SSAFA Exceptional Award for Calvert Trust Exmoor

Calvert Trust Exmoor were delighted to receive SSAFA's Exceptional Award at the Forces Additional Needs and Disability Forum (FANDF) in MOD main building, Whitehall yesterday (Monday 20th June).

FANDF supports service families to ensure that both children and adults with additional needs and disabilities have access to the best support available.

Membership of FANDF is open to;

• Parents of children with additional needs and disabilities form Service families.
• Partners/spouses of Service personnel with a disability
• Service personnel with a disability
• Carers

Tony Potter, CEO of Calvert Trust Exmoor, received the award on behalf of the trust from Iza Gill, Chair of FANDF.

After the award was presented Tony said "We are honoured to receive this Exceptional Award in recognition of our continued commitment and support of SSAFA short breaks, providing support to families with disabilities from across the Armed Forces. It's particularly important to us that it was the families themselves who voted to recognise us with this award."

Calvert Trust Exmoor have been working with SSAFA for over 10 years, providing breaks for children with additional needs and disabilities, and their families. SSAFA award only one Exceptional Award a year.