Royal Marines Association - The Royal Marines Charity

The Royal Marines Association - The Royal Marines Charity, consolidated in 2010 from mid-20th-century legacy organisations like the Royal Marines Association and Charitable Trust Fund, provides lifelong, holistic support to serving and former Royal Marines personnel, veterans, dependants, and bereaved families. Anchored in the ethos of "One Corps, One Family," it embodies comradeship, resilience, integrity, discretion, and mutual support, delivering responsive care for those facing injury, trauma, transition, or hardship through direct grants, professional services, and partnerships.

It prioritises mental and physical recovery pathways, decompression for serving personnel, financial hardship relief, education/employment assistance, addiction recovery, transition support, advocacy for entitlements, home adaptations, and community events fostering connectivity, dignity, and pride. Funding targets wounded, injured, or sick Marines; veterans with disabilities or homelessness; and families in crisis, including bursaries, rehabilitation equipment, adaptive sports, and remembrance projects—exclusively for the Royal Marines Corps community UK-wide and abroad.

Unsolicited applications from organisations are not accepted; eligibility is strictly for Royal Marines individuals/families (via online form or Grants Team contact) or invited strategic partners in military/veteran sectors, with no income/size rules or religious restrictions. Grants vary from small crisis payments (£hundreds) to £5,000+ for individuals and up to £50,000 for partnerships/projects, assessed rolling-basis with quarterly trustee meetings and rapid delegated responses for urgencies—no fixed deadlines.

Distinctive for its relational, peer-driven approach with fast, discreet interventions rooted in Corps knowledge, it excludes non-Royal Marines welfare, favouring personal casework over open programmes to champion independence and enduring bonds.