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Armed Forces Community Covenant Update

Meeting: 11/11/2020 - Cabinet (Item 50)

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To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods providing an update on the support offered to current and former members of the armed forces, reservists and their families as part of our commitment to the Gloucestershire Armed Forces Community Covenant.

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Decision:

RESOLVED that work undertaken to support current and ex-service personnel as part of the Council’s ongoing commitment to the Covenant be endorsed.

 

Minutes:

Cabinet considered the report of the Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods that provided an update on the support offered to current and former members of the armed forces, reservists and their families as part of our commitment to the Gloucestershire Armed Forces Community Covenant.

 

The Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods stated that it was apt that this report be considered on Armistice Day when Members were particularly mindful of the sacrifices made by the armed forces community.  She further reminded them of those communities’ continuing importance to the city, not least how they stepped forward in the COVID-19 pandemic to support the wider community.  The Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods advised that the measures outlined in the appendix often made a great difference to the lives of individuals.  The Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure commented that pride should be taken in the commitment to help veterans of the armed forces and that although progress had been made, there could never be enough to repay those who had served their country.  The Cabinet Member for Economic Recovery and Growth informed Members how impressed she had been by the contributions of both serving and retired members of the armed forces to the city when she had been the council Armed Forces Champion in 2016 and 2017.

 

RESOLVED that work undertaken to support current and ex-service personnel as part of the Council’s ongoing commitment to the Covenant be endorsed.