HW7 Promote schemes and projects for the Aged Veterans Fund This fund is specifically targeted for support to older veterans, including nuclear test veterans, to improve healthcare and awareness of medical issues as they get older. This is a fund of £25m from Libor fines for all veterans born before 1 January 1950. RBC The Aged Veterans Fund has £25 million available over 5 years. It will fund projects that support health, wellbeing and social care needs for older veterans. Grants of up to £1 million are available to lead organisations who will manage, support and ensure the delivery of a strategic portfolio of projects. The Aged Veterans Fund is now closed for applications, but it will reopen next year. HW8 Promote events relating to local and national armed forces To ensure widespread publicity and good public attendance at such events RBC Communications Calendar of events available on SCC website at: HW9 Support projects and schemes which meet the health and educational needs of services personnel and their families To ensure that health and educational needs are met and that service personnel and their families are not disadvantaged Surrey County Council / NHS / Clinical Commissioning Groups RBC is neither an educational nor health provider, however it will support organisations responsible for those services in delivering assistance to the armed forces family Communication C1 Appoint Councillor as Armed Forces Champion To provide key link figure with forces and to champion the armed forces community RBC Councillor Shannon Saise-Marshall appointed as Armed Forces Champion in 2015. C2 Hold initial meeting with local army Task Force Commander Establish local communications with nearest military base at Pirbright RBC Meeting held between local Task Force Commander, Armed Forces Champion, RBC Assistant Chief Executive and SCC Community Partnership & Committee Officer on 4 August 2015 C3 Establish regular meetings with local army Task Force Commander Enable regular local communications with nearest military base at Pirbright RBC / SBC Local Task Force Commander covers Runnymede, Spelthorne & Surrey Heath. Agreed between Runnymede & Spelthorne to have joint meetings.
Awaiting response from Surrey Heath to join these meetings. Calendar of meetings to be set C4 Hold meeting with local army unit commander Establish local communications with senior military officers based at Pirbright Task Force Commander Army unit commander has designated company commanders to be liaison officers, so Runnymede now has an individual contact C5 Attend relevant local events promoting military / civilian co-operation Show support for armed forces RBC Armed Forces Champions meeting attended at County Hall on 11 September 2015 and 3 March 2016 by RBC Armed Forces Champion and Assistant Chief Executive. National Armed Forces Champions Conference 4 November 2015 in London Surrey Armed Forces Conference (10 November 2015) attendance by RBC Armed Forces Champion C6 Provide information on the Runnymede Armed Forces Community Covenant on the RBC website Promoting publicity of the work being done locally RBC Communications Webpage created: C6 Aim to publicise military partnership projects and events Promoting publicity of the work being done locally RBC Communications Issue press releases and use social media as appropriate Recognise and Remember RR1 Support Armed Forces Community by attendance at Remembrance Day services and ceremonies Showing respect for fallen members of armed forces community RBC Services held at all main towns – Addlestone, Chertsey & Egham as well as Air Forces Memorial in Englefield Green and various local churches and war memorials.