News & Policy

From January 2018 to July 2018, the sector contracted by 4.5%.

FiMT has awarded £149,625 to the University of Central Lancashire, in partnership with the University of Salford, to undertake a two-year research project to understand the transition to civilian life for ex-Service personnel with physical conditions as a direct result of Service.

“At Forces in Mind Trust, we agree from an evidence-based perspective with the Royal British Legion’s call for more to be done to counter the financial difficulty some Commonwealth ex-Service personnel encounter upon leaving the UK’s Armed Forces.

Less than a quarter (24%) of British organisations have heard of the Armed Forces Covenant and only 8% have signed it, according to report.

Clore Social Leadership, together with the Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT), and Cobseo are delighted to announce details of over 20 successful emerging leaders who will participate in the second Cobseo Emerging Leader Programme designed for the Armed Forces charities sector and core funded by FiMT.

A MAJOR new study released today by the Veterans Work Consortium, reveals that military service is likely to improve your chances of finding employment.

Today sees the publication of ‘The UK Armed Forces charity sector: a summary of provision’ which has been produced to support the recently published Strategy For our Veterans and Consultation Paper. 

The Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT), established to help ex-Service men and women make a successful transition back to civilian life, has awarded a grant of £96,201 to the Institute for Study of Conflict Transformation and Social Justice, based at Queen’s University, Belfast to research how counter-insurgency warfare experiences impact on the transition of land-based personnel.