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Never above you, never below you, always by your side
Getting help
It takes strength
to ask for help
Health & Wellbeing Team
We are passionate about
the support we provide
to the whole Corps Family.
We offer a range of
assistance aimed at serving
and former Royal Marines
and their dependants.
This includes mental health support,
respite breaks, grants to help with
financial difficulty and getting about
inside and outside the home.
Our small and experienced team which
includes volunteers provide support,
advice and guidance across six main
areas of delivery. We work closely
together and alongside other trusted
charities and organisations — including
the NHS to ensure the best possible
outcomes for our beneficiaries.
To get help:
0800 468 1664
rma-trmc.org/request-help
Grants and
Benevolence
AFCS & War
Pensions
The Grants and Benevolence team are
the initial point of contact for serving
and former Royal Marines, and their
dependant families, who are seeking
charitable assistance for a range of
financial and non-financial support.
Our AFCS and War pensions team
provide free, confidential guidance,
advice and, if required, representation
at various stages of a claim including,
although not exclusively, at tribunals
in conjunction with these schemes.
Mental Health
& Wellbeing
Royal Marine Support
Network Officers
Seeking help should be considered
a strength rather than perceived
as a weakness. Our Veterans
Referral Programme provides
bespoke treatment for RM veterans
experiencing mental health issues
when these cannot be addressed
in a timely way by the NHS.
Our group of Royal Marine Support
Network Officers (RMSNO) are trained
volunteers able to provide both
practical help and emotional support
to the RM veteran community in a
variety of ways; from a vitally important
regular friendly chat at home; or on
the telephone to ease social isolation
and build a sense of camaraderie and
belonging; to practical help with lifts
to hospital and medical appointments;
and help with form filling.
Transition
& Support
This proactive function offers support
to all vulnerable service leavers,
including the wounded injured
and sick medical discharges, admin
discharges and others who have
left the Corps and require help.
Alcohol and
Substance Misuse
Advice and support to those
battling the effects of Alcohol
and Substance misuse.
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RMSNO are part of the Health &
Wellbeing Team and are our eyes and
ears out in the veteran community.
Employment and Education (not
part of Health & Wellbeing Team but
we do work very closely together).
We work with vulnerable Royal
Marine services leavers, veterans
and spouses to support them
in to meaningful and rewarding
employment through careers advice
and guidance, sourcing of employment
opportunities and funding for training,
qualifications and equipment.
Celebrating the 75th Year of the RMA
Further mental health support
If you are in a
life-threatening
situation, call
999 or go to your
nearest A&E.
Samaritans
Combat Stress
Every day, Samaritans volunteers
respond to around 10,000 calls
for help. They are there, 24 hours
a day, 365 days a year, for anyone
who’s struggling to cope, who
needs someone to listen without
judgement or pressure.
Combat Stress is the charity that
provides specialist treatment and
support for veterans from every
service and conflict, focusing
on those with complex mental
health issues. Open 24/7.
Whether you’re concerned
about yourself or a loved
one, these helplines
and support groups
offer expert advice.
T: 116 123 (free)
E: jo@samaritans.org
(response time 24 hours)
Serving Personnel & their families:
T: 0800 3234444
Veterans & their families:
T: 0800 1381619
North of England*
South East England
T: 0303 123 1145
E: ntawnt.veteransservice@nhs.net
*Urgent care and support accessible
by healthcare referral only.
Sussex, Surrey or Kent
T: 020 3317 6818
E: cim-tr.veteranstilservice-lse@nhs.net
Op Courage
Op Courage is a new NHS service
that provides specialist care for those
Armed forces veterans suffering
from a mental health crisis.
The new service combines the
Veterans’ Mental Health Transition,
Intervention and Liaison Service, the
Veterans’ Mental Health Complex
Treatment Service and the Veterans’
Mental Health High Intensity Service.
This means that veterans can access
the most suitable level of service for
them across seven regions in England.
www.rma-trmc.org
The Midlands & East of England
T: 0300 323 0137
E: mevs.mhm@nhs.net
London
T: 020 3317 6818
E: cim-tr.veteranstilservice-lse@nhs.net
South West England
T: 0300 365 2000
E: gateway@berkshire.nhs.uk
Hampshire, the Isle of Wight,
Berkshire, Oxfordshire
or Buckinghamshire:
T: 0300 365 2000
E: gateway@berkshire.nhs.uk
Op COURAGE urgent care
and support service:
T: 02394 387 924
E: snhs.veteranshis.se@nhs.net
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