b"GRANT MAKING IMPAIMPCT REPORACT REPORT 2018-19T 2021OUR GRANT-MAKING IN 2021In January 2020, the Board set out the following strategicDuring 2021, and in furtherance of these strategic objectives,PROGRAMMES Association to support access to the Armedobjectives for the period 2020-2025 to honour the charitysthe Charitys Strategic Funding Committee approved 8.9m ofFunding for the commissioning programmes in 2021Forces Compensation scheme.visionto support our sailors, marines and their families charitable expenditure through a funding model focused onwas split between seven programmes, the aim of 5. Individual SupportTo ensure that those whofor life: identifying need,earlyinterventionandprevention. 8.2 meach is: - fall on hard times have access to financial support,was delivered; this was achieved through a combination of: notably through grants to the Naval ChildrensWe will work with other charities operating in our sector 1. Naval Service Support - To provide support, Charity, the Royal Naval Benevolent Trust, the to establish a confederation or alliance in order to provide Programmeswhich focus on a particular beneficiary group normally infrastructure, to serving naval personnel. Sailors Childrens Society and Royal Marines those in need within our beneficiary group with a single or community in response to identified needs. Not all areas This year significant funds were allocated for the Association (RMAThe Royal Marines Charity).point of access to the totality of state and charitable of planned delivery were possible during the pandemic; and SBSA Resilience Centre with support with a grantsupport available. from The Nuffield Trust. 6. Veterans SupportTo support the specific2. Family SupportTo provide support to navalneeds of veterans, e.g., partnership with Soldiers',Pathwayswhich ensure we remain by the side of all families of serving personnel, e.g., partnering with Sailors', and Airmen's Families Association (SSAFA)Acting with other naval charities and key stakeholders, we beneficiaries from their first day in the Royal Navy and for the Kings Foundation to provide activity camps to provide casework for the naval family of charitieswill ensure that our potential beneficiaries are made aware decades after their Service ends for children during the schoolholidays; or and the RFEAThe Forces Employment Charity toof the support that is available to those who need it. partnering with Relate to provide relationshipsupport veterans into employment.and family counselling services and Home-Start, 7. Promote Independence and Protect DignityToWe will collaborate with Greenwich Hospital with the providing support for families with young children. ensure that older and dependent beneficiariesobjective of agreeing funding priorities to deliver our How we distributed our funds in 2021 3. Health & Wellbeing SupportTo support mental have the care and support they deserve. e.g.,objectives. On many of our flagship projects in 2021, funding - Total 8.2m health and wellbeing of service personnel and their funding for military care homes and innovativehas only been made possible by Greenwich Hospital and the families, e.g., partnering with Portsmouth Military approaches like Sparko TV connecting people toRNRMC working together for the people of the Royal Navy comrades and families from their own home.AdditionalProgrammes, 47% Health Alliance to provide gambling & addictionand Royal Marines past and present. Grantmaking, 20% support, Anchoring Minds to support families; a Delivery of new support projects was impacted byproject with the Gosport and Fareham Multi the pandemic, causing delay or slowing delivery,We will commit to spending over 50% of our charitable Academy Trust to create a Community Services but it gave the opportunity to review and, whereexpenditure on collaborative and long- term commissioning Hardship, 5% Hub on site and additional support for RN mothers appropriate, adapt to improve understanding of whatprojects with other charities and organisations which seek with pre- and post-natal depression. would be most impactful and to strengthento address underlying causes of need, whilst continuing to 4. Communities Support ProgrammeOriginally partnership working. Our commissioning approachmake other grants as the need arises. designed as projects to combat loneliness and to grant making allowed us to adjust grantsocial isolation, and extended this year to deliver payments to better reflect actual delivery; thisRecognising the need to act decisively, we will undertake pilot projects that support all beneficiaries reflected in the variance between the budgetbold and far-reaching plans and projects with our partners and enhance existing provision, e.g., funding allocation and actual grant awards. In 2012, 20% ofPathways, 28% additional grant making allowed us to supportthat will draw down substantially on our total net assets a post with Fighting with Pride to reach into the programme areas of unplanned need arising fromas necessary. LGBT+ community; and providing a specialistthe pandemic.worker to work from the White Ensign14 15"