Armed Forces Covenant

A promise by the nation.
The Covenant is a promise from the nation ensuring that those who serve or who have served in the Armed Forces, and their families, are treated fairly.
Digital works Group has pledged it’s support to the Armed Forces Covenant. To find out more about what it means follow this link.
Proudly supporting those who serve.

The Armed Forces Covenant
We commit to uphold the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the contribution that Service personnel, both regular and reservist, veterans and military families make to our organisation, our community and to the country.
Section 1: Principles of The Armed Forces Covenant
1.1 We, Digital Works Consulting Limited, will endeavour to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant:
- Members of the Armed Forces Community should not face disadvantages arising from their service in the provision of public and commercial services.
- In some circumstances special provision may be justified, especially for those who have given the most, such as the injured or bereaved.
Section 2: Demonstrating our commitment
2.1 We recognise the contribution that Service personnel, reservists, veterans, the cadet movement and military families make to our organisation, our community and to the country. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant by:
Employment support to members of the Armed Forces Community:
- Support Reservists and to Cadet Force Adult Volunteers who are part of our team by offering them additional days of annual paid leave in order to carry out their duties or undertake their training requirements.
- Offer work placements, mentoring schemes and a guarantee of an interview to Veterans seeking employment.
- Support the employment of Service spouses, partners and dependants.
- Offer insight days to older Cadets looking for apprenticeships and further education opportunities.
- Work with relevant charities and the Career Transition Partnership to offer work opportunities to the Wounded, Injured and Sick.
- Extend our remote-working approaches to enable and benefit the mobile Armed Forces Community, especially partners and spouses.
Communications, engagement and outreach:
- Provide training for your Team Members on the Armed Forces Community.
- Promote the Armed Forces Covenant, the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme and your support for the Armed Forces Community to your Team Members, customers/service users, supply chains and the wider public.
- Support or promote Armed Forces events, such as Armed Forces Day/Week, Reserves Day, the Poppy Appeal and Remembrance activities.
- Use the Covenant and Employer Recognition Scheme logos in your communications and marketing.
- Create a dedicated Armed Forces page on our website detailing our covenant commitments.
- Develop relationships and work collaboratively with other organisations supporting the Covenant and the Armed Forces Community in your locality.
2.2 We will publicise these commitments through our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Armed Forces Community and our customers on how we are doing.





