Church of England Soldiers', Sailors' & Airmen's Clubs (CESSAC)

Our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant

CESSAC will endeavour to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant and recognises the value serving personnel and military families bring to our business.  We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by:

• looking after serving personnel and their families, through the clubs operated by this long-standing tri-service charity;
• promoting the fact that we are an armed forces-friendly organisation in our literature;
• actively seeking the employment of Service spouses and partners;
• endeavouring to offer a degree of flexibility in granting leave for Service spouses and partners before, during and after a partner’s deployment;

We will publicise these commitments through our literature and on our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our customers on how we are doing.

About us

CESSAC is a Registered Charity (No. 226684) and a Limited Company (No. 34118 - registered in England and Wales), grateful for the continuing Patronage of Her Majesty The Queen. Its principal objectives are to operate alcohol-free, homely and welcoming amenity centres as welfare facilities for Service personnel and their dependants in military stations and other places at home and abroad and to manage rented housing for elderly ex-HM Forces personnel and their families.  It is a member of  Cobseo (the Confederation of Service Charities) and a founder member of the Council of Voluntary Welfare Work (CVWW).  Membership of the latter enables CESSAC to operate in military bases under CVWW's charter with the Ministry of Defence.  It is a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant and has a bronze award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.