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Covenant Fund

Find out about applying to the £10 million per annum Covenant Fund to support the armed forces community.

From:
Ministry of Defence
Published
13 August 2015
Last updated
23 April 2018 — See all updates

Applying to the Covenant Fund

Thank you for your interest in the Covenant Fund. The funding priorities for April 2018 to March 2019 include:

  • Armed Forces Covenant: local grants and digital development
  • Armistice and Armed Forces Communities: supporting local communities to consider the Armed Forces Covenant and its relevance today in the context of the World War 1 commemorations

Further priorities will be announced in the coming months

Armed Forces Covenant: local grants and digital development programme

We are now open for applications to the Local Grants and Digital Development programme. Please read the background information and Guidance Notes before making your application. You can find these here guidance page.

When you are ready to apply, please use the online application form. Please note that applications can only be made via this online link.

Other information

The Covenant Fund has moved to an independent trust from 1 April 2018. Information about new programmes and previous grants awarded will still feature here but in the coming months you can find out more about our work at Covenant Fund website.

Funding is limited, so we will only be able to fund the very best projects. As this is an enduring fund, there will be plenty of opportunity to apply in the coming months and years if your project is not quite ready yet.

If you are unsure whether your organisation or your project are likely to be funded, please do contact us at [email protected].

We rejected many applications last year that would have been better served looking elsewhere for funding, and we are aware of the pressure on organisational resources, so would not wish you to waste your time developing an application that stands little or no chance of success.

Contact us

Further information on the priorities, eligibility and application process can be found on the guidance page. If you have any questions which are not covered by the guidance, you can contact us by email at [email protected].

Updates to this page

Published 13 August 2015
Last updated 23 April 2018 + show all updates

  1. Updated the application information for the Armed Forces Covenant: local grants and digital development programme.

  2. Updated information about priorities for the Covenant Fund for April 2018 to March 2019

  3. Updated information about applications for grants.

  4. Updated contact details and information about Strengthening local government delivery of the covenant.

  5. Added information on the local grants and digital development programme.

  6. Added Call for letters of interest: developing capacity.

  7. Updated the 'Strengthening local government delivery of the covenant', which is now open for applications.

  8. Updated to add information about the provision of a digital support programme for the Covenant Fund.

  9. Updated information about families in stress.

  10. Removed event register as applications have now closed.

  11. Updated Families in stress section

  12. Added information: Armed Forces Covenant: local grants now accepting applications for grants up to £20,000.

  13. Updated with details of the 2017/18 fund priorities.

  14. Updated Strengthening local government delivery of the covenant paragraph.

  15. Updated the Applying to the Covenant Fund section Community integration / delivery of local services section.

  16. Updated section 'Strengthening local government delivery of the covenant' as the deadline for applying has been extended.

  17. Added note inviting applications for round two (under Priority 4).

  18. Added updated Applying to the Covenant Fund text.

  19. Updated Community integration / delivery of local services text.

  20. Included application deadline date for stage one and email address for expressions of interest.

  21. Added note: Priority 2: Families in stress and Priority 4: Community integration / delivery of local services Deadlines have been extended to 24 June 2016.

  22. Updated information about the Covenant Fund.

  23. Updated information about applying for the fund.

  24. Updated information because applications for the fund is now closed.

  25. Updated info about applying for the small grant scheme and link to the application form.

  26. Updated the how to apply information as applications deadline for the large grant fund has passed.

  27. Updated the 'Applying to the Covenant fund' section.

  28. Added additional information to the 'Applying to the Covenant Fund' section.

  29. First published.