Further support delivered this year includes:
Service families
- The MOD has allocated £5 million to the Education Support Fund, extending it for two years
- £2.5 million was awarded by the Covenant Fund Trust to projects that support military families, under the ‘Families in Stress’ programme
- £68 million was invested in the improvement of service family accommodation
Health and wellbeing
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- The MOD increased its spending on mental health for service personnel to £22 million a year
- A new 24-hour mental health helpline for serving personnel, operated by Combat Stress was launched
- £10 million was awarded to the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, to support mental fitness among veterans
- The launch of NHS England’s Veterans’ Mental Health Complex Treatment Service