The COBSEO Executive meets four times a year to identify issues and concerns that affect the Armed Forces Community
COBSEO Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is made up of a vice chairman (currently the CEO of St Dunstan’s Mr Robert Leader DL), and 12 COBSEO member organisations, of whom six are permanent and are represented by their Chief Executives or equivalents. The Directors of COBSEO are often asked to take the lead in major issues and projects that have been identified as needing a collective approach on behalf of the COBSEO Executive. Within its constitution, the Executive Committee of COBSEO is empowered to co-opt specialist knowledge or opinion to further its objectives.
As well as the Annual General Meeting (see below), the COBSEO Executive meets four times a year to identify issues and concerns that affect the Armed Forces Community and agree on a collaborative and coherent direction to deliver solutions. These meetings are an opportunity for the committee to share information about plans and developments in their own organisations and how they might affect the Service and Ex-Service communities as a whole.
Directors of COBSEO feature in the following policy making bodies:
- The Cabinet Office External Reference Group that drives the cross Government approach to the Armed Forces Community.
- The Veterans Executive Steering Group
- MOD Ceremonial & Events Advisory Group
- SPVA Owners Advisory Board
- SPVA Central Advisory Committee
- SPVA Veterans Customer Advisory Group
- MOD War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme Central Advisory Group
- MOD Medical Discharge Policy and Welfare Committees
- MOD Gulf War Illness Group
- Veterans Advice and Pensions Committees
COBSEO Executive’s permanent members:
- The Royal British Legion
- SSAFA Forces Help
- Seafarers UK
- ABF Soldiers’ Charity
- The RAF Benevolent Fund
- Veterans Scotland
- Help for Heroes (co-opted)
- Blind Veterans UK
