Peel Ports Group
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 Peel Ports Group 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 Peel Ports Group 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:
- UK Service Veterans And Leavers
- UK Service Spouses And Partners
- Flexible Leave For Spouses
- UK Reservists
- UK Cadets
- Armed Forces Day
- Reserve Forces Day
We also pledge the following:
We will promote that we are a Reserve Forces Friendly organisation at careers fairs and throughout our talent sourcing process; Provide military work placements throughout our Group in a variety of disciplines and promoting the success of this parternship; Accommodating, where possible, a Service spouse who is required to relocate to within close proximity of one of our operational sites; Seeking to support our employees who choose to be members of the Reserve forces, including by accommodating their training and deployment where possible and by recognising that our business benefits from Reserve Forces colleagues receiving additional skills which are relevant to our organisation. In addition, we have a formal Reserve Forces Employment Policy across our Group which promotes the fact that we are a Reserve Forces Friendly organisation and explicitly grants 2 weeks leave to at/end annual camp of which one week is in addition to the employees contractual entitlement; Offering support to our local cadet units, either in our local community or in local schools, where possible and by offering careers advice for our industry, site visits and insights into our operations; Actively encouraging our apprentices to join the Armed Forces Reserves and by qffering direct channels to our apprentices for information purposesfi·om, in particular; the tri-services headquarters nearest our operational ports.
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.