Supporting Serving Families Overseas Programme
This is an overseas programme to offer support to serving families stationed overseas. To identify and address challenges impacting the wellbeing of partners, children and young people during overseas deployments.
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- Closing date: (Midday)
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Summary
This programme offers grants of between £3,000 and £20,000 to support serving families stationed overseas. It aims to help overseas bases, or UK-based charities working with them, identify and address challenges impacting the wellbeing of partners, children and young people during overseas deployments.
Eligibility
Applications are invited from:
Overseas Armed Forces units, bases or defence locations
Registered charities working in partnership with an Armed Forces overseas unit, base or defence location
There is more detailed information about eligibility in the programme guidance.
Objectives
This programme will support projects which offer new forms of targeted support for families of serving personnel posted and living overseas to help them thrive in their new communities and build networks of support to improve wellbeing.
Projects need to meet one or more of the following outcomes:
Provide new forms of personalised and targeted support in location for partners, young people, and children and their wellbeing whilst posted overseas.
Increase serving families’ knowledge of existing services and recreational provision.
Reduce isolation and the impact of loneliness in country for partners, young people and children.
Dates
If you apply by 12 noon 15 January 2025, you will receive a decision before end of March 2025.
How to apply
Applications can be made via the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust’s grants portal, available via https://covenantfund.org.uk/programme/supporting-serving-families-overseas-programme/
Supporting information
Programme guidance and FAQs are available to download from our website.