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History
As with the wider bow wave of
public support for the Armed Forces
which led to the establishment of
Help for Heroes, there was a surge
of support from the Royal Marines
Corps Family to support the injured
and families of the bereaved.
2011
The first Chief Executive Officer of
the RMCTF was appointed. The C
Group became a subsidiary charity
of RMCTF, and RMCTF itself became
a subsidiary of the Royal Navy and
Royal Marines Charity itself brought
into existence by the Royal Navy
in 2007 to bring together almost
90 Naval charitable funds in order
to provide a more efficient and
joined up service to beneficiaries.
2016
The first merger took place of the
RMCTF and C Group, which had been
set up in 2009 at CTCRM to assist
those medically discharged from the
Corps into work. The new entity took
the name The Royal Marines Charity
(TRMC), and moved its registered
address from Whale Island to CTCRM,
the heart and home of the Corps.
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Timeline
This manifested itself in a number of
initiatives and organisations being
established to support the Corps
Family, among them The C Group,
Commando 999, Go Commando
and Help Our Wounded.
2004/05
2008—2010
Central Office
moves to Whale
Island, co-located
with Director Royal
Marines. First
Chief Executive
appointed in 2005.
Royal Marines Charitable Trust
Fund (RMCTF) is founded, merging
of a number of benevolent funds.
The Corps itself controlled over 20
charitable funds, principally the 1939
War Fund (now the General Fund of
RMA – The Royal Marines Charity),
originally set up to provide welfare
and amenities support to the Corps in
the Second World War, and the Royal
Marines Benevolent Fund (RMBF),
established in 1997 by the merging of a
number of benevolent funds in order
to support individuals and families in
significant need. All these funds were
brought together in 2008 into the Royal
Marines Charitable Trust Fund (RMCTF),
which was registered as a Charity in
April 2010, though still administered by
the Corps Secretariat. RMCTF had very
wide charitable objects, including the
efficiency of the Corps and assistance
to individuals in need, which almost
matched the objects of RMA.
In June, the trustees of RMA, RMCTF,
The C Group and RNRMC met to
address the possibility that the number
of separate organisations was leading
to confusion amongst beneficiaries
concerning which organisation to
approach for help, gaps in provision,
and fratricide in fundraising. The
Boards subsequently committed to
merger in order to provide a one stop
shop for support for the Corps Family,
which would work in conjunction
with the Corps, the Welfare service,
RNRMC, other Naval Service charities
and wider agencies and charities
so that gaps in provision could be
addressed by signposting to the most
effective source of support without
reinventing the wheel. Further work
to merge with RMA took longer
due to the complexities of merging
a non-incorporated association
with an incorporated charity, the
need to persuade the Members of
RMA to surrender independence
after over 70 years (RMOCA had
remained in existence as a separate
organisation until the 1970s despite
the establishment of RMA), and the
need to win the case with the RNRMC
Board for a membership organisation
to become part of the RNRMC Group.
2014
A campaign to raise a further £6M
by the Corps Birthday in 2014, the
350th anniversary, was launched.
During the 350th year, 2014, RMA
adopted a five-year plan to refresh
and renew the Association, which
at an early stage led to the growth
of members from 8-10,000.
2018
2019
National subscriptions removed
from the Royal Marines Association
following a commitment
from TRMC to underwrite
the delivery of membership
services and events.
Merger of the Royal Marines
Association and The Royal Marines
Charity. The merger of RMA with
TRMC was achieved in April 2019
with the new entity’s legal name as
‘Royal Marines Association – The
Royal Marines Charity’, operating
under the simpler name ‘RMA –
The Royal Marines Charity’.
Celebrating the 75th Year of the RMA
The Membership operation also
moved from Whale Island to CTCRM.
Commando 999, renamed Royal
Marines Club, merged with the Charity
in 2020, while Go Commando now
operates in close collaboration.
www.rma-trmc.org
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