Lloyd's Veterans Charity (LVC) has awarded £850,000 to nine nonprofit organisations following due diligence by its Grants Committee.
The awards were made under the charity's Tier 1, Tier 2 and Small Grants programmes, with successful applicants working in LVC's target areas of mental health or employment for those who have served.
Care After Combat received a Small Grant over two years for its work in veterans' mental health. Building Heroes received a Tier 2 Grant over two years for veterans' employability, while The Warrior Programme received a Tier 2 Grant over two years covering both employability and mental health. Veterans Launchpad and PTSD Resolution each received Tier 2 Grants over two years for mental health work. Poppy Factory received a Tier 1 Grant over three years for employability, while High Ground and Veterans Into Logistics each received one-year Tier 2 Grants for employability work, and Grassroots, which runs the Stay Alive app, received a one-year Tier 2 Grant for mental health support.
In total, 47 charities have received LVC grants totalling £3.86 million since 2010.
LVC works with the Lloyd's & City Branch of the Royal British Legion and the Lloyd's Military Network to collect charitable donations from companies and individuals across the London market. The Corporation of Lloyd's serves as lead donor, alongside managing agencies, broking firms and market suppliers.
This grant round follows the charity's own rebrand earlier in 2026, when it changed its name from Lloyd's Patriotic Fund, adopted at its founding during the Napoleonic Wars, to Lloyd's Veterans Charity, a change chairman Brigadier Edward Butler said was intended to make the charity's purpose clearer to a modern market audience less familiar with its historic name.
Butler said geopolitical turmoil is a regular topic in the market, and that when turmoil becomes conflict, military personnel are the front line, making the need to support veterans and their families greater now than at any point in recent memory. He said the market has proudly supported those who have defended its values for more than two centuries, often at great personal cost, and that he remains humbled the market places its trust in the charity's trustees to put donations to good use.
Butler said the nine selected organisations are already making a genuine difference, and encouraged anyone in the London insurance market, whether connected to the military or simply wishing to express gratitude, to lend their support.
Meanwhile, Charles Roxburgh, chairman of Lloyd's, said the charity's work ranks highly among the things he is proud of at Lloyd's, describing it as the trustworthy vehicle through which the Corporation of Lloyd's has funnelled support to veterans and their families for centuries, in line with its commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant.
Benjamin Hancock, chairman of the Lloyd's & City of London Branch of the Royal British Legion, said the branch is proud to have worked alongside LVC for years raising funds through the Lloyd's Slip Campaign, calling the two organisations' work complementary.
Finally, Dom Sweny, chair of the Lloyd's Military Network, said businesses across Lloyd's and the wider London market are home to many veterans, and that the network is delighted to support grant-making work that helps veterans find work and thrive in the insurance sector.
