Bounty Pest Control
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 Bounty Pest Control 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 Bounty Pest Control 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
We also pledge the following:
- Promoting the Armed Forces: As an SME and using my voluntary roles I the pest management industry we proactively promote our support for the armed force and personnel at every opportunity by advocating the benefits to the community of employing veterans and supporting their families.
- Communications, engagement and outreach: As a business owner and British Pest Control Vice-President we / I actively engage with the sector to demonstrate how we can help veterans into employment and establish appropriate and accessible industry training schemes.
- Commercial: We provide pest management services to MOD and it’s contractors at discounted rates.
- Health: Veterans in our employment are fully supported with health care and full-paid time off work when dealing with accident and illness related to their services to our country.
- Education: As an industry trainer and Chair of the RSPH Pest Sector Advisory panel we continue to strive to establish training schemes that armed service personnel can gain funding for. This work has been taking place for several years and remains ongoing.
- Any additional commitment the organisation wishes to make: Our managing partner, Martin Rose-King, was a civilian working for 44 District Workshop REME. He gained his pest management training alongside UK Armed Forces personnel in Aldershot. Since establishing Bounty Pest Control in 1997 a deepening gratitude to the armed forces has grown. Any opportunity to assist the armed forces and personnel is a privilege for us.
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.