Guidance

LIBOR 2017: grant commitments

Updated 22 November 2017

Organisation	Commitment	Description
1st The Queen’s Dragoons Guards	£28,000	To support community welfare facilities at Robertson Barracks in Swanton Morley, Norfolk.
30th Signal Regiment	£27,700	To provide welfare facilities for Junior Ranks at Gamecock Barracks in Warwickshire.
6 Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps	£40,000	To support the Regimental Community Centre for Armed Forces personnel and their families at Dishforth Airfield, Yorkshire.
65 Degrees North	£298,000	To support the rehabilitation of wounded or injured ex-Service personnel through challenging adventures to enhance recovery, develop skills and prove that there is ‘life beyond injury’.
Armed Forces Para Snowsports Team	£612,000	To enable Armed Forces wounded, injured or sick personnel and Veterans to participate in 2 new adaptive winter sports at the 2022 Winter Games: ParaNordic and ParaSnowboarding.
Army Benevolent Fund - The Soldiers Charity	£1,225,444	To provide a bespoke medical welfare service for the Armed Forces community across Southern England.
Army Cadet Force Association	£151,128	To support 96 ACF members and 48 injured service personnel and Veterans in sailing a tall ship around Britain, as part of the ‘Round Britain Challenge’, to commemorate World War 1.
Army Families Federation	£194,000	To establish a tri-service online information platform for all Armed Forces families, drawing on other families’ experiences.
Army Welfare Service	£100,000	To support the provision of Specialist Welfare Providers across the MoD in the ‘Safe and Together’ approach to Domestic Abuse.
Army Welfare Service	£31,857	To upgrade welfare facilities for Service personnel and families at Venning Barracks in Donnington, Shropshire.
Army Welfare Service	£62,000	To improve community welfare facilities at Fulwood Barracks in Preston, Lancashire.
Army Welfare Service	£14,838	To develop the Kinloss Activities Building into a vibrant community centre for Armed Forces families living in Kinloss and the surrounding area.
Army Welfare Service	£59,781	To upgrade community welfare facilities at the Weeton Barracks Community Centre in Preston, Lancashire.
Association of ex-Service Drop-In Centres (ASDIC)	£145,089	To support over 50 Veterans’ Drop In Centres across the UK.
Blackpool Merchant Navy Association	£5,200	To enable older veterans to engage in remembrance and commemoration activities.
British Limbless Ex Servicemen’s Association	£684,000	To create a new Blesma, National Outreach Team to support beneficiaries, both serving and retired, across the UK.
British Limbless Ex-Servicemen’s Association	£205,694	To support limbless Veterans across Wales and the Border counties.
British Red Cross Society Royal Charter	£649,625	To support the ‘Resilient Responders’ programme providing resilience and improved wellbeing of Emergency Services personnel at British Red Cross and Fire and Rescue Services of South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire.
Care and Repair North East Wales Limited	£292,482	To support training and work opportunities for Veterans in North East Wales.
Catterick Garrison	£18,960	To renovate welfare facilities for Service personnel and families at Catterick Garrison in Yorkshire.
Changing Lives	£140,500	To support Veterans experiencing complex combinations of homelessness, mental health problems, offending and addiction in Northumberland.
Charlies Old Codgers Foundation	£5,000	To support the provision of wellbeing assistance through pet visits to socially isolated Veterans in Scotland and the North of England.
Child Bereavement UK	£61,219	To develop Bereavement Support training for Air Ambulance service crews, doctors and paramedics, across the UK.
Combat Stress	£500,000	To expand integrated community outpatient mental health support to Veterans in to the North of England.
Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust	£36,000	To provide welfare and pastoral accommodation in Cornwall for Air Ambulance paramedics, doctors and aircrew.
Dame Agnes Weston’s Royal Sailors Rests	£19,830	To provide welfare support to Royal Navy personnel in Rosyth.
Defence Petroleum Training Squadron (DPTS)	£40,000	To provide a welfare facility to support Armed Forces personnel and their families serving at the Defence Petroleum Training Squadron in West Moors, Dorset.
Earl Haig Fund Scotland (Poppy Scotland)	£48,634	To support the introduction of the ‘Armed Services Advice’ project to members of the Armed Forces community in Ayrshire.
Edith Cavell Fund for Nurses	£291,400	To support Nursing Professionals and their families.
Erskine Hospital	£124,031	To support dementia care for Veterans across Scotland.
Extern NI	£60,000	To support Veterans in the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland.
Glen Art	£530,000	To establish ‘Bravehound’, an Assistance Dog programme across Scotland, for Veterans coping with PTSD, mental health issues and physical injury.
