Plans are fully underway for the sixth annual Armed Forces Day on Saturday 28 June, and you can show your support for the Armed Forces and Veterans by applying for funding to host your very own event.
For the last five years Armed Forces Day has been celebrated by events big and small across all of the United Kingdom, and even abroad. As well as the national event, hosted this year by the City of Stirling in Scotland, a series of smaller events will take place up and down the UK to recognise the outstanding work of our Armed Forces.
Funding is available from the Ministry of Defence to assist with your festivities and anyone can submit an application. A sum up to and including £10,000 is available, providing MOD funding accounts for no more than 50 per cent of the total event cost. Previous years have seen bids for a few hundred pounds to assist smaller events, to thousands of pounds to support larger events.
Whether a tea party, dance or parade and big band concert, get your thinking caps on and design an event that allows you and your community to say ‘Thank You’ to our Sailors, Soldiers, Airmen, Veterans and their families: past and present.
Deadline for applications: Friday 28 March 2014
For further information and to apply, visit: www.armedforcesday.org.uk/events/hold_an_event.aspx#, or contact 0207 807 0970.