20 December 2024
The Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report 2024, which sets out major achievements of the Armed Forces Covenant and highlights remaining challenges and new commitments, has been published, here: Armed Forces Covenant annual report 2024
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
September 10, 2024
Sign up here for tickets to the 2024 Covenant Conference: 2024 Armed Forces Covenant in the Community Conference Tickets, Winchester
September 4, 2024
Warwickshire County Council has today launched a brand new e-learning module on the Armed Forces Covenant Legal Duty as it applies to housing. This e-learning is for anyone working within a public sector or other organisation across the whole of Great Britain and NI who needs to understand what the Armed Forces Covenant Duty is […]
August 1, 2024
On 31 July, Northumberland Community Bank became the 12,000th organisation to sign the Armed Forces Covenant. To read more, please see: A milestone for the Armed Forces Covenant – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
July 15, 2024
There’s still time for bodies in scope of the Covenant Legal Duty to have their say in the Impact of the Covenant Legal Duty Survey 2024! We have extended the closing date by a week, to 22nd July 2024, due to the general election being called. We would be grateful if you could take 10 minutes […]
July 8, 2024
A brand new e-learning module has been developed for NHS organisations and local authorities on the Armed Forces Covenant Legal Duty as it applies to healthcare. It was launched on Armed Forces Day, 29 June 2024. The purpose is to assist individuals in senior roles within the NHS or public health departments of local authorities […]
May 21, 2024
We’re pleased to announce the launch of the Impact of the Covenant Legal Duty Survey 2024. The MOD Covenant Team are undertaking work to assess the impact of the Armed Forces Covenant Legal Duty, which came into force in November 2022. We are therefore requesting information from bodies in scope of the Duty. We would […]
