Projects we have funded

A 6-month project to conduct a place-based, pilot exploration and feasibility assessment for an innovative new model for connecting ex-Service personnel and their spouses to the specific employment market represented by Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs).

Award to assist with the completion of research contributing to Veterans Work: Moving On. Veterans Work, made-up of leading professional services firm Deloitte, the Armed Forces charity the Officers’ Association and The Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT), is a consortium of organisations whose collective aim is to improve our understanding of veteran employment.

Grant awarded to produce a model of care for veterans in the Criminal Justice System that the sector is prepared to endorse, to inform NHS England’s commissioning arrangements.

3 year sponsorship of an award to recognise and celebrate people and organisations that work collaboratively and effectively with other military organisations or charities. The FiMT ‘Working Together’ award not only presents an opportunity to reward successful teamwork but also demonstrate best practise in the sector, highlighting goals for others to aspire to.

Funding placements on the Developing Leaders course and Experienced Leaders programme.

Sponsorship of the 2019 Working Together Award which honours a person, team or organisation that has demonstrated an enduring commitment and a collaborative approach, engaging with external organisations to support the sector within the wider community.

In partnership with Clore Social Leadership, Cobseo and FiMT, the Cobseo Emerging Leader Programme aims to support emerging leaders in the Service charities sector, Clore Social seeks to develop a cadre of leaders to provide robust and effective leadership for their organisations and sector. FiMT have funded the programme from 2018 to 2020.

A 3-year project to engage with decision makers in statutory and third sector organisations across Scotland and to inform them about the ex-Service community and those in transition.

VFR Hub provides an online knowledge repository of military, veterans and families research, resources and literature, which is free at point of access, and enables users to search for research, researchers, institutions, communities of interest, collaborative opportunities, and raise queries/write posts.

A 15-month project investigating domestic violence and abuse (DVA) within military families in the UK by talking to people who currently provide, use, and refer to specialist DVA services, in order to determine what constitutes ‘specialist DVA provision’ for military families, and then sharing these findings with UK Refuges Online who will add services meeting these criteria to their online system specialism to enable workers to better support military families suffering DVA. Read the press release.