{"id":1663,"date":"2012-08-01T11:30:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T11:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1663"},"modified":"2012-08-01T11:30:41","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T11:30:41","slug":"armed-forces-community-covenant-backed-in-mansfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/armed-forces-community-covenant-backed-in-mansfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed Forces Community Covenant backed in Mansfield"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mansfield District Council has announced it is going to sign the Armed Forces Community Covenant.<\/p>\n
By agreeing to support the initiative, local groups and charities will be able to access a £30 million government funding stream, which is called the Community Covenant Grant Scheme.<\/p>\n
According to the Mansfield Chad, the local authority will team up with the Royal British Legion to promote the initiative throughout Mansfield.<\/p>\n
Executive Mayor Tony Egginton stated: "The council's work has already been a bench mark for other local authorities to emulate. This further motion is yet another demonstration of our commitment to our returning heroes."<\/p>\n
He added it comes after the Mansfield Veterans Charter was signed in 2009.<\/p>\n
It is hoped military personnel and veterans will be able to access further support once the project is up and running.<\/p>\n
Among the aims of the Armed Forces Community Covenant is to nurture public understanding and awareness about the issues affecting servicemen and women.<\/p>\n
Posted by Trevor Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Armed Forces Community Covenant is to be signed by Mansfield District Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n