COVENANT
NEWARMEDFORCES COVENANT CHAMPIONS – THE ‘MISSINGLINK’
Anew network of Armed Forces Covenant Champions has been introduced on RAF stations to help spread the word about how the Armed Forces Covenant is supporting personnel and their families as well as how they can report instances where the Covenant is not working for them.
Being part of the Armed Forces community can mean that adegree of choice is removed from Service personnel and their families so the Armed Forces Covenant was introduced in 2011 by Government to help tackle any negative effects of military life brought about by Service
mobility.Since then, agreat deal of work has been done to ensure that personnel and their families as well as Reservists, Veterans and the bereaved are treated fairly and get access to public and commercial products and services.
‘The Forces Help to
Buy scheme has been hugely successful with some £100 million of loans being provided across all ranks’
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Despite the Armed Forces Covenant being established some 5years ago, knowledge about its existence, how it works and its many achievements remains only modest. Arecent survey confirmed that 73% of personnel have heard of the Armed Forces Covenant, however only around half claim to know anything about it. The figure underlines that communication remains the ‘achilles heel’ of the Covenant and more needs to be done to ensure that Service communities are aware of the many commitments that have been introduced as well as creating an environment where disadvantage due to service is being confronted.
By Sqn Ldr Karl Parfitt, HQ Community Support
Worryingly,ifour people are unaware what the Armed Forces Covenant is about then they might equally be unaware of the individual initiatives that have been introduced under the umbrella of the Covenant. Since its launch, focus has been on helping members of the Armed Forces community providing support in a number of areas including education, family well-being, starting anew career, healthcare and home ownership. For example, the Forces Help to Buy scheme has been hugely successful with some £100 million of loans being provided across all ranks, for both married and single personnel, since its
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