Making a grant application
The Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity exists to provide a better quality of life for serving and former Naval Service personnel and their dependants who are eligable for different types of grants listed below.
- Dependants - In the event of death-in-service we provide immediate relief in form of a grant of £12,000 within 48 hours to the dependant identified with the most need.
- Benevolence - We meet an individual's need through the funding we give to specific Naval and military charities.
Serving personnel only:
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Amenities - We support the serving community in three ways
- Operational grants - Every six months all operational units receive a grant for the Commanding Officer to use at their discretion for the welfare of their men and women.
- Minor and major grants - We award substantial grants for equipment, facilities, families days and other team building events
- Sport - Our sports charity funds 39 different Sporting Associations and enables our Olympic and Paralympic athletes to receive world class coaching
- Prizes and Awards - We recognise professional excellence and achievement through the funds we make available to Commanding Officers.
The Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity does not give grants directly to individuals but there are a number of ways for individuals (current or former Royal Naval personnel and their dependants) in need to seek help supported by the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity.
Your first step
You can go directly to one of the charities we work closely with and they will talk you through the how they can help:
Royal Navy Officers' Charity
The RN Officers Charity is co-located with ARNO at 70, Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London W2 3TP. It is the principal Naval Officers' charity, and is administered by the Secretary, Commander WK Ridley, Royal Navy. Read More
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service Trust
QARNNS (Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service Trust) is a registered charity and encompasses all serving personnel, Reserves and retired members of the Q.A.R.N.N.S., as well as Voluntary Aid Detachment (VADs). Read More
Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund
The Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund is the overarching Royal Marine charity and money raised is used for a range of purposes. Read More
The Royal Naval Benevolent Trust
The RNBT gives help, in cases of need, to serving and former Royal Naval ratings and Royal Marines other ranks; they are known as Primary Beneficiaries. We also help their partners, children and some others connected with them. Our beneficiaries are known collectively as the RNBT Family. Read More
The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Children’s Fund
The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Children’s Fund has supported children whose parents work, or have worked, for the Naval Service for over a hundred years.
At the outset, the Children’s Fund primarily supported the children of ex-servicemen, although over the years, the evolution of society and war has turned the tide and, at present, around 80% of its beneficiaries’ parents are still serving. Read More
The Women’s Royal Naval Benevolent Trust
The WRNS BT was founded in 1941 to help the women who served in the Women's Royal Naval Service. Every woman who served between 1939 and 1993 is automatically a member of the Trust. The Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity is a corporate Member of the WRNS BT with equal voting rights at their Council. Read More
If you are still unsure of what to do and need advice on where to start, contact Anne Carr on 023 9254 8093.
