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<p>The Armed Forces Covenant was officially launched in 2011 and was initially supported
by the Community Covenant Grant Scheme which ran for four years between 2011 and 2015.</p><p>
</p><p>The table below details the value of funds awarded to Yorkshire and Humberside
in this period. It is not possible to break down the information requested between
Financial Years 2011-12 and 2012-13 or to establish whether the organisation receiving
funding was in Barnsley without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Community
Covenant Grant Scheme - Yorkshire and Humberside</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial
Year</p></td><td><p>Value of Grants Awarded</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12 and 2012-13</p></td><td><p>£1,616,867</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£624,441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£
64,026</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From April 2015, the Covenant Grant
Fund was launched, with an allocation of £10 million per year. Allocation of grants
to Yorkshire and Humberside are detailed in the table below. It is not possible to
establish whether the organisation receiving funding was in Barnsley without incurring
disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Covenant Grant Fund - Yorkshire and Humberside</strong></p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Value of Grants Awarded</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£99,177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£1,015,652</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£827,782</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£127,092</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>In addition, the 2018 ‘Armistice and the Armed Forces Community’ programme
made non-monetary awards to small community groups and charities to support their
community Armistice commemorations. 135 of these grants were awarded in Yorkshire
and Humberside, five of which were in Barnsley.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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