GRIEVING FAMILIES will soon benefit from specialist mental health and wellbeing support, thanks to a grant from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust’s Empowering Bereaved Military Families programme.
The trust awarded nearly £2 million to the Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS) to deliver counselling and emotional and practical care to military families who’ve lost loved ones during or connected to service.
The programme builds on insights from the Fund’s three-year consultation framework, launched in 2024, which highlighted the need for more joined-up, accessible and compassionate support for bereaved families.
DMWS will provide support to the whole family, including children and extended family members, and families will no longer need to repeat their story at every stage.
Read more about the programme at covenantfund.org.uk