Armed Forces Covenant Conference 2024 – report

December 17, 2024

More than 240 delegates gathered at Winchester University on the 23rd and 24th October for the Armed Forces Covenant Conference 2024. The aim of the Conference was to discuss issues affecting the Armed Forces community and build on the opportunities for further co-operation and shared ambitions. The theme of the Conference was ‘The Covenant Through […]

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War Widow(er)s Recognition Payment Scheme – update

November 19, 2024

The War Widow(er)s Recognition Payment Scheme was launched on the 16 October 2023. It provides a payment to recognise widow(er)s of service personnel who forfeited their Service-attributable pension prior to 2015 and have not had this pension restored. It is a payment of £87,500 which was specifically designed to focus on those who were bereaved […]

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2024 Armed Forces Covenant in the Community Conference live streaming

October 22, 2024

This year’s Armed Forces Covenant in the Community Conference is taking place at Winchester University on Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th October. The conference brings together all those working to deliver the Covenant locally across the UK. The conference will also be available to watch via live stream: Wednesday 23rd October 2024: Attendee Link Thursday […]

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Covenant website refresh

April 16, 2024

Our work to refresh this Armed Forces Covenant website is well underway. We’ve uploaded new content, improved the ease of navigation, and given it an overall cleaner look! We have 3 pages of FAQs, addressing common queries about the Covenant, the Covenant Legal Duty, signing the Covenant and Employer Recognition Scheme. The Covenant in depth […]

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2023 Armed Forces Covenant Conference

September 27, 2023

More than 230 delegates gathered at St James’ Park, Newcastle on September 14 for the Armed Forces Covenant in the Community conference. The theme for the day was ‘Preventing Disadvantage’ affecting the Armed Forces Community. The conference brought together delegates from Central Government, Devolved Administrations, Local Government, Charities, Housing, Education and Health sectors, to discuss […]

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Armed Forces Covenant in the Community Conference – September 14.

July 26, 2023

This year’s Armed Forces Covenant Community Conference is taking place on Thursday 14 September in Newcastle. The conference brings together all those delivering the Covenant locally across the United Kingdom. The theme of this year’s conference is discussing and developing ideas about how to tackle the disadvantage caused by Service life, before it happens.  Apply […]

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Covenant Community Conference May 22 – blogs and link to live-stream

May 30, 2022

The Armed Forces Covenant, Community Conference, held in Manchester this year at the Kings House Conference Centre was all round an enormous success. It brought together all parts of the energised, professional and deeply passionate Armed Forces Champion network which operate in the local authority, devolved administration and public body environment. There was also wider […]

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Op COURAGE survey – have your say

April 11, 2022

Op COURAGE 6-week survey: have your say! NHS England wants to hear people’s views about mental and physical health services for veterans in England April 2022.  NHS England and NHS Improvement has launched a survey to find out people’s views and experiences of veterans mental and physical health services. The information gathered will be used […]

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Publication of the Armed Forces Covenant annual report 2018

December 11, 2018

The seventh Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report was published on 21 November 2018. The report this year focuses on the tangible progress made in delivering the covenant. In particular, it acknowledges the Nation’s improved understanding of the needs of the armed forces community as well as recognising the values and skills the armed forces community […]

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