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<p>The Armed Forces Families Fund is managed and administered by the Armed Forces
Covenant Trust (AFCT) on behalf of Defence who fund the scheme. Defence sets the themes
for the scheme’s funding criteria, which is then delivered by the AFCT. The funding
is based on financial rather than calendar years and is subject to the same annual
budgetary cycle checks and assurances as all other expenditure within Defence. The
first round of funding concluded in March this year and publicly available details
on the applications and funding were released by the AFCT (see link: <a href="https://covenantfund.org.uk/projects-weve-supported/"
target="_blank">https://covenantfund.org.uk/projects-weve-supported/</a>) which showed:</p><p>Early
Years programme: 18 grants totalling £903,546</p><p>Supporting Partners programme:
12 grants totalling £483,144</p><p>Education Support programme: 54 grants totalling
£2,045,593</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a grant of £119,647 was awarded to SSAFA over
a two-year period for the e-Redbook project.</p>
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