Issue - meetings

Surrey County Council and Spelthorne Borough Council are both signatories of the Armed Forces Community Covenant. This report sets out both local activities and gives a county wide update.

At the request of the Officers in attendance for item 12, this item was brought forward in the agenda.

Spelthorne Borough Council’s Armed Forces Champion attended along with Surrey CC’s  Civilian-Military Liaison Adviser and Community Project Officer to give an overview of the work of the Military Covenant in Spelthorne. The work supports active military personnel and their families as well as veterans and ex service personnel.

The report was very well received by the Committee and it was suggested by the speakers that Spelthorne might want to consider forming a hub as part of the county wide support that the covenant offers.