Forces in Mind Trust was founded in November 2011 by a £35 million endowment from the Big Lottery Fund.  As a member of Cobseo – the Confederation of Service Charities and a voted member of its Executive Committee, the Trust works within the military charities sector, and much more widely, to support the United Kingdom’s Armed Forces Community.  The Trust is unique within this sector, and last year launched its ‘Third Age’ strategic approach, which puts measurable impact at its core.

• Our Vision is that all ex-Service personnel and their families lead fulfilled civilian lives.
• Our Mission is to enable them to make a successful and sustainable transition.
• Our Strategy is to use our spend-out endowment to fund targeted, conceptually sound, evidence generation and influence activities that will cause policy makers and service deliverers to support our Mission and to strengthen the Armed Forces charities sector through collaboration and leadership, and by building its capacity.