The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust: Supporting Partners
Overview
The Trust has partnered with the MOD to administer the Armed Forces Families Fund. The Supporting Partners programme aims to improve the provision of support available for Service partners and spouses. This includes promoting their skills and experiences in the workplace, enhancing wellbeing, improving access to support services, and addressing the challenges that partners and spouses can sometimes face.
Eligibility
They invite applications from the following types of organisations:
- A registered charity
- A Community Interest Company (CIC)
- An Armed Forces unit or base
- A UK university or college.
What’s available?
Grants of between £10,000 – £60,000 for projects lasting 12-24 months are available.
Themes and priorities
Projects should be focused on supporting the partners or spouses of serving personnel (including Reservists) and should evidence a clear impact for beneficiaries.
Projects should look to address one or more of the following outcomes:
- Improve the mental health and wellbeing of spouses and partners of serving personnel.
- Raise awareness, including (potential) employers, of the unique challenges spouses and partners can face, and improve access to provision to help overcome these challenges.
- Identify and address known and emerging gaps in provision for spouses and partners of serving personnel, including spouses and partners who are non-UK nationals.
- Provide opportunities for spouses and partners to explore new ways of working, upskill and/or change careers.
Projects should look to address the current, emerging and immediate need(s) of partners, and spouses of serving personnel and can be regional or national in design. Projects should seek to remove barriers to participation and promote inclusivity.