RMC Impact Report 2022-23 v15 - Flipbook - Page 22
Royal Marines Association
Worldwide grants
Worldwide
support
Association membership
18,893
18,893 (2021)
16,222 (2020)
14,359 (2019)
Total number as at 31st Dec 2021
Branches
11
Overseas
branches
22
France
Slovakia
£8,650 disbursed to ten
beneficiaries. Included a £2,150
grant towards compassionate
travel for a Royal Marine recruit
who was discharged after
sustaining a serious injury.
£3,950 disbursed to three
beneficiaries. Included grants
towards urgent dental treatment,
heating costs for widow of
former RM, and funeral costs for
former RM who was his wife’s
carer for ten years before she
sadly succumbed to cancer.
£500 grant to pay rent arrears
of former RM who lost his
job during the pandemic.
£2,500 to a beneficiary for
compassionate travel.
92
UK
branches
South Africa
Cameroon
Total number
of branches
61
Worldwide grants
20
Specialist
branches
130
RMA geographic branches
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Australia (three branches)
Canada (two branches)
Cyprus
Falkland Islands
France
Malta
New Zealand
Spain
UK (currently 61)
Funerals
supported
RMA – The Royal Marines Charity Impact Report 2022–2023
Zimbabwe
£1,000 to a beneficiary after
two tours in Afghanistan. Grant
towards medical costs and
psychological treatment for
physical and mental injuries.
Portugal
£3,000 towards a new prosthetic
leg for former RM suffering with
a pulmonary embolism in his
lung and DVT in his right leg.
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Spain
£1,650 to two beneficiaries.
Included grants for therapy to
cope with poor mental health;
and to assist former RM whose
small market stall business
struggled during the pandemic.
Thailand
£500 given to former RM living
in Thailand who had to leave for
his own safety. Grant provided
towards quarantine hotel costs.
Australia
£370 given to wife of former RM
who died suddenly. Grant provided
for white goods as she began to
rebuild her life without her husband.
Finland
£1,000 towards general needs
of medically discharged former
RM whose tourism business
was impacted by COVID-19.
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