Grant Directories

Grants of up to £15,000 are available for community projects supporting Armed Forces communities.  In particular, funding is available to support Armed Forces communities to become less isolated and engage more in their local area, and to support needs that have arisen as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (the Trust) supports the Armed Forces Covenant by delivering funding programmes that create real change to Armed Forces communities across the UK. The NAAFI Fund makes grants to UK Armed Forces bases, located in the UK or overseas, for projects that improve the quality of life for serving personnel and serving families living on or near a Forces base or station. Grants of £5,000 to £25,000 are available for up to a year and should be used for projects or activities that help to bring people together on the base or station and help reduce boredom or isolation.

Grants totalling £250,000 per year are available to registered charities in the UK for projects with a social welfare focus and those working with disadvantaged people. The Directors are particularly interested in supporting the following areas of charitable work: Medical research; care of the elderly; general welfare; hospices; the deaf and blind; care of the physically & mentally disabled; and the Armed Forces.

Armed Forces charities and other not-for-profit organisations can apply for grants of up to £40,000 for projects and activities supporting serving armed forces personnel, veterans, operationally qualified seafarers and their immediate families.

The aim of the National Covenant Fund is to support the armed forces community. Funding is available to support the integration of the armed force personnel within their community; the coordination and delivery of support services and to support to former service personnel in the criminal justice system.

The National Lottery Community Fund has invested £35 million in the Forces in Mind Trust (FIMT), an independent UK-wide Trust. The Trust will invest and spend £35 million over the next 20 years to support the psychological well-being and successful and sustainable transition of veterans and their families into civilian life. FIMT award grants (both reactive and proactive) that aim to improve the transition process for ex-Service personnel and their families.