City Of Glasgow College
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-10)

We, the undersigned, commit to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our business and our country.

The Armed Forces Covenant

An enduring covenant between the people of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government and all those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their families

The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm. Our Armed Forces fulfil that responsibility on behalf of the Government, sacrificing some civilian freedoms, facing danger and, sometimes, suffering serious injury or death as a result of their duty. Families also play a vital role in supporting the operational effectiveness of our Armed Forces. In return, the whole nation has a moral obligation to the members of the Naval Service, the Army and the Royal Air Force, together with their families. They deserve our respect and support, and fair treatment.

Those who serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services. Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given most such as the injured and the bereaved.

This obligation involves the whole of society: it includes voluntary and charitable bodies, private organisations, and the actions of individuals in supporting the Armed Forces. Recognising those who have performed military duty unites the country and demonstrates the value of their contribution. This has no greater expression than in upholding this Covenant.

Section 1: Principles of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant

1.1 We City Of Glasgow College will endeavour in our business dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:
- no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen;
- and in some circumstances that special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or bereaved.
Section 2: Demonstrating our commitment

2.1 City Of Glasgow College recognises the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by pledging to the following:
- Armed Forces Friendly
We also pledge the following:

Promoting the Armed Forces: We will seek to promote the Armed Forces as a genuine career option amongst our students as appropriate, and partake in appropriate civic events where invited to do so Employmentsupport to members of the Armed Forces Community: Develop a Service Community network with the widest membership that ensures the needs of this community are recognised and understood, and that provides a mechanism for feedback where specific needs are identified Communications, engagement and outreach: Support and enable the work of the Armed Forces through direct support to the Sea Cadets and URNU, and further develop our business to ensure it is understood and more easily accessible to the Armed Forces and Veterans’ community Education: Partake fully in the MOD’s Transition and In-Service Learning and Development programmes and promote these options through the appropriate channels Civic responsibilities: As an ‘anchor institution of the City of Glasgow, we will play our part in promoting Reserves and Armed Forces Days and similar high profile occasions. All these activities will be overseen by an Armed Forces Champion who will both support and receive the full support of, the Senior Leadership Team

2.2 We will publicise these commitments through our literature and/or on our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our customers on how we are doing.