The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise between the nation, the government and the armed forces community. It works to ensure that people who serve in the armed forces are treated fairly and are not disadvantaged by their service.
The covenant covers all regular and reserve serving personnel and their families. It also covers veterans, bereaved families and cadet adult volunteers.
It promotes fair access to a wide range of services including education, housing, health and employment.
- Visit the Armed Forces Covenant website to find out more.
Available support
The government provides information, advice and support for veterans and their families. It’s the first point of contact for all your welfare needs.
Forces Connect provides links to and information about local and national support for the armed forces community.
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Armed Forces Covenant Partnership website provides information including:
- news
- support and how to access it
- the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Armed Forces Covenant Board’s work
- how to support the armed forces community and covenant
You might also find the following links useful:
- Cambridge Armed Forces and Veterans Breakfast Club (Facebook)
- Cambridge Veterans Club (Facebook)
- Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
- Royal British Legion
- Royal Naval Benevolent Trust
- Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association
Community covenants
Community covenants complement the national covenant at a local level. We signed one with other local authorities in 2011, as our commitment to our Armed Forces community.
We are a member of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Armed Forces Covenant Board. Cllr Mike Davey represents us and is chair of the board.
Our support for the covenant
When we pledged our support for the covenant, we created an action plan to outline how we will support it.
In 2022 we were awarded a Silver Award in the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. This is a public pledge demonstrating our support for the armed forces community.
We were awarded a Bronze award in 2019.
