Community Covenant and Armed Forces Champions

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Dear Portsmouth City Council,

Please can you confirm if your local authority is the signature to the Armed Forces Community Covenant? Can you confirm if your authority is a member of an Armed Forces Covenant/Partnership Board and if so who represents your local authority on this board?

Please can you provide the contact details for the following (if the roles exist in your local authority);
Elected Member Armed Forces Champion
Lead Officer within the council for Armed Forces (sometimes known as Armed Forces Champion)

Yours faithfully,

peter ashcroft

FOI, Portsmouth City Council

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Information Governance, Corporate Services
Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AL
Telephone:    023 92 834385
                                               

                                                                       
 
Reference: FOI2021/1048
 
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FOI, Portsmouth City Council

 
 

  Information Governance, Corporate Services
Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AL
Telephone:    023 92 834385
                                               

                                                                       
 
Reference: FOI2021/1048
 
Dear Peter Ashcroft
 
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST RESPONSE
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 30th August 2021,
which was considered under the Freedom of Information Act.
 
In accordance with the Act, I confirm that Portsmouth City Council holds
the information you are seeking. 
 
YOUR REQUEST AND OUR RESPONSE
1. Please can you confirm if your local authority is the signature to the
Armed Forces Community Covenant? Can you confirm if your authority is a
member of an Armed Forces Covenant/Partnership Board and if so who
represents your local authority on this board?
 
Portsmouth City Council have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are
leading members of the Solent Armed Forces Covenant Partnership. The
Solent Armed Forces Covenant Partnership Board brings together key
stakeholders from Portsmouth City Council, Southampton City Council, Isle
of Wight County Council and Gosport Borough Council. The Elected Member
Armed Forces Champion and Lead Officer represent Portsmouth City Council
on this board.
 
2. Please can you provide the contact details for the following (if the
roles exist in your local authority); Elected Member Armed Forces Champion
Lead Officer within the council for Armed Forces (sometimes known as Armed
Forces Champion)
 
Elected Member Armed Forces Champion - Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson
 
Lead Officer - Caroline Hopper
 
If you need to contact the Lead Officer or Armed Forces Champion you can
do so through our dedicated email address
[1][email address]
 
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2015, this information may not be re-used without permission from
Portsmouth City Council.
 
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Square, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 2AL, telephone 023 9283 4385, e-mail 
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Yours sincerely
 
Sharlotte Hughes
Information Governance Specialist
 
Portsmouth City Council
Civic Offices
Portsmouth
PO1 2BQ
 
T: 023 9288 2659
E: [4][email address]
E: [5][Portsmouth City Council request email]
[6]www.portsmouth.gov.uk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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