CGI IT UK Ltd
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 CGI IT UK Ltd 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 CGI IT UK Ltd 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:
- UK Service Veterans And Leavers
- UK Service Spouses And Partners
- Flexible Leave For Spouses
- UK Cadets
- Armed Forces Day
- Reserve Forces Day
- Armed Forces Charities
We also pledge the following:

Promoting the fact we are an armed forces friendly organisation by: displaying the Armed Forces Covenant on our UK website, intranet and relevant correspondence encouraging our members to use our Defence Employer Recognition Gold Award email signature strip in their email correspondence advocating the value and importance of the Armed Forces Covenant to our members, customers, supply chains and the wider public publicly celebrating our internal military community as well as those serving by supporting Armed Forces Day, Reserves Day and other armed forces events developing our internal Uniformed Services Network further in line with our mission to act, support and respect all those who have served/currently serve to protect the public and allowing us to better advocate internally Providing employment support to members of the armed forces community by: supporting the employment of veterans without discrimination including the young and old, injured, wounded and sick, and working with the Career Transition Partnership and other relevant organisations to offer insight days, webinars and mentoring opportunities endeavouring to offer a degree of flexibility in granting leave for service spouses and partners before, during and after a partner’s deployment supporting our members who choose to be reserve forces with an additional 10 days of paid leave per annum for training and accommodating their deployments where possible offering support to our local cadet units by supporting our members who volunteer as cadet force adult volunteers with additional leave requirements in line with our ‘Responsible Business’ and HR policies

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.