Delivering change within the Armed Forces
Funded through the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust Transformational Grant Programme, this four-year project aims to support UK military charities to become more inclusive and better equipped to meet the needs of culturally-diverse armed forces communities.
The project will provide innovative tools to enable military charities to recognise the inequalities in their working practices, their decision-making processes, and their programme outcomes, and inspire a more inclusive approach to support programme design, development and provision.
Key project objectives
- To utilise participatory data-collection tools to collect high quality, inclusive lived experience and perceptions of inequalities in the provision of support across the services sector
- To establish an evidence base to build better understanding of stakeholder needs (particularly veterans from ethnic and faith minorities) and inspire a more inclusive approach to support programme design, development and provision
- To co-develop sector-specific toolkits, made available across the sector, to guide and support an evidence-based approach to inclusive working practices and decision-making processes
- To provide the framework for military charities to sustain evidence-based inclusive practices beyond the project lifetime
- To establish an impact evaluation framework to measure the impact of SCEIP over time. By identifying indicators of impact (including changes in behaviour and attitudes), the project will enable military charities to monitor and measure their own transformative change as they become more diverse and inclusive.
Project activities
- 2026 Equality Insights UK Road Trip
Throughout 2026, we’ll be travelling across the UK to convene leaders, change agents, and key influencers from across the military charity landscape. As strategic decision-makers and change agents military charities play a critical role in shaping the future of inclusive support for our armed forces communities.
You are invited to join us on our 2026 Equality Insights UK Road Trip – a series of connected and cumulative, high-impact, in-person workshops designed to strengthen inclusive practice and inform sector-wide improvement. We’ll be calling at five locations across the UK:
The REME Museum, Lyneham | 20 January 2026
Colwyn Leisure Centre, Colwyn Bay | 16 February 2026
The Milner, York | 24 March 2026
Edinburgh Training and Conference Venue, Edinburgh | 21 April 2026
Royal Hospital Chelsea, London | 23 June 2026
These in-person workshops will provide a focused environment to:
- Review organisational approaches and assess the effectiveness of current practice.
- Co-develop a strategic roadmap that enhances cultural awareness and inclusive service delivery.
- Strengthen cultures of trust, respect, and belonging across teams and service users.
- Leverage shared insights to guide long-term, evidence-informed decision making.
- Build an understanding of the value of lived experience, the power of co-development, and the importance of evaluating the impact of your actions.
This programme of events is an opportunity to shape sector-wide progress, collaborate with peers, and lead by example in setting a higher standard of inclusion.
To secure your organisation’s place at these events, and help drive sustainable, strategic change across the sector, book your FREE place HERE.
- UK Equality Insights Survey for Military Charities
Our national military charities sector survey is designed to build an understanding of how military charities function across the UK to inclusively support a diversifying military community.
Please help drive sustainable, strategic change across the sector and shape the future of inclusive support for our armed forces communities – please complete the survey! It will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.
Our UK Equality Insights Survey is now OPEN! You can access the survey here!
- SCEIP Pilot Studies
Over the next three years, we will be working with military charities to run a series of pilot studies. Participant organisations will work with the project team to co-design and evaluate an Equality Insights Toolkit for the sector that will:
- Guide and support the use of evidence to identify and understand the inequalities in their culture and working environment
- Assess the impact of their policies, practices, and processes, particularly on minoritised beneficiary groups
- Co-develop inclusive solutions and actions with measurable outcomes
- Provide support and guidance to evaluate the impact of their actions and measure change
The Pilot Studies provide an opportunity to shape the future of inclusive support for our armed forces communities. If you would like to get involved and work with the project team to shape sector-wide progress, taking part in the SCEIP pilot studies, please get in touch. We look forward to working with you!
The Project Team
Babs Harris (CEO, the REME Charity); Belinda Colston (Director, Halsden Centre); Sue Liburd MBE (Managing Director, Sage Blue) and Megan Walker (Research Associate, Halsden Centre).
The Advisory Group
We are working in collaboration with organisations from across the sector providing a project advisory group that includes Royal British Legion, Naval Families Federation, Royal Hospital Chelsea, The Veterans Foundation, British West India Regiments Heritage Trust, Royal Airforce Charitable Trust, Women’s Royal Army Corps Association, Female Veterans Transformation Programme, West Indian Association of Service Personnel (WASP), The Defence Medical Welfare Service, Fighting with Pride.
For more information on SCEIP visit our website, or contact us directly.
