Projects we have funded

A grant awarded X-Forces Enterprise to research and map business membership organisations and trade associations as part of a drive to improve employment opportunities for ex-Service personnel within small and medium sized businesses.  

A two-year study on veterans with loss of functionality of limbs and their families’ everyday living experience.

The project, developed by Northumbria University in collaboration with the War Widows Association, aims to map and understand war widows’ experiences, identify the social participation services available to them, and examine their unmet needs.

A thorough and comprehensive piece of research, commissioned by FiMT, to examine the longer-term employment outcomes for ex-Service personnel. The research will explore how a person’s time in service, and the support received during transition, impacts on their longer-term employment outcomes.

The Armed Forces Project 2020 sees the continuation of the armedforcescharities.org.uk website and the production of two Focus on reports; Finance and Families.

An 18 month grant awarded for the ‘Evaluation of Glasgow’s Helping Heroes: A model for providing coordinated, holistic support to ex-Service personnel and their families’.

A 24 month study to explore offending behaviour among UK military personnel before, during and after service.

The project aims to improve businesses’ and employers’ knowledge and understanding of the Armed Forces Covenant and the potential benefits of recruiting from the Armed Forces Community and ex-Service personnel.