Reports

This Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) summary presents answers to two questions: 1. How do families of Service personnel experience transition? 2. How can insights from research with families, coupled with an in-depth understanding of human behaviour, be used to improve the transition process?

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Focus On: Armed Forces Charities - Sector Trends explores the number of armed forces charities operating, opening, closing and merging between 2012 and 2018. It also provides an overview of the sector’s topography and financial trends during this period.

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Report on the pilot project in Wiltshire delivering online support for carers in the Armed Forces Community caring for those with mental health problems.

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Shared Intelligence and the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) were commissioned to carry out research on how to improve the delivery of organisational pledges made under the covenant.

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Although most veterans manage the transition from the armed forces to civilian life without experiencing an enduring or severe psychological disorder, a sub-group of ex-service personnel encounter enduring adverse mental health.

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How can organisations more effectively implement the Armed Forces Covenant across the UK in support of everyone in the Armed Forces Community?

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The aim of this study is to examine the factors that motivate veterans when making the transition from the military to the civilian job market, as well as alert Corporate UK to these factors, so that ultimately they can do more to positively impact veteran transition support and recruitment.

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This summary was produced to inform the Veterans Strategy, and to provide an accessible overview for key stakeholders delivering the Veterans Strategy outside of the UK Armed Forces charity sector.

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Qualitative research exploring public perceptions of the Armed Forces and veterans. This report forms the qualitative half of a larger project with MOD who funded the quantitative perceptions survey.

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Positive Futures was developed in 2015, with recruitment of veterans to the programme starting late in 2015. The first Positive Futures Wilderness Journey took place in April 2016. This report is the evaluation of Positive Futures over the period January 2016 to June 2018 inclusive.

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