IMPACT REPORT 2012 £6.5 mILLION: making a difference HRH The Princess Royal, Patron to understand the impact that is being made I am very encouraged by the progress that is important. The increasing coherence of has been made by the and Royal the sector inside the RNRMC Group, with the Marines Charity over the past five years. successful integration of the Charitable Trust Fund in 2012, is proof In particular I am pleased to see that positive that partnership works. the charity’s message is attracting more fundraising inside the Royal Navy and at I commend the charity for the work it has how the number and variety of individual completed and urge you to give them your and corporate supporters is growing. support.

With lean economic times ahead the charity’s focus on efficiency and value and the drive

Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, President untouched, we made improvements to The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity facilities ashore and at sea. continue to make a real difference to the We are proud to be the charity of the Royal Navy of today. Navy and Royal Marines and to continue In 2012, as purse strings tightened across to support our serving personnel, veterans the Naval Service, the Charity became more and their families in a wide manner of relevant than ever. We boosted morale ways. I look forward to the continuing and improved well-being, particularly for development of the Charity. those on the frontline. And by focusing on projects that would have otherwise gone

Vice Sir Richard Ibbotson, We have a great business model, an Chairman enthusiastic and motivated board and a It is through the ongoing commitment dynamic senior management team. and generosity of our supporters that we We have achieved much over the past year are able to make the difference that we but there is still more the Charity can and do. Each year we help improve the lives of will do. It is our ambition to build on our thousands of people, and in 2012 our impact momentum in the years ahead. and our reach extended even further.

extend our grants programme to make a Any comment about 2012 would be difference to the lives of new entrants and incomplete without mentioning the serving personnel through to veterans and extraordinary Olympic and Paralympic their dependents. During 2012, we wove in Games. The Ship’s Company of HMS the activities of the Royal Marines Charitable Bulwark provided outstanding support to Trust Fund, while retaining its Board’s the sailing at Portland and we were able independence, and the gains in efficiency to provide grants to her and the sailors and effectiveness make this a sound model and marines in , both ashore and for the years ahead. in HMS Ocean. We were also able to recognise the input from the Reserves by The confidence to present ourselves providing grants at Christmas by way of a increasingly as a single group entity is thank you. Robert Robson, Chief Executive having a significant impact on our ability Five years into our journey, the Royal Navy to raise funds. In 2012, payroll giving On the wider stage, the year saw us take the and Royal Marines Charity is seeing change reached record levels and we saw increases position as the naval voice in the military on many fronts. in fundraising efforts from both within the charity sector, working collaboratively with Naval Service, corporate partners and the our colleagues on a range of issues. I am The past year has consolidated our position general public. As a result, the total grants proud to say that the Charity is doing more as the single-focus charity of the Naval we distributed as a Group rose from £6.1m to help our beneficiaries than ever before, Service and as a Group we are now able to to £6.5m. and with your help this will continue.

President: Admiral Sir Jonathon Band GCB DL Vice Presidents: General Sir Robert Fulton KBE, Sir Alan Massey KCB CBE, Sir John Parker GBE FREng Chairman: Vice Admiral Sir Richard Ibbotson KBE CB DSC DL Vice Chairman: Commodore Annette Picton Royal Navy Trustees: Mrs Kate Burgess OBE, Brigadier Simon Hill OBE, Commodore Andrew Jameson ADC Royal Navy, WO1 (RSM) Ally McGill MBE QGM Royal Marines, WO1 MEM (SM) Gary Nicolson Royal Navy, James Parkin Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Katharine Rackham Royal Navy, Mr David Robinson, Lady Stanhope, Mr John Thompson MBE BEM, Mr Hugh Twiss MBE, The Honourable Stephen Watson THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ROYAL NAVY GIVE THEIR ALL FOR OUR COUNTRY 365 DAYS A YEAR

As an island nation, our prosperity and The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Throughout the year the unwavering security is totally dependent on our Charity makes a real difference to the generosity of our supporters – through ability to access the sea. Day in, day quality of life of serving and former donations, fundraising activity and out, the men and women of the Naval personnel through the breadth of our payroll giving – and the prudent Service give their all to achieve this – grant making. management of our investments have and often in the most dangerous of enabled us to do even more. environments.

INCOME Investment: £2,599,000 (24%) GRANTS Donations: £3,921,000 (36%) Benevolence: £3,628,000 (55%) Grants: £3,264,000 (30%) Amenities: £2,061,000 (32%) Payroll giving: £1,137,000 (10%) Sports: £516,000 (8%) Total income: £10,921,000 Dependants: £285,000 (4%) Prizes: £53,000 (1%) Total grants £6,543,000

Disclaimer The summarised financial information shows our income raised and money spent on charitable activities. After allowing for the Charity’s running costs, removing the surpluses in the designated and restricted funds, the Charity carries forward free reserves of only £393,000. The information is taken from the fully audited Statutory Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012. Copies are available upon request. SERvING PERSONNEL ARE SOMETIMES OUT OF our SIGHT, BUT NEVER OUT OF OUR MIND

Throughout the year thousands of Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel served in Afghanistan; many others were deployed as far afield as the Gulf, the Indian Ocean and the . It is easy to forget, amid the stories of heroism and sacrifice, that these are ordinary men and women who, through our amenity grants, had a tremendous boost to morale, motivation and physical and mental well-being.

TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION SUPPORTING FIELD GUN COMFORT WHILE AT SEA Through the Naval Service Recovery Royal Navy Field Gun epitomises the Naval HMS Echo is rarely in the UK and, by Pathway, working with Service’s core values and standards and default, has few opportunities to conduct and the Royal Marines charities, we paid in 2012, with a grant of £30,000, refurbishment work for the benefit of £381,000 to support personnel who suffered has gone from strength-to-strength. The the Ship’s Company. Many aspects of her life-changing injuries or became sick whilst additional funding supported the Navy’s accommodation, mess decks and recreation serving. State-of-the-art rehabilitation 22 Field Gun Crews to compete at a wide areas, including furnishings, were repainted, facilities, adaptive accommodation and range of events including the Royal Navy rebuilt or replaced during the improvements. financial support were provided to help and Royal Marines Charity Field Gun The £7,500 allocated for this project made them on their way to recovery. Competition held at HMS Collingwood. a notable impact on the Ship’s Company, boosting morale while improving habitability and the conditions on board. “we made £240,000 of operational grants to frontline units”

The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity also provide funding for the Service’s fantastic treatment and rehabilitation facilities, helping to get those who have sustained injuries back to full fitness as fast as possible. For serving personnel who pay the ultimate price for our country, we give £12,000 to their family within 48 hours.

Grants to families 19 who lost loved ones

Minor grants to 163 improve well-being GRASSROOTS TO REPRESENTATIVE SPORT CELEBRATING ANNIVERSARIES A grant of £1,000 for HMS Sultan’s boxing The Fleet Flagship, HMS Illustrious, team provided extra equipment and marked her 30th year of service in May. improved facilities at Brunel Gymnasium. Over 680 Royal Navy personnel and The Royal Navy team won three major 400 friends and family celebrated with trophies in the season prior and it is hoped Ceremonial Divisions in Naval that this extra funding will contribute to Base followed by a dinner and dance in their future success. The club, which trains Portsmouth Guildhall. Our grant of £5,000 In benevolence up to 50 personnel and has three coaches, matched funds given by the Ship’s Welfare £2.9m grants to other has integrated civilian clubs for the first Fund and helped stage a fantastic evening charities time in 14 years. for all involved. “we gave over £60,000 for 55 family events”

SUPPORTING FAMILIES IN GOOD TIMES... AND IN BAD

The needs of the family, and indeed of children, are paramount to the well-being of our beneficiaries. The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity understands the difficulties of life in the service, and of being at sea, and we provide support to families in times of suffering, hardship or distress and in times of jubilation such as homecomings.

SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT AND RESPITE SAFE SWIMMING FOR YOUNGSTERS FRIENDSHIP THROUGH MUSIC Four-year-old Charlie was diagnosed with Our minor grant funding paid for Royal Established in March the West of Scotland an incurable brain tumour. A grant to Naval Air Staion Culdrose’s volunteer Military Wives Choir has 65 regular members frontline benevolent charities helped pay for swimming instructors to undertake a Level comprising women serving locally or wives, a specially-designed car seat, allowing him 2 ASA course. They are now qualified to mothers and family members of military to travel comfortably and safely; a further teach up to 12 pupils at a time, doubling the personnel. Our grant from the Naval Service grant paid for a family holiday on the Norfolk number of children now enjoying swimming Amenities Fund purchased a new piano and Broads following Charlie’s six-week course lessons at its popular pool. amplifier for the choir which now performs of radiotherapy. Sadly, Charlie passed away regularly at events in Scotland. in September but his family have expressed their gratitude for how the help they received enabled them to cope. “we presented over £2.4m to veterans’ charities”

GIVING TO VETERANS, YOUNG AND OLD

In 2012, we continued our long-term funding for 17 charities working with former Naval Service personnel. Our support extends to veterans who made the transition long ago through to recent leavers who are adjusting to civilian life.The Naval Service is a family; and with our help takes care of its own through old age, ill-health and hard times.

FROM SERVICE TO CIVILIAN SUPPORT FOR THE BLIND CARE FOR THE ELDERLY Our £20,000 grant to Alabare Christian Care Blind Veterans UK offers high quality services, Our grant from the Royal Naval Benevolence & Support allowed for an additional four bed helping veterans to discover life beyond sight Fund provides care for elderly veterans. spaces to be created in its new loss. In 2012, our grant of £25,000 supported Louis Pengelly-Phillips at The Royal Star Home. The Home provides valuable financial, 100 blind Naval Service veterans to access vital & Garter Home joined the Royal Marines employment and health support; training physical and emotional support. Paul, who in 1943 (aged 17), he now benefits from and accommodation to ex-Service personnel, had served in the Royal Navy for 20 years, was daily physiotherapy as well as life-enriching particularly those who find the transition to among the beneficiaries after losing his sight activities and social events. He served civilian life difficult. and subsequently his civilian job. alongside Winston Churchill’s bodyguard and fought on D-Day and in Burma. WE MAkE a DIFFERENCE THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT

Everything that we do is dedicated to supporting the Naval family. The benevolent charities we helped The difference we made this year was monumental, and it would The Royal Naval Benevolent Trust not have been possible without your enthusiasm and goodwill. The Royal Navy & Royal Marines Children’s Fund

In 2012, we funded £260,000 major, and £180,000 minor, amenities Women’s Royal Naval Service Benevolent Trust grants and £240,000 of operational grants to frontline units. We Alabare Christian Care & Support also gave £19,000 in awards to the 137 recipients of Herbert Lott Combat Stress Efficiency Awards. Erskine Joint Services Hosanna House Group Thank you to all our fundraisers – those who have supported our campaigns, undertaken challenge events and hosted or attended Not Forgotten Association events – and to our supporters who have donated generously. Queen Alexandra Hospital Home Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society Thank you also to our corporate partners for their support: BAE Royal Star & Garter Homes Systems; Barclays Wealth; Christie’s; MBDA; PF Charitable Trust; Sailors’ Children’s Society Pussers Rum; The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo and the Thales Scottish Veterans Residences Charitable Trust. Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation The more money we raise, the more we can give back to the Naval SSAFA family. The more money we raise, the greater difference we will Blind Veterans UK make to serving and former Naval Service personnel. Veterans Aid

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