guidance for further clarification.

Themes and priorities

They want to support projects that explore and pilot solutions for family members- collectively and as individuals of wounded, injured and sick serving personnel or Veterans.

Your project will need to meet one or more of the following outcomes:

• Family members of those who are wounded, injured or sick feel better informed and more able to access relevant information, advice and guidance, applicable to their situation.
• Family members of those who are wounded, injured or sick feel less lonely/isolated, more resilient and better equipped to deal with their circumstances.
• Family members of those who are wounded, injured and sick have developed their skills for work, or have greater confidence to pursue volunteering or employment when it’s right for them.

The focus for 2025/26 is supporting projects that test new ideas, refine successful pilots, or expand services developed in the past five years, provided they are not part of an organisations core work