Armed Forces Covenant

At NSFT, we’re very proud to support veterans and members of the Armed Forces Community.

We currently have the bronze award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which involves the following:

Must have signed the Armed Forces Covenant
The employer must already be accredited as a holder of ERS Bronze Award and held it with sufficient time to develop suitable plans and policies and evidence to support the ERS Silver application. The employer must proactively demonstrate that service personnel and the armed forces community are not unfairly disadvantaged as part of their recruiting and selection processes
The employer must actively ensure that their workforce is aware of their positive policies towards defence people issues. For example, an employer nominated for support to the Reserves must have an internally publicised and positive HR policy on Reserves
Within the context of Reserves the employer must have demonstrated support to mobilisations or have a framework in place. They must demonstrate support to training by providing at least 5 days’ additional unpaid/paid leave (wherever possible not to Reservist employees’ financial disadvantage)
The employer must not have been the subject of any negative PR or media activity
The employer should demonstrate support to the Cadet movement as a whole by providing proactive support to individual cadets and/or to local cadet units

Members of the Armed Forces include:

Regular Personnel - Individuals currently serving as members of the Naval Service (including Royal Navy & Royal Marines, Army or Royal Air Force
Veterans - Those who have served for at least one day in HM Armed Forces, whether as a Regular or Reservist. This includes anyone who has undertaken British National Service
Bereaved - The immediate family of Service Personnel & Veterans who have died, whether or not that death has any connection with Service
Reservists - Volunteer reservists who form the Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Marine Reserve, Army Reserve, Royal Auxiliary Air Force & Regular Reservists
Families of Regular, Reservists or Veterans - the immediate family of those in the categories listed. This is defined as spouses, civil partners & children for whom they are responsible, but can where appropriate extend to parents, unmarried partners and other family members
Cadet Force Adult Volunteers (CFAV) - An Adult member of the Cadet Force related to and sponsored by HM Forces

Case studies:

Podcast:

We host our own podcast called the Mental Health and You Podcast.

We've been joined by members of NSFT and veterans who have used our services to share their experiences of the Armed Forces and how it has affected their mental health.