suttononsea.infoThe Armed Forces Covenant is a visible symbol of our intent to ensure that those who defend all of us are not disadvantaged by their service: and that the talents and dedication of veterans and Reservists are given further arenas in which to shine and benefit from their undoubted talents, skills and experiences
Mablethorpe & Sutton Town Council have become the first Town Council in Lincolnshire to be registered as an Armed Forces Community Covenant Council.
We are fully committed to honouring our obligations to those who have served their country, and we will work with partner organisations to provide a range of services that support serving personnel and their families.
The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise from the nation that those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly.
We have signed our own Covenant with the armed forces showing commitment to supporting serving, reservist, ex-armed forces personnel, veterans and their dependents.
We have pledged to ensure that our armed forces community will not be disadvantaged in accessing our services as a result of their service in the military.
We fully support the Armed Forces Act 2021 and the new legislation which focuses on local and regional service provision, covering those aspects of public housing, education and healthcare that are most likely to affect serving and former members of the armed forces and their families.
Our Three Guiding Principles
The legislation introduced a new duty on relevant public bodies, when exercising certain aspects of their public functions, to have ‘due regard’ to the three guiding principles of the Armed Forces Covenant. These are:
- Recognising the unique obligations of, and sacrifices made by, the armed forces.
- That it is desirable to remove disadvantages arising for service people from membership, or former membership, of the armed forces.
- That special provision for service people may be justified by the effect on such people of membership, or former membership, of the armed forces.
For communities, the Armed Forces Covenant is a promise of mutual support between a civilian community and its local armed forces community.
