Grants of between £10,000 and £150,000 on behalf of the MOD’s Armed Forces Families Fund Supporting Partners programme.
The Supporting Partners programme aims to strengthen support for partners of serving personnel, including reservists, by improving access to services, building on skills and experience, enabling informed choices, and addressing barriers to employment and other opportunities.
They invite applications from:
- Registered charities with substantial recent experience of supporting armed forces communities.
- Community interest Companies (CICs) with substantial recent experience of supporting armed forces communities.
- Armed forces units or bases.
- A UK university or college.
Projects needed to address one or more of the following outcomes:
- Partners of serving personnel have increased their skills and confidence through additional opportunities to explore new ways of working and/or to change careers.
- Partners of serving personnel, including non-UK nationals, are better able to access and engage with employment support that reflects the challenges of service life, such as mobility and separation.
- Service providers and employers demonstrate improved understanding of the unique challenges of service life, enabling more informed and effective support for partners of serving personnel.
- Improved mental health and wellbeing for partners of serving personnel, leading to increased confidence and greater empowerment in personal and career choices that work within service life.
- Projects should address the current, emerging and immediate needs of partners of serving personnel, could be regional, national or serve armed forces communities based overseas, and their design should seek to remove barriers to participation and promote inclusivity.