Blackburn Rovers Community Trust launch female Veterans programme

Blackburn Rovers Community Trust will be launching a brand-new project, focused on helping female Veterans.

The launch of the new Female Veterans Employability Programme follows on from our successful Veterans project, which operates on a weekly basis at Ewood Park.

Funded by The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, the female Veterans programme will run for an initial three years for women who have served in the HM Armed Forces

Lasting a total of 36 weeks per cohort, the programme is designed to help female veterans develop career confidence and help them prepare for employment.

The project will include volunteering, employability workshops, health, and well-being activities, informal one to one support, digital skills, and other activities.

The programme has been launched ahead of Armed Forces Day 2023, which will take place on Saturday 24th June.

Lauren Yeates, who will lead the project for Blackburn Rovers Community Trust, said: “We are delighted that we will now be offering support and a service to female Veterans for at least the next three years.

“I’d like to thank The Army Forces Covenant Fund Trust for helping fund the project, and we will do our upmost to support female Veterans living in the Blackburn with Darwen and wider Lancashire area. If you have any questions, please do get in touch.”