Help for Heroes	£1,441,370	To provide bespoke quality of life support for life-limited, very seriously injured and brain injured Veterans and their families.
Highground Projects Limited	£115,820	To continue delivering Horticultural Therapy for injured serving personnel both at Headley Court and at the new Defence National Rehabilitation Centre in Nottinghamshire.
HMS Sultan	£60,000	To modernise welfare facilities for Junior Ranks at HMS Sultan in Gosport, Hampshire.
HMS Temeraire	£300,000	To develop an Outdoor Centre for Royal Navy personnel and families at Porthkerris in Cornwall.
Home-Start Richmondshire	£64,937	To provide an outreach Home-Start service for Armed Forces families in Darlington.
Invictus Games Partnership (MoD)	£350,000	To deliver a UK Delegation to the 2018 Invictus Games.
Islay & Jura Community Enterprises Limited	£17,167	To support Veterans and retired Emergency Services personnel on Islay.
Jon Egging Trust	£224,203	To support the provision of training for Armed Forces volunteers delivering the ‘Blue Skies’ and ‘Inspirational Outreach’ youth engagement programmes.
Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial	£668,383	To contribute towards the World War 2 Bomber Command, ‘Recognition, Remembrance and Reconciliation’ project.
Logistic Specialist Training Wing, 73 Training Squadron	£9,475	To provide social, recreational and welfare facilities for trainees at RAF Halton in Buckinghamshire.
Medical Directorate Defence Medical Services	£297,530	To enable a world class research facility, focused on prevention, detection and treatment of hearing loss, balance disorders and tinnitus for serving Armed Forces personnel and Veterans.
Military Wives Choirs Foundation	£50,000	To support 1,500 members of the 74 Military Wives Choirs in commemorating the centenary of World War 2, through music: ‘Remembering women, both then and now’.
MOD Cadets	£1,000,000	To deliver a portfolio grant scheme for Armed Forces Cadet Units.
NHS Highland Health Board	£1,042,911	To provide continued mental health support thorough ‘Veterans First Point’ in partnership with Poppy Scotland, for Veterans in the North of Scotland.
Nubian Jak Community Trust	£98,000	To support the increased participation of African and Caribbean Commonwealth Veterans of World War 2 and their families in National Remembrance activities.
One Ark Limited	£558,263	To provide a ‘Housing Pathway’ for 280 homeless Veterans and former Emergency Services personnel, within and around Greater Manchester.
Oxfordshire Play Association	£98,535	To provide community support facilities to Service families at RAF Benson and Dalton Barracks in Oxfordshire.
Pete’s Dragons	£80,000	To establish a ‘Suicide-safer’ community for Emergency Services personnel across the South West of England.
Police Treatment Centres	£1,500,000	To expand the Police Treatment Centre in Harrogate, providing increased Psychological Wellbeing support to the Police and other Emergency Services personnel.
RAF Brize Norton	£250,000	To renovate welfare facilities and provide a safe space for children, young people and their families based at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
RAF Shawbury	£2,000	To modernise welfare facilities for Junior Ranks at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire.
RAF Shawbury	£74,598	To provide a local, safe, recreational area for Service families at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire.
RAF Valley	£80,000	To support the ‘Hawking’s Recreation Play Park’ project, providing community cohesion at RAF Valley in Wales.
Sailors Children’s Society	£50,000	To provide respite support for Royal Navy and Royal Marines families who have suffered a traumatic event, bereavement or diagnosis of a life changing illness.
Scottish Mountain Rescue	£646,803	To provide practical support to safeguard Mountain Rescue personnel working in hazardous environments.
Single Homeless Action Initiative In Durham (SHAID)	£61,000	To support the provision of accommodation for Homeless Veterans in Durham.
South West Scotland RnR	£130,500	To provide training for Veterans in the Transport Sector in Scotland.
Special Air Service Regimental Association	£96,127	To support a place for reflection, memory and consolation in Hereford Cathedral.
SSAFA the Armed Forces charity	£1,000,000	To enhance the provision of personal face to face support to meet the changing and increasingly complex needs of the Armed Forces community.
Supporting Wounded Veterans Ltd	£1,054,800	To expand and develop a proven Pain Management Programme for wounded Veterans across the UK.
The Berlin Infantry Brigade Memorial Trust	£30,000	To support Junior Ranks to participate in Sport and Adventurous Activities.
The British Gurkha Nepalese Association	£55,000	To support 200 vulnerable pre-1997 retired Gurkha Veterans and their families living in the London Borough of Brent, to transition to living within the UK.
