How We