News & Policy

Today, Clore Social announced the names of new participants on its 2020 Cobseo Emerging Leader Programme. This is an intensive six-month leadership development journey designed to strengthen networks within the Armed Forces Charity Sector and build agile, resilient, and generous leadership capabilities.

Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) has issued a request for expressions of interest (REOI) to conduct research on Future Trends – their impact on the Armed Forces Community in 2031 and beyond, with a focus on transition.

Today Johnny Mercer, the Minister for Veterans, has announced additional mental health support for vulnerable veterans.  In response, Air Vice-Marshal Ray Lock CBE, Chief Executive at the Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT), the leading research and policy grant-making charity working in the armed forces community, said:

The Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) has awarded the Directory of Social Change (DSC) a grant of £125,825 over one year for the continuation of the Armed Forces Charities project.

Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) is delighted to announce that it has awarded a grant of £120,664.31 to King’s Centre for Military Health Research, King’s College London for a data linkage study on lifetime offending by UK military personnel.  

Forces in Mind Trust has pledged to donate over £110,000 to SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity to support an external evaluation of their Glasgow Helping Heroes initiative, in partnership with Glasgow City Council.  

New research from Barnardo’s provides a glimpse into the ‘invisible’ lives of the children and families of veterans in custody.

Responding to the Government’s announcement that veterans will be guaranteed interviews for some public sector jobs, Air Vice-Marshal Ray Lock CBE, Chief Executive at the Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT), says:

Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) is delighted to announce the five specialist fellows who have been selected to take part in the 2020 Clore Experienced Leader Programme:

Commenting on today’s publication of the Veterans’ Strategy Consultation Response by the Office for Veterans’ Affairs, Tom McBarnet, Director of Programmes at the Forces in Mind Trust, says: