Deadline: 08-Jan-2025
The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust is accepting applications for the Hidden Voices Grants Programme to enable and deliver accessible mental health and wellbeing support for those with seldom heard needs in Armed Forces communities.
Funding Information
- Grants available: Grants of up to £20,000
Duration
- Project length: up to 12 months
What types of projects are they looking for?
- The most effective projects will be expected to meet all of the following outcomes; however, your project may achieve some of the outcomes more strongly than others.
- Build collaborative partnerships between Armed Forces organisations and specialist non-Armed Forces organisations.
- Identify and address known and unknown gaps in service provision for the Armed Forces community.
- Provide accessible, preventative and defined interventions (rather than general support for the Armed Forces community).
- Increase knowledge and understanding within mainstream voluntary sector organisations of the unique needs of the Armed Forces community in a demonstrable way and create opportunities for continuing support.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for this funding you must be one of the following:
- a charity registered with one or more of the charity commissions for England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland
- a Community Interest Company (CIC) with substantial recent experience of supporting Armed Forces communities and have been registered as a CIC for more than one year at the time of your application
- The following additional eligibility requirements also apply:
- Charities
- Your organisation 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 one year at the time of your application and able to provide published accounts for the full year if requested.
- Your organisation must have a minimum of three unrelated trustees at the time of applying, and, if successful, throughout the life of your grant. This must be verifiable at all times on the relevant charity regulator’s website.
- Charities
- The following restrictions may apply:
- Organisations cannot apply more than once per funding round under this programme.
- They generally receive more good applications for funding then they can support. They may prioritise organisations which have not yet received a grant under this programme.
- They may decline applications from current Trust grant holders if the reporting requirements for existing grants from the Trust are not up to date.
Ineligibility Criteria
They cannot apply for this programme:
- Childcare providers (including early years).
- Schools, regardless of their charitable status.
- An individual.
- A charity or CIC that is based overseas.
- Community organisations that do not fit any of the eligibility criteria, such as a sports organisation which is not a charity or CIC.
For more information, visit Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust.