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N 0 350 10 20 340 30 330 40 320 50 310 60 300 70 Impact290 80 280 E 90 270 W 100 260 110 250 2020 120 240 130 230 140 220 150 210 160 200 170 190 180 ReportS WELCOME FROM THE CHAIR IMPACT REPORT 2020 03 WELCOME OUR FROM THE VISION CHAIR — It gives me great pleasure to introduce I am confident that its support of the We seek a world Greenwich Hospital’s 2020 Impact men and women of the Royal Navy will Report, covering 2019, a period that endure for many decades to come. included the Hospital’s 325th Anniversary*. Greenwich Hospital is not a The better that Greenwich Hospital where all in the hospital in the modern sense. And while and its work is understood within the it is still associated with Greenwich, it is Royal Navy and across the charity no longer based there and has a national sector, the more positive impact it Royal Navy family reach. It is a unique Crown charity which can have. So I heartily commend supports members of the Royal Navy, this report to you. past and present, and their families. are empowered & History has given it a rich range of responsibilities, that this report should help you to understand. Along with those responsibilities comes an supported to succeed, impressive scope of Naval charitable giving, benefiting the lives of many now & in the future thousands of its beneficiaries. Just as the Royal Navy is transforming Vice Admiral Nick Hine CB to be fit for the 21st century, so Greenwich Second Sea Lord Hospital is working with the Navy and other charities to ensure it is up to the Chair, Greenwich Hospital challenges of the 2020s and beyond. Advisory Board *The 2021 report will cover Greenwich Hospital's response to the 2020 Covid Pandemic. 04 IMPACT REPORT 2020 WHO WE ARE WHO WE SUPPORT IMPACT REPORT 2020 05 Greenwich Hospital, Her Majesty’s unique Royal Naval Crown Charity, has been providing essential support to serving and retired Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel and their families for well over 300 years. The wellbeing of the Royal Naval community will always be at the heart of everything we do. Greenwich Hospital’s approach Working directly, or in close is flexible, innovative and collaboration, with naval creative, and we’re proud of our organisations and charity reputation as a responsive and partners, our aim has remained progressive charity. Whether unchanged since 1694: reaching it’s through educational grants, out to those who would benefit WHO advice, grants, sheltered housing, from our support and helping financial or hardship support, our them make a real and lasting focus is on proactive intervention difference to their lives. to improve the lives of our beneficiaries. The impact of our work and the benefits for those we serve are becoming increasingly varied and far-reaching. As a Royal Navy charity it is our duty to support, provide, improve and better the lives of those who serve WE ARE WHO WE or have served in the Royal Navy, and their dependants . SUPPORT Shown opposite are some of the organisations that we support: 06 IMPACT REPORT 2020 3 YEAR CHARITY SPEND CHARITABLE INITIATIVES IMPACT REPORT 2020 07 Block/Grant In the 2018/19 financial year, Greenwich Hospital directly supported £12,770,343 (85%) 73 different charitable initiatives. The total value of charitable support was £4,716,902, including GH grants made through RNRMC, bursaries Welfare/Other £401,010 (2.7%) for students from Naval families at the Royal Hospital School (RHS) and annuities paid through RNBT. In terms of beneficiaries, we supported: Housing £273,717 (1.8%) Debt Management 3 YEAR £367,194 (2.4%) Health & Well Being CHARITY £604,680 (4%) Education £183,000 (1.2%) TOTAL PEOPLE WHO WILL SPEND BE HELPED 2018-2021 * Employment/Training 2018—2021 £441,570 (2.9%) Block/Grant 96,135 Welfare/Other 44,252 Housing 384 Debt Management 2,100 Health & Well Being 132,329 Education 215 Employment/Training 2,097 HELPED BREAKDOWN ANNUAL 3 YEAR BENEFICIARY OF BLOCK GRANTS SPEND SPEND GROUP PEOPLE RNRMC 32.3% £1,376,563 £4,129,689 Vets/Serving/Families RNBT/Jellico 21.6% £917,791 £2,753,373 Veterans 46.1% RHS Bursaries £1,962,427 £5,887,281 Families 76,448 103,000 9,061 105 585 £4,256,781 £12,770,343 SERVING FAMILIES OF SEA LONDON VETERANS SERVING/VETERAN NAUTICAL SCHOOL PERSONNEL ROYAL NAVY CADETS STUDENTS (*Spend for 2020 and 2021 are forecasted based on existing commitments). In 1694, William III and and their families. Greenwich Greenwich Hospital founded by Work begins on GH. Christopher Mary II signed letters patent Hospital remains a vital provider Letters Patent of William and Wren and Nicholas Hawksmoor OUR Battle of La Hogue — Mary. Queen Mary gives former give their design services pro bono. establishing a Crown charity of funds in supporting naval William III and Mary II Anglo-Dutch