Launching the Armed Forces Community Fund

As part of our long-standing commitment to supporting those who serve or have served, we are launching the Sir Robert McAlpine Armed Forces Community Fund via ActionFunder to provide targeted support to organisations making a real difference.

We are offering a total of £20,000 in funding, with individual grants between £2,500 and £5,000, to support:

• Cadet organisations that inspire and develop young people through military-themed training and values
• Military charities, with a particular focus on those supporting homeless veterans
• Projects that promote mental health and wellbeing

We welcome applications from UK-based organisations working with or within the Armed Forces community, including registered military charities, cadet organisations and not-for-profit organisations supporting veterans.

Whether you're delivering frontline support, running outreach initiatives or offering preventative mental health services, we want to help you make a lasting impact.

Applications close on Friday 21 November and can be made via ActionFunder.

Since partnering with ActionFunder in 2021, we've funded 161 projects supporting more than 132,000 people with a total of nearly £400,000 distributed.

The grants further our support for the Armed Forces community, which was formally recognised with a Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Silver Award from the Ministry of Defence earlier this year.