Military Veterans Club (Cymru)
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 Military Veterans Club (Cymru) 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 Military Veterans Club (Cymru) 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
We also pledge the following:
Promoting the Armed Forces: We are a group of ex-military people that wear our regimental blazers and head dress with pride and take part in all things relating to service in the armed forces we network and communicate with as Meany military organizations as we can and sup- port our members in all that they do. Communications, engagement and outreach: To all other organizations that can help or support our members’ in beneficial ways. We also endeavour to communicate with our members as often as we can to keep everybody well informed of our activities. Commercial: we will administer a not for profit club and treasurers bank account for the management of the clubs finances. Health we will sign post our members to relevant NHS or other health care organizations that our members may find helpful and invite speakers and health practitioners to engage with the club at meetings. Housing: We will engage with local councils and Welsh government to promote veterans welfare and wellbeing including highlighting any housing issues we identify in our area of operation. Civic responsibilities: We are in support of the Royal British Legion who has now received the freedom of the Town of Ammanford we take part in remembrance and other parades and assist if requested by bereaved families to help represent the Armed forces by parading at funerals if but only if asked by family the undertakers and the venue. Any additional commitment the organisation wishes to make. In conjunction with Age Cymru Dyfed we are committed to bringing live alone older veterans into our club to facilitate getting out and about and having friendship and companionship and we hope to increase our car share scheme to promote this further.
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.