Armed Forces Covenant

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Services

• Sign the Armed Forces Covenant and make your pledge

  These documents provide a template for organisations to sign the Armed Forces Covenant, and a list of example pledges to specify your commitments.

• Sign the Armed Forces Covenant and make your promise

  This document provides a template for local authorities to sign an armed forces covenant.

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Guidance and regulation

• Search for businesses who have signed the Armed Forces Covenant
  • Guidance
  • 2 July 2025
  • Ministry of Defence
• Tri-service resettlement policy (JSP 534)
  • Guidance
  • 31 March 2025
  • Ministry of Defence
• Businesses who have signed the Armed Forces Covenant (company names beginning with A)
  • Guidance
  • 20 February 2024
  • Ministry of Defence
• The Armed Forces Covenant
  • Guidance
  • 16 December 2016
  • Ministry of Defence
• What does the Armed Forces Covenant mean for businesses?
  • Guidance
  • 5 January 2024
  • Ministry of Defence

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News and communications

• Pledge to protect Armed Forces community as government delivers on manifesto commitment
  • 28 June 2025
  • Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
  • Press release
• VE Day boost for veterans’ healthcare
  • 8 May 2025
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Press release
• Gold Recognition for Sellafield Ltd
  • 29 August 2024
  • Sellafield Ltd
  • News story
• Organisations 'win gold' for supporting armed forces community
  • 22 August 2024
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Press release
• A milestone for the Armed Forces Covenant
  • 1 August 2024
  • Ministry of Defence and Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations (RFCA)
  • News story

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Research and statistics

• UK armed forces suicides: 2018
  • 28 March 2019
  • Ministry of Defence
  • National statistics
• UK Armed Forces operational deaths post World War 2: 2019
  • 28 March 2019
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Official statistics
• UK armed forces suicide and open verdict deaths: 2017
  • 27 March 2018
  • Ministry of Defence
  • National statistics
• UK Armed Forces operational deaths post World War 2: 2018
  • 27 March 2018
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Official statistics
• UK armed forces recovery capability: wounded, injured and sick in the recovery pathway financial year 2016/17
  • 27 July 2017
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Strategy for our veterans: UK government consultation paper
  • 22 January 2020
  • Ministry of Defence, Office for Veterans' Affairs, and Cabinet Office
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 21 February 2019
• Better combat compensation
  • 3 August 2018
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 23 February 2017
• Proposed cessation of the UK armed forces recovery capability: wounded, injured and sick in the recovery pathway Official statistic
  • 4 December 2017
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 23 August 2017
• Changes to MOD causes of deaths among the UK armed forces veterans of the Falklands campaign statistics
  • 24 August 2015
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 18 September 2015
• Strategy for our veterans
  • 14 November 2018
  • Ministry of Defence and Cabinet Office
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Armed Forces Covenant annual report 2020
  • 7 December 2020
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Corporate report
• Armed Forces Covenant annual report 2019
  • 10 January 2020
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Corporate report
• Armed Forces Covenant annual report and summary 2018
  • 22 November 2018
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Corporate report
• Armed Forces Covenant annual report 2017
  • 27 July 2018
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Corporate report
• Armed Forces Covenant annual report 2016
  • 31 January 2017
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

• Ministry of Defence
• Prime Minister's Office 10 Downing Street
• Cabinet Office
• Veterans UK
• Office for Veterans' Affairs

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• Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations
• Department of Health & Social Care
• HM Treasury
• Crown Commercial Service
• Department for Education
• Defence and Security Accelerator
• Department for Work & Pensions
• Northern Ireland Office

• Defence Infrastructure Organisation
• Defence Equipment and Support
• Nuclear Waste Services
• Sellafield Ltd
• Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees