Specialist Rescue 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 Specialist Rescue 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 Specialist Rescue 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:
- Armed Forces Friendly
- UK Reservists
We also pledge the following:
Employment support to members of the Armed Forces Community: SRG will always offer ExForces members an interview and, subject to meeting baseline recruitment requirements, will always offer employment to such members that meet these requirements so long as a competitive process has been undertaken and vacancy numbers permit. Communications, engagement and outreach: Actively promoting the work of Ex-Forces members via social media, face to face conferences and meetings and supporting local Veterans activities in our core geographical areas of business (North West & South East) Commercial: Actively engaging with Ex-Forces owned businesses are key and core partners, whilst seeking out businesses for collaboration who have clear and robust engagement with Armed Forces support and the covenant Education: Identifying potential educational opportunities for contractors and substantive staff, who are Ex-Forces and utilising our prior Forces experience to offer educational development for such staff members e.g. BSc Paramedic top-up for Technicians, Foundation Degrees or support with personal development aligned with SRG activity. Reservists: SRG will actively promote and support Reservist activity and commits to enabling and supporting Reservists to undertake annual camp and other block periods of service (full payment for 2 weeks additional leave per year). SRG will actively support Reservists prior, during and after periods of mobilised and deployed service and is in a good position to do so having extensive Reservist experience amongst its core staff.
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.