Family Focus Grant Programme in the United Kingdom

Deadline: 18-Dec-2024

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust is pleased to announce the Family Focus Grant Programme to fund projects that explore and pilot solutions for family members-collectively and as individuals of wounded, injured and sick serving personnel or Veterans.

Funding Information

• Grants available: between £50,000 and £100,000

Duration

• Project length: 12 to 18 months

What types of projects are they looking for?

• This programme is aimed towards projects that improve the quality of life of family members – collectively and as individuals – of wounded, injured and sick serving personnel and Veterans, including those with hidden wounds.
• To address the overall programme aim, projects must meet one or more of the following programme outcomes:
  • Improved access to support for families, through information, advice & 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.

Eligibility Criteria

• They welcome applications to this funding programme from the following types of organisations:
  • Registered charities
  • Community Interest Companies (CICs)
  • Local authorities
  • Other statutory organisations
• 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 three years at the time of your application and able to provide published accounts for all three years 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.
  • Local authorities
    • Organisations that fall within this category cannot apply for statutory local government delivery work, or for work that has a core focus on the delivery of the Armed Forces Covenant/Duty.
  • Statutory organisations
    • Organisations that fall within this category cannot apply for statutory healthcare delivery work, or for work that has a core focus on the delivery of the Armed Forces Covenant/Duty.
• The following restrictions may apply:
  • Organisations cannot apply more than once to this programme in 2024-25.
  • They generally receive more good applications for funding then they can support. They may prioritise applications which reflect the spread of need across the UK. They may also prioritise applications that recognise that the circumstances and needs of the families of those who are wounded, injured or sick may differ and may also change over time.
  • 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

• Armed Forces units/bases, (although defence recovery units can apply)
• Childcare providers (including early years).
• Commercial organisations that would seek for their solution to be provided to a school for profit. For example, an organisation could not be awarded a grant to develop a training course which it then charges schools to attend.
• Schools, including LA maintained and independent (fee-paying) schools including boarding schools, regardless of their charitable status.
• An individual.

For more information, visit Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust.