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Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust

Reveal & Respond programme

Grants to improve access to appropriate mental health and wellbeing support for specific underrepresented groups within the armed forces community, through tailored interventions that respond to identified barriers, needs and experiences. Strand 1 offers £20,000 to £40,000 for a two-year discover, pilot and learn project (with up to £20,000 more in exceptional cases for an extra year); Strand 2 offers £150,000 to £300,000 for two to three years to scale an approach already tested. Projects must be partnerships between armed forces organisations and specialist non-armed forces organisations. Closes 12 noon, 28 October 2026.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£20,000 – £300,000
Closes in
10 days left
28 October
Effort
Heavy
budgets, references, often several stages

Who can apply

  • UK-based registered charities registered with the charity regulator for England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland for at least three years; Community Interest Companies incorporated in the UK for more than three years, with at least three unrelated directors (a company secretary does not count unless also a director), no director registered as having significant control, and a named asset lock beneficiary in the Articles; and local authorities, which as lead applicant must show detailed plans to work with specialist organisations
  • Every project must be a partnership agreed in principle before applying, between armed forces organisations and specialist non-armed forces organisations; an organisation without substantial recent armed forces experience must deliver with partners that have it
  • Strand 1 projects must meet Outcome 1 (better access to support by meeting unmet need); Strand 2 projects must meet Outcome 1 and Outcome 2 (learning about the group's barriers increased, shared and applied)
  • Organisations may apply more than once for clearly separate projects

What it funds

Tailored mental health and wellbeing interventions for a specific underrepresented group or cohort in the armed forces community that respond to identified barriers, needs and experiences; the Trust is particularly keen on cohorts within:

  • Female personnel
  • Neurodivergent personnel
  • LGBTQ+ personnel
  • Ethnic minority and non-UK personnel
  • Service children with SEND and their parents
  • Serving and ex-serving personnel (or their partners) with caring responsibilities
  • Bereaved service families
  • Early service leavers and those experiencing unexpected or abrupt transition

eligible costs include staff time; volunteer costs and expenses; reasonable travel, including for beneficiaries; session costs, materials and equipment; accessibility costs; reasonable overheads, management and administration; partner costs for collaboration and knowledge-sharing; and evaluation and learning

non-clinical therapeutic interventions (such as life or wellness counselling, peer support or mindfulness) can be funded if proven by credible published evidence, as part of a wider package rather than wholly one-to-one therapy

What it will not fund

  • Projects that broadly support the armed forces community, or general mental health and wellbeing support
  • A single generic project for several groups
  • Standalone research, consultation or broad engagement with no clear intervention or beneficiary outcome (Strand 1)
  • New, untested ideas under Strand 2
  • Budgets made up of big capital costs, such as buying a vehicle (mileage is fundable)
  • Political campaigning or lobbying
  • Overlapping or duplicate applications from the same organisation
  • Late applications

How to apply

  1. Read the programme guidance, the FAQs and the Evidence and Gaps Map Summary on the programme page
  2. Choose Strand 1 (pilot, £20,000-£40,000, two years) or Strand 2 (scale and strengthen, £150,000-£300,000, two to three years); the reference Word application questions for each strand are on the page
  3. Agree your partnership in principle and prepare your project plan, budget and partner details
  4. Create an account on the Trust's online grants portal (YourCause) and submit the application for your strand by 12 noon on 28 October 2026; applications cannot be sent by email or post
  5. Check you receive the automated confirmation email from noreply@yourcause.com; if not, the application was not submitted
  6. The Trust assesses the application, may ask for clarification and runs due diligence checks; the Board of Trustees or Grants Committee decides by the end of February 2027
  7. If successful, send a full detailed budget and project milestones before the first instalment is paid

the Trust cannot advise on whether an idea is likely to be funded, only on technical questions. AI may help draft answers but must not invent information

Have ready

  • Project plan, budget and partner details, entered in the online form

if funded, a full detailed budget and project milestones are needed before the first payment

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