£500,000 to help former Armed Forces personnel.
A veterans support fund is now open to help improve the lives of former service personnel and their families.
A key priority for this year’s Scottish Veterans Fund is to make sure veterans and their families are supported in response to the ongoing cost of living crisis.
The fund will also target support for veterans who have left the Services early, as well as promoting collaboration between both veterans charities and non-veterans organisations.
– Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans, Keith Brown
Scotland’s veterans community has given a great deal to society and it is right that we do all we can to provide the best possible care and support when they return to civilian life.
It is important that the fund responds to issues that veterans are currently facing and this year we are looking to support projects that will help veterans and their families through the cost of living crisis.
We will continue to target projects that provide new and innovative approaches to aiding our veterans community. In particular, bids that promote collaboration within and between the veterans charity sector and other non-veterans organisations, as well as support for early service leavers, are being prioritised.
Since the Scottish Government created the fund in 2008 almost 200 individual projects have been supported, receiving more than £2.3 million. In 2021, the annual funding provided was more than doubled to £500,000, with individual projects now able to bid for up to £50,000 a year.
– Graeme
I welcome the continuous support for departing veterans and their families. It is vital to continue to highlight the importance of assisting early service leavers alongside those affected by the crisis. Collaboration between organisations produces impactful solutions, that are especially welcomed during these times.
I hope more collaboration is to come, and that veterans and their families will prosper after their service.
Background
The application form, guidance and contact details for further information.
The Scottish Veterans Fund is due to close on 19 November 2022.
Bids received for the Scottish Veterans Fund are assessed by an independent panel which is selected and chaired by the Scottish Veterans Commissioner.
