The Government has been warned that service personnel are “hurting” because of redundancies and cuts as further details of a scheme to boost support for the armed forces were revealed.
Defence Minister Andrew Robathan announced that more than £423,000 had been allocated to 13 bids in England for local projects funded through the community covenant scheme.
The projects range from money for a play area to a grant for English lessons for Gurkhas and funding for Royal Wootton Bassett to help commemorate the town’s new Royal status.
The £30 million grant scheme was launched earlier this year and aims to reinforce the military covenant spelling out the bond between the nation and the armed forces.
But Dawn McCafferty, chairman of the RAF Families Federation, warned of the impact of redundancies and cuts to allowances on service personnel.
She told a Local Government Association (LGA) conference in London on the covenant that many were “keeping their heads down” in an attempt to avoid the next rounds of job cuts.
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