fleet incurs Royal Palace site at Greenwich Bricks are supplied by a Mr Foe, TIMELINE for the benefit of naval seamen sea men and women in the UK. ascend the English throne horrific casualties and £2000k endowment. later famous as Daniel Defoe 1688—2020 325 Years of Service 1688 3-4 June 1692 25 October 1694 30 June 1696 08 IMPACT REPORT 2020 SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS 2020 SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS 2020 IMPACT REPORT 2020 09 RBLI LifeWorks North years. The service was further expanded in Auxiliary to pursue tertiary education while April 2018, with an additional adviser and they are serving and before they are eligible SELECTED The RBLI LifeWorks programme is a 5-day part-time administrative support. for their ELCs. This scheme is becoming course which supports veterans and their increasingly popular as its existence becomes families with CV writing, job hunting and The SAIL service for RN/RM clients provides more widely known. The upper limit on HIGHLIGHTS transition to the civilian world - or back into advice across a wide range of subjects, combined household income is £40k. work for family members. LifeWorks has including: supported more than 1300 veterans across In 2018/19 we funded 16 RN students who the UK since the scheme started in 2014, ○ Benefits and Tax Credits started degree courses through our bursary with 83% of sign-ups finding employment ○ Debt 65 Degrees North scheme with the LDO team. We had one new or training within 12 months. Almost 80% of ○ Housing applicant from RFA. 65 Degrees North enables Wounded, Injured veterans supported have physical or mental ○ Relationship and family or Sick veterans to undertake physical disabilities, such as loss of limb or PTSD. ○ Tax and National Insurance Through our bursary scheme for Veterans challenges on the basis of Rehabilitation ○ Immigration (for Commonwealth and their dependants we continued funding through Adventure. With the support of GH started supporting ‘LifeWorks Families’ and Non-British personnel - see page 9) eight students at Newcastle University, a Greenwich Hospital, five veterans (four male, in 2015, reaching out to spouses and flautist at Trinity Laban, five from University one female) cycled the 1,000 km Munda Biddi dependants of ex-serving personnel. SAIL provides an in-depth casework service of Portsmouth, four at Greenwich University Trail which runs from near Perth in Western ‘LifeWorks North’ was launched at Hull for its clients, including advocacy and and three at Plymouth University, one of Australia, down to Albany on the Southern Guildhall on 17 May 2019, with financial negotiation with third parties such as the whom is a spouse. There is also one RN Ocean. The ride was unsupported, so the backing from GH and in association with Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) scholarship at Durham University and three team carried everything they needed. Hull City Council, bringing the scheme to and creditors. It also helps clients to apply to from Essential Teaching an education and the city for the first time. charities when they have fallen on hard times. training organisation. SAIL provides advice and casework support Soldiering On Awards mainly by telephone, with a monthly HRH The Princess Royal visits face-to-face outreach advice session at The Soldiering On Awards celebrate the ‘the Royal Navy’s CAB’ Veterans Outreach Support (VOS) in outstanding achievements of those who Portsmouth. have served their country, and of the On 2 November 2019, The Princess Royal "I was privileged to receive a diverse people and organisations who visited the Seafarers’ Advice and Information Royal Navy bursary for 2018/19 work together in support of the Armed Line (SAIL) at their premises in Greenwich, Forces Community. and afterwards met with Funders and Grants to individuals academic year and was able Partners of SAIL at the Admiral’s House in Greenwich Hospital offers training grants to purchase a laptop, desk and In thirteen separate categories, the Awards ORNC, to mark the expansion of this unique to individuals via the COBSEO Case honour a broad range of achievements and vital service for the seafaring community. Management System (CMS), in 2019 course books. This enabled me including Sporting Excellence, Healthcare This was her second visit to SAIL, the only providing 15 veterans with both Education and to study at home and still fulfil & Rehabilitation, and Family Values, as well Citizen’s Advice Bureau for seafarers, and Welfare support. Through a partnership with as recognising those who have built on their represents a significant milestone in its The Poppy Factory, this year we have made my parental duties to my 2 sons military experience to develop a successful history since it opened its phone lines in 1996. nine awards.