Beaver Bridges Limited
We, the undersigned, commit to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our business and our country.
The Armed Forces Covenant
An enduring covenant between the people of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government and all those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their families
The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm. Our Armed Forces fulfil that responsibility on behalf of the Government, sacrificing some civilian freedoms, facing danger and, sometimes, suffering serious injury or death as a result of their duty. Families also play a vital role in supporting the operational effectiveness of our Armed Forces. In return, the whole nation has a moral obligation to the members of the Naval Service, the Army and the Royal Air Force, together with their families. They deserve our respect and support, and fair treatment.
Those who serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services. Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given most such as the injured and the bereaved.
This obligation involves the whole of society: it includes voluntary and charitable bodies, private organisations, and the actions of individuals in supporting the Armed Forces. Recognising those who have performed military duty unites the country and demonstrates the value of their contribution. This has no greater expression than in upholding this Covenant.
Section 1: Principles of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant
1.1 We Beaver Bridges Limited will endeavour in our business dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:
- no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen;
- and in some circumstances that special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or bereaved.
Section 2: Demonstrating our commitment
2.1 Beaver Bridges Limited recognises the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by pledging to the following:
- Armed Forces Friendly
- UK Service Veterans And Leavers
- UK Service Spouses And Partners
- Flexible Leave For Spouses
- UK Reservists
- UK Cadets
- Armed Forces Day
- Reserve Forces Day
- Discounts
- Armed Forces Charities
We also pledge the following:
Promoting the Armed Forces: We will promote our stalwart support as an Armed Forces-friendly organisation, by ensuring all our communications to our staff, customers, suppliers, contractors and wider public show the Armed Forces Covenant logo; Veterans: We understand that the Armed Forces personnel leaving the organisation have an enormous range of leadership, management, and specialist skills that can and continues to help our business overall success, therefore, by supporting our continued effort with seeking out employment opportunities for our veterans, we recognise the military skills and qualifications in our recruitment and selection processes; working with the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) in support of the employment of Service leavers; we offer insight days for any service leaver wishing to understand our business model along with work placement opportunities; we will actively support the Armed Forces Network an all inclusive group to support those with an interest in the forces and to help veterans settle into employment; Service Spouses & Partners: While supporting the employment of Veterans, we also recognise that Service spouses and partners are a valuable asset. By partnering with the Forces Families Jobs Forum (https://www.forcesfamiliesjobs.co.uk/); and providing flexibility in granting leave for Service spouses and partners before, during and after a partners deployment, we appreciate the commitment they make to our service personnel; Reserves: We are proud to support employees who are members of the Reserve Forces; by ensuring our HR Policy supports the granting of an additional one week paid and one week unpaid leave for annual Reserve Forces training; we continue to support mobilisation and deployment of this critical resource; we endeavour to actively encourage members of staff to become Reservists; we further record who we know are Reserves to ensure our Reserves HR database is maintained accurately; Cadet Organisations: Volunteer leaders in military cadet organisations continue to receive our full support and gratitude in helping young people gain skills that no other organisation can do, by granting additional leave to attend annual training camps and courses; we actively encourage members of staff to become volunteer leaders in cadet organisations such as the Sea Cadets, Army Cadets and Air Cadet organisations; we strive to support local military cadet units; and we recognise the benefits of employing cadets/ex-cadets within the workforce. Wounded, Injured & Sick: We provide opportunities via the CTP for those who are WIS; National Events: supporting Armed Forces Day, Reserves Day, the Poppy Appeal Day and Remembrance activities; Armed Forces Charities: supporting Armed Forces charities with fundraising and supporting staff who volunteer to assist; Commercial Support: offering a discount to members of the Armed Forces community;
2.2 We will publicise these commitments through our literature and/or on our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our customers on how we are doing.