News & Policy

Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) is delighted to announce the five specialist fellows who have been selected to take part in the 2020 Clore Experienced Leader Programme:

Commenting on today’s publication of the Veterans’ Strategy Consultation Response by the Office for Veterans’ Affairs, Tom McBarnet, Director of Programmes at the Forces in Mind Trust, says:

Senior military officers, business leaders, civil servants and politicians gathered at the headquarters of Deloitte today, to discuss the employment barriers and ‘brand issues’ faced by armed forces veterans.

Today (18 December) Forces in Mind Trust has published an interim evaluation of an advocacy programme which helps ex-Service personnel and their families to navigate support services and get their lives back on track. The military Advocacy service (mAs) is run by specialist charity seAp (Support, Empower, Advocate, Promote).

The Black Country Chamber of Commerce has announced a national programme of support for the Armed Forces Covenant.

Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) has published an evaluation report on the Charnwood, Melton and Rushcliffe (CMR) Borough Councils Partnership, which examines the development and delivery of an Armed Forces Covenant training programme for local authority staff across Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire.

The implementation of a pilot mental fitness initiative, named HeadFIT, is to be evaluated over 12-months by King’s College London thanks to a grant of £92,757 awarded by the Forces in Mind Trust.

Report finds more communication is needed between Domestic Violence and Abuse support sector and the Armed Forces

New report calls for better identification of offenders to help charities direct their services to veterans in need, and their families.

A new study has revealed that ex-Service personnel with physical and mental health problems are struggling to navigate a “baffling” benefits system and should not incur sanctions.