Green Synergy is delighted to announce that the charity has received the bronze award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).
The Armed Forces Covenant is an Enduring Covenant between the people of the United Kingdom His Majesty’s Government and all those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their Families.
Green Synergy is pleased to have made our statement of intent to support defence personnel and the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme recognises commitment and support from UK employers for defence personnel.
Our commitments are:
Section 1: Principles of the Armed Forces Covenant
We, Green Synergy, will endeavour in our charity’s dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:
- no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen.
- in some circumstances special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or bereaved.
Section 2: Demonstrating our Commitment.
We recognise the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to businesses and to the country. We will aim to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by seeking to:
- Proactively promote the fact that Green Synergy is an Armed Forces-friendly organisation, to our staff, customers, suppliers, contractors and wider public.
- Support the employment of veterans, recognising military skills and qualifications in our recruitment and selection process and advertising vacancies with the Career Transition Partnership for Service leavers.
- Support the employment of Service spouses and partners; advertising vacancies with the appropriate military Families Federation and neighbouring stations; providing flexibility in granting leave for Service spouses and partners before, during and after a partner’s deployment.
- Support staff who are members of the Reserve Forces; granting 5 days additional leave for annual Reserve Forces training, where required and by pre-agreement, supporting any mobilisations; actively encouraging membership of the Reserve Forces.
- Support staff who are volunteer leaders in military cadet organisations, granting up to 5 days additional leave, where required and by pre-agreement, to attend annual training camps and courses; actively encouraging membership of cadet organisations; supporting local cadet units.
- Proactively support community engagement with local Veterans Associations and share the opportunities to take part in our programmes, projects and events.
- Support veterans through the development and delivery of projects and programmes that support their needs appropriate to our community gardens.
- Support national events such as Armed Forces Day, Reserves Day and Remembrance activities.
The scheme comprises bronze, silver and gold awards for employers who support those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces, and their families.
