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Theme 1: Employment Support Reservists by offering them additional days of annual leave (paid/unpaid) in order to carry out their duties. Offer work placements, insight days, mentoring schemes and/or guaranteed interview schemes to Veterans seeking employment. Support the employment of Service spouses, partners and dependants, for example by: signing up to Forces Families Jobs; offering short-notice leave to those whose partners are sent on deployment; and working with the tri-Service Families Federations. Offer additional (paid/unpaid) annual leave to Cadet Force Adult Volunteers to help them carry out their training requirement. Offer insight days to older Cadets looking for apprenticeships and further education opportunities. Engage with the Career Transition Partnership. Work with relevant charities and the Career Transition Partnership to offer work opportunities to the Wounded, Injured and Sick. Consider ways in which remote-working solutions might benefit the mobile Armed Forces Community, especially partners and spouses. Theme 2: Communications, engagement and outreach Provide and/or promote training, such as e-learning, for your staff on the Armed Forces Community. Promote the Armed Forces Covenant, and your support for the Armed Forces Community to your staff, 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 logos in your communications and marketing. Appoint an Armed Forces Champion within your organisation to act as a focal point for organising and promoting support for the Armed Forces Community. Engage with and support local Armed Forces charities, for example by supporting their fundraising activities. Signpost members of the Armed Forces Community to available support. Engage with any local Armed Forces presence for example, local Army units, reservist units, RAF stations and/or naval bases. Develop relationships and work collaboratively with other organisations supporting the Covenant and the Armed Forces Community in your locality/region.