The Community Covenant T
he Armed Forces Community Covenant seeks to forge closer ties between the community and the Services who form a part of that community and which is open to a wider variety of organisations to apply once a local community covenant has been signed. The Community Covenant is a voluntary pledge of mutual support between a civilian community or other community bodies, whether they’re public, private or voluntary, and its local Armed Forces community. It is intended to complement the Armed Forces Covenant at the local level.
Local communities are encouraged to support the Service community in their area and encourage understanding and awareness between the two and to encourage local authorities to take action to address unfair treatment.
Over 250 communities across Britain have now signed Community Covenants; a total which represents half of all local authorities in Britain and more communities are joining every month. All local authorities in Scotland have signed Community Covenants.
The Community Covenant Grant scheme
The grant scheme was established to support the Community Covenant and in the finacial year 2013-14 the grant scheme has £10 million to spend. Delegating the allocation of the funding to regional panels allows this money to reach the areas which will benefit the most. The Armed Forces Covenant team and the Treasury retain oversight of the process.
What do I do if I have a project I would like supported?
The makings of a good project
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s long as a project supports the aims of the Community Covenant, and its local authority has signed one, it
can apply for funding. Bids have been received for hundreds of pounds and some for hundreds of thousands.
With several panels now having sat there are definate trends emerging in the applications that are successful, for example: • They have demonstrated a clear local need for the project and support from stakeholders
• They have shown how the project delivers value for money and often have secured funding in kind or matched funding
• They have clearly identified the beneficiary groups and included detail on numbers of beneficiaries and timescales
• They have described what the impact Envoy Summer 2013 will be to the beneficiary groups
• They have delivered something ‘new’ that is outside the remit or responsibility of the Local Authority, MoD or HIVE
Grant successes have included: • the building of accommodation for the continuation of a before-and-after school club at Brompton-on-Swale School
• support to create a ‘Modern Army Display’ at the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum using experiences gained from 2 local regiments
• renovating the Lordswood Boys School Combined Cadet Force’s prefabricated building to provide an office, store and classroom
• funding to create an information portal or gateway that stimulates two-way interaction between the Armed Forces and civilian communities in Somerset
Making an application
If you have an idea that could bring together the Armed Forces and the civilian communities in your area, please take a look at our website,
www.mod. uk/covenant where you’ll find the criteria for applications and the forms you need to fill in to apply.
The Covenant team look forward to hearing from you...
More details can be found on the RAF Families Federation website at:
www.raf-ff.org.uk
For the MoD Covenant website go to:
www.gov.uk/the-armed-forces- covenant
www.raf-ff.org.uk
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