The British Wheelchair Sports Foundation	£16,805	To support Armed Forces personnel with spinal cord injuries to attend the Inter Spinal Unit Games.
The Burma Star Association	£100,000	To support Veterans of the 1942-1945 Burma Campaign.
The Defence School of Policing and Guarding	£7,500	To upgrade welfare facilities for serving personnel and families at Southwick Park in Hampshire.
The Ely Centre Ltd	£962,582	To support the physical and mental wellbeing of injured Police Officers and their families in Northern Ireland.
The Fire Fighters Charity	£1,416,262	To contribute towards establishing a Recovery Centre, to provide a centre of excellence delivering high quality emotional wellbeing services for Fire and Rescue Services personnel.
The Kings Church	£49,920	To provide a weekly drop-in service for Veterans and their families, in Lanarkshire.
The ManKind Initiative	£190,000	To provide training and a helpline service to support male victims of domestic abuse.
The Marine Society and Sea Cadets	£304,000	To provide an interactive online portal enabling 14,000 Sea Cadets to manage their training progression and stay connected.
The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux	£515,635	To provide debt advice and financial capability training, in partnership with the FirstLight Trust, tailored to the needs of Veterans and Emergency Services personnel.
The National Memorial Arboretum Company Ltd	£500,000	To contribute towards the construction of a ‘Permanent Event Building’ at the National Memorial Arboretum, to support over 200 Armed Forces and Emergency Services memorial dedication and remembrance events every year.
The Naval Families Federation	£111,559	To support dispersed Naval Service families.
The Not Forgotten Association (NFA)	£294,000	To restore the confidence, boost the morale and improve the wellbeing of over 12,000 members of the Armed Forces Community.
The Open University	£500,000	To support scholarships for disabled Veterans, empowering former Armed Forces personnel to fulfil their potential.
The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home	£153,546	To provide an ‘Enhanced Speech and Language Therapy’ project for disabled Veterans.
The Ripple Pond	£94,435	To expand the ‘Ripple’ Peer Support Network, providing support to families of injured serving and former Armed Forces personnel.
The Riverside Group Limited	£49,249	To support the ‘Find your voice, Share your voice’ project, providing support to Veterans with PTSD.
The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund	£1,000,000	To enhance the morale and wellbeing of serving Royal Air Force personnel and their families.
The Royal British Legion	£1,500,000	To expand the ‘Veterans’ Returns’ project enabling World War 2 Veterans to reconnect with their past through supported tours to areas in which they saw active service.
The Royal British Legion	£1,500,000	To deliver National Commemoration Events marking the anniversaries of Zeebrugge 100, Monte Cassino 75, Op Banner 50 and the Berlin Airlift 50.
The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry	£35,000	To support an ‘Access Pathway’ into the NHS for Armed Forces personnel, Veterans and spouses.
The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC)	£1,500,000	To support serving personnel of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and their families.
The Royal Navy And Royal Marines Children’s Fund	£270,000	To support the ‘Emergency Essentials Grant Scheme’ providing rapid assistance in times of crisis to vulnerable children and families.
The Scar Free Foundation	£2,995,300	To support the Scar Free Foundation Centre for Conflict Wound Research, at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, with research to address the impact of scaring and loss of function amongst Armed Forces personnel.
The Venture Trust	£699,384	To scale up the ground-breaking ‘Positive Futures’ service, to support Veterans in Scotland struggling with the transition to civilian life.
The Warrior Programme	£839,383	To support serving Armed Forces personnel experiencing significant distress.
The Welsh Air Ambulance Charitable Trust	£84,000	To provide mental health awareness, resilience and Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) training to Air Ambulance personnel in Wales.
Tom Harrison House	£217,958	To provide a full community reintegration support service for Veterans with addiction difficulties.
Veterans Outreach	£150,000	To provide a unique blend of general welfare, wellbeing and mental health support to Armed Forces and Merchant Navy Veterans and their families.
Walking With The Wounded	£600,000	To provide Employment Advisors embedded in Veterans’ temporary accommodation and NHS mental health teams, across the UK.
Wessex Children’s Hospice Trust	£95,000	To provide palliative care services, specialist medical support, end of life care and ongoing bereavement counselling to life-limited or life-threatened children from Armed Forces families.
Wings for Warriors	£25,550	To support the creation of the world’s first flying school specifically for disabled Veterans, at Aberdeen International Airport.
Zimbabwe A National Emergency (ZANE)	£1,313,081	To support 583 Commonwealth ex-Servicemen, women and widows living in extreme poverty in Zimbabwe.