Thera Trust
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 Thera Trust 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 Thera Trust 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
- UK Service Veterans And Leavers
- UK Service Spouses And Partners
- Flexible Leave For Spouses
- UK Reservists
- UK Cadets
- Armed Forces Day
- Discounts
We also pledge the following:

Thera South West and our wider organisation are already providing support in our local areas through employment to the military community and would like to formally commit honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. Thera South West would be proud to promote that we are in support of our Armed Forces and become an accredited armed forces-friendly organisation through our website and social media platforms celebrating our commitment to support the employment of veterans young and old and working with the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) providing a tailored employment pathway for Service Leavers committed to supporting spouses and partners - We have the ability to provide a degree of flexibility in granting leave of Service through working within our annualized hours scheme, providing flexible working whilst having the opportunity for guaranteed contractual work. This enables reserve members who are required to keep in touch through training and within the annualised hours scheme leave would be factored and accommodated. We will also provide all the necessary skills and training to develop and support employees who choose to be members of the Reserve forces Thera South West positively participated in the local Military Community Education and Employment fair this year and plan to be involved in further opportunities as they arise. As a large organisation we are able to offer employment all over the UK providing continued support and opportunities for relocation within the organisation if deployment and service leave were to arise whilst also having opportunities to equally support the wounded, injured or sick veteran group.

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.