Major Capital Grants Programme
This programme will award grants of between £75,000 and £500,000 towards projects that support significant refurbishment, including extensions and new builds, of rental accommodation that will offer high quality support for Veterans with a housing need.
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Summary
The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust is delivering the Veterans’ Capital Housing Fund on behalf of the Office for Veterans’ Affairs.
Support is available for projects that contribute to the wider aim of ending Veterans’ homelessness by providing affordable and viable homes for Veterans. the Trust will award grants of between £75,000 and £500,000 towards new builds and significant refurbishment, including extensions, of rental accommodation offering high quality support for Veterans with a housing need.
Larger grants of between £500K to £1M may be available for exceptional projects which meet additional criteria as outlined in the programme guidance.
Eligibility
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 that can show it works with Veterans
There is more detailed information about eligibility in the programme guidelines.
Objectives
This programme supports projects that need help to refurbish or extend existing accommodation or build new accommodation to house Veterans.
The Trust are looking to support projects that 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 build, homes/housing units available to Veterans at affordable or social rents
Ensure properties meet decent homes and energy efficiency standards
Dates
Each funding round has a two-stage application process. At stage one, applicants are asked to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) which asks for an overview of your project. If you are successful, you will then be asked to submit a more detailed stage two application.
For the next round, Expression of Interest must be submitted by midday on 8 January 2025, and applicants will be notified about the outcome of their EOI before the end of March 2025.
See our website for details of future rounds and full application deadlines.
How to apply
You can apply for this programme via our online application portal via the Trust website at https://covenantfund.org.uk/programme/major-capital-grants-programme/
Supporting information
You can read full application guidlines and FAQs at https://covenantfund.org.uk/programme/major-capital-grants-programme/