Deadline: 18-Jun-25
The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust is accepting applications for the Veterans’ Capital Housing Fund Major Capital Grants Programme.
This is a major grants programme. It is for capital projects that will support new builds, significant refurbishment, or extension of accommodation for Veterans.
Themes and Priorities
- You can apply for this programme if your project will:
- enable major refurbishment of existing social rented or affordable rented homes for Veterans
- enable extensions of existing buildings to increase the availability of Veteran housing
- increase the number of new builds, homes/housing units available to Veterans at affordable or social rents
- ensure properties meet decent homes and energy efficiency standards.
Who will benefit?
- Priority beneficiaries are:
- single Veterans
- Veterans and their families including Veterans who have shared custody
- arrangements for their children
- Veterans with disabilities or limiting long term health conditions
- homeless, including rough sleeping Veterans
- female Veterans
- LGBT+ Veterans
- Veterans leaving prison.
Funding Information
- Grants of £75,000 to £500,000
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for this funding, you must be one of the following:
- A registered charity that can show it works with Veterans. or
- A registered social housing provider or Registered Social Landlord in Scotland
- The following additional eligibility requirements also apply
- Registered 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, and/or Companies House) for at least three years at the time of submission of your EOI and able to provide published accounts for all three years if requested.
- All applicants: Your organisation must have a minimum of three unrelated trustees (for charities) or directors (for CICs) at the time of applying, and, if successful, throughout the life of your grant, and this must be always verifiable on the relevant charity regulators or Companies House website.
For more information, visit Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust.