Organisations supporting the armed forces
Covenant Grant Scheme
The Government’s Covenant Fund allocates £10 million per year to fund projects which support and deliver the aims of the Covenant. Public bodies, charities, schools and armed forces units can apply. The funding priorities have included:
- Force for Change programme
- local authority armed forces awareness
- families in stress
- strengthening local government delivery of the covenant
- Armed Forces Covenant local grants
- a single grant to produce a map of need for the covenant fund
- a single grant to produce an outcomes framework for the covenant fund.
A list of open programmes is available on the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust website. Applicants can apply using the grant application form on the Government’s Covenant Fund website.
We encourage organisations to bid for Covenant funding. Many organisations in the county have previously been successful, helping to fund great community events, projects and facilities for the benefit of Kent’s Armed Forces community and the wider population, often helping integration.
Before applying we recommend you email armedforces@kent.gov.uk to discuss the application. We can offer advice and support around Covenant grants.
Kent and Medway Civilian-Military Partnership Board
The Kent and Medway Civilian-Military Partnership Board actively oversees and implements the Kent Armed Forces Covenant and the Medway Armed Forces Covenant and organises an annual conference.
It has 5 task groups which focus on:
- health and wellbeing
- employment, economy and skills
- housing and homelessness
- recognise and remember
- children and youth
The board meets twice a year to receive reports and progress updates from each of the task groups, having a strategic overview of all activity and steering further progress and implementation going forward.