Funding for Projects Supporting Relocated Armed Forces Families 

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust is now accepting applications for Round Two of its Serving Families: On the Move programme for 2025–26. Grants of between £5,000 and £50,000 are available for one-year projects that provide preventive or early intervention support to military families affected by relocation.

Now in its second year, the programme aims to help families manage the challenges of moving due to service requirements by improving access to services, enhancing wellbeing, and supporting integration into new communities.

Eligible applicants include UK-based registered charities, community interest companies, local authorities, and Armed Forces units or bases. Projects must directly benefit families of regular serving personnel, reservists, or Royal Fleet Auxiliary members who have recently relocated.

Funded projects must meet at least one of the following outcomes:

• Deliver accessible, sustainable information to support settling in;
• Promote wellbeing through social activities;
• Reduce isolation and loneliness by building community networks;
• Strengthen family resilience during transition.

This round closes at 12 noon on 17 December 2025, with decisions expected by the end of February 2026. Successful projects should begin by 1 June 2026.

The programme forms part of the Trust’s three-year funding framework (2024–2027), which addresses key challenges faced by Armed Forces communities—particularly around mobility, separation, and isolation. To date, more than £1.3 million has been awarded to 14 projects nationwide.

Applicants must clearly demonstrate how their work will be sustained beyond the grant period and outline how they will measure project impact.

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