Strongmind Resiliency Training Ltd
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 Strongmind Resiliency Training Ltd 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 Strongmind Resiliency Training Ltd 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:
Service Spouses & Partners: We will actively advertise and recruit service spouses and partners to our team from local service communities. We will recognise the unique challenges faced by service families and will provide flexibility in granting leave for Service spouses and partners before, during and after a partner’s deployment. We will advertise vacancies via local forces families’ forums and will where possible ensure interviews for Armed Forces spouses. Mental health: As a specialist provider of mental health awareness training, we actively inform and promote an accurate picture of veterans’ mental health and the support agencies available Reserves and Cadets. We will ensure that where practicable reservists are included in our 25% staff numbers and that those affiliated with cadet Forces are also offered discounts and where suitable, employment opportunities. e Promoting the Armed Forces: promoting the fact that we are a veteran owned and run businessethat uses operationally experienced veterans to deliver our services. We will promote the ArmedeForces community to our suppliers, customers, and internal staff. We will advertise and promoteethe skills and experience of our staff, gained in the Armed Forces via our website and in marketing. We will provide education on the Armed Forces Community in our training offer ‘understanding veterans’ which is delivered to industry on request.e e Veterans’ skills: We will promote the value of veterans through our training team and will whereepossible use veterans to deliver our training services to front line services using their operationaleexperience, flexibility, and resilience as an example to all. We will utilise these skills to mentorepublic service organisations and encourage them to adopt these positive examples. We will utiliseethe training and development skills of our veteran team to remain an exemplar of best learningeand development practice in our fielde e Veterans Employment: We will actively source Armed Forces veterans with the right qualities toejoin our training team. recognising military skills and qualifications in our recruitment and selection process; working in partnership with defence representatives and organisations to support the employment of Service leavers. We will mentor and train them to work with other veterans toe deliver our unique training offer. We will ensure that at least 25% of our staff are recruited from 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.