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

• no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen
• in some circumstances special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or bereaved

• Promoting that fact that we are an armed forces-friendly organisation
• We will publicise our Corporate Covenant commitments on our website and we will display the Corporate Covenant logo on our Letterhead and all official publications.
• We will actively update all our careers, recruitment and related website pages to actively publicise our support to the armed forces.
• We will promote membership of the Reserved Forces within our graduate and general recruitment activity.
• We will seek to sponsor, where possible, charities, museums and events that are relevant and appropriate in a respectful and supportive manner.
• We will seek to sponsor with the relevant family or estates blessing, via the Royal British Legion, Remembrance Day recognition for the fallen veterans and heroes of those in the silent service of the country.
• Seeking to support the employment of veterans
• We value and recognise military skills and qualifications as part of our core work and all documentation, and recognise such when interviewing for positions.
• We will work with the Career Transition Partnership to ensure our employment opportunities are made available to veterans.
• We will engage with the Recovery Career Service to support as far as is practicable, employment opportunities for wounded, injured or sick veterans.
• Where practical, we will invite to interview, all veteran applicants who meet the selection criteria in a job specification.
• We will participate in selected Career Fairs for those leaving the Armed Forces and will work with SaBRE to identify other means of promotion and engagement. 
• Striving to support the employment of Service spouses and partners
• We will attempt to find alternative employment within the business in another location if they need to move to accompany their spouse or partner.
• We will allow the use of Company vehicles, where practical, to assist in any needed moves at no cost to the Service family.
• Endeavouring to offer a degree of flexibility in granting leave for Service spouses and partners before, during and after a partner's deployment
• We will sympathetically review requests for holidays before, during and after a partner's overseas deployment, when the Service person has leave to spend with their family.
• We will consider special paid leave as appropraite for employees who are bereaved or whose spouse/partner is injured.
• Seeking to support our employees who choose to be members of the Reserve forces, including by accommodating their training and deployment where possible
• We will accommodate reservists' training commitments wherever possible and we will strive to support these to ensure an effective Service.
• Through our own HR policy and Employees Handbook, we will provide up to 30 days per annum special paid leave in support of reservists' training commitments.
• Through our own HR policy and Employee Handbook those reservists that are High Readiness Reserve [HRR] status, will be provided with up to 30 days per annum special paid leave in addition to the up to 30 days above.
• We will whenever possible accommodate the mobilisation of our reservists if they are required to deploy.
• We will in accord to our own HR policy and Employee Handbook offer up to 100 days unpaid leave in any one year; hence we can accommodate and actively support the Service persons' Mobilisation of four to eleven months every three to five years and during which they will not lose any of our Employment Benefits over and above working hours, weekly development and their core salary during mobilisation.
• We will encourage any reservists in our business to participate in Uniform to Work Day.
• We will seek to support the Armed Forces with Cyber Warfare, Electronic Warfare, C-IEDD and other specialist trades [trained extensively at our expense], and where possible create experts for the country's future needs.
• Offer support to our local cadet units, either in our local community or in local schools, where possible
• We will engage with the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association to identify opportunities of support, assistance and facilities where appropriate.
• We will encourage our employees to be cadet helpers or instructors, where practicable.
• Aiming to actively participate in Armed Forces Day
• We will promote Armed Forces Day via our intranet and encourage our employees to participate in Armed Forces Day local events.
• We will promote our support and participation via our intranet and encourage our employees as part of Armed Forces Day to reach out across the Fire and Rescue Service, The Police Service and the Ambulance Service our support for such local events.

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