RMC Impact Report 2022-23 v15 - Flipbook - Page 5
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Chair
Mrs Lynn Fordham
President
Lieutenant General Rob Magowan CB CBE
Commandant General Royal Marines
Introduction
Mr Jonathan Ball
Chief Executive
Commemoration,
celebration,
collaboration
Welcome
It is a source of moral cohesion that binds serving
and veteran marines together, providing reassurance
and succour that translates our creed — ‘Once a
Marine, Always a Marine’ — from mere words into
a firm promise to those asked to prevail in
the most challenging operational contexts,
often at risk to their own lives.
The Royal Marines Charity
is an inseparable part
of the Corps family.
But whilst supporting success on operations remains
the focus, no one is immune from the impacts of a
military career. These pressures are not limited to
those in uniform, and the support provided to families,
who are also part of our Corps, is equally important.
Whether serving in the general service, the Royal Marines
Reserve or the Royal Marines Band Service, everyone
is touched at some point by the Charity’s work.
If we did not carry out our work, it is likely that
because of the proud nature of our community,
they would not seek assistance elsewhere.
• Prevent — ensure that members of our
community do not descend into acute need
The lifelong support delivered in 2021 reached more of our
community than ever — over 22,000, of whom almost 2,800
were in acute need, a 33% rise on 2020. The Charity created
over £7.5M of social and local economic value — including
saving the taxpayer over £1.3M in benefits through our
support to assist those discharged through injury or illness
into work. We ensured that every £1 donated was turned into
£3.18 of value delivered. Thank you to all who have ensured
this work can continue. Whether it is providing advice or
employment, financial donations or non-monetary help,
your assistance makes a profound and discernible difference.
• Assure — provide professional and safe support
• Inform — ensure that our community knows how to promote
good health and welfare, and where and how to seek help
• Collaborate — ensure that members of our community
are assisted by the most appropriate source
Our special focus is ensuring effective support
to forward deployed Commando Forces
and their dependants. We will also:
• Improve addiction support and education
• Expand our Armed Forces Compensation
Scheme tribunals advocacy
• Provide financial education to serving,
transitioning and Veteran members
• Address digital poverty amongst older members
The Board of Trustees has
completed a strategic review
which focuses on improving
our delivery to the Corps
Family through a new threeyear programme which will
run to the end of 2024.
RMA – The Royal Marines Charity Impact Report 2022–2023
“…the Charity will be
there for the Corps.”
To meet this rising need, the Charity put in
place the people, resources, and processes
necessary to provide effective support:
• Respond — provide holistic support to those who
have serious mental, physical or other challenges
which threaten their independence and dignity
2021 saw needs continuing to rise,
following trends from previous
years but further exacerbated by
the COVID 19 pandemic, the impacts
of which continued from 2020.
Delivery throughout the pandemic period, when charitable
income was squeezed by lockdown measures at the same
time as demand for support was rising, demonstrates
perfectly that the Charity will be there for the Corps when
we need it most, irrespective of its own uniquely challenging
circumstances. We must never take this for granted, and I
am delighted to see increased cohesion between serving
and Veteran Marines reflected in the RMA’s growing
membership — something that can only make us stronger as
a Corps Family, and something I will continue to encourage.
To everyone who is a member of the RMA or supports the
Charity, on behalf of Royal Marines everywhere, thank you.
• Improve Veteran support in the devolved nations
Thank you to all who supported us during 2021 — the Corps, our
parent charity RNRMC who have given us substantial financial
and staffing support, our partners who teach us so much and
saved us reinventing the wheel, our donors and fundraisers who
ensure we have the resources we need, our Members who have
been amazing in applying the Commando Mindset to their care
of one another and innovative support, and our Trustees and
staff who continue to deliver in spades. United we conquer!
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By the end of 2024 we seek to:
• Be the natural and trusted first point
of contact for the Corps Family
• Be providing active and effective support to
deployed Commando Forces and their dependants
• Be the leading UK regimental charity championing
our members and enabling collaboration
between major service associations
• Have 24,000 members with a younger
demographic so as to prevent need down the line
• Have an enhanced geographical footprint
• Have better trained and enabled volunteers
• Have a fully developed PR function to enable advocacy
• Secure an annual net income of £5M
in order to enable our planned work
to be delivered (currently £3M)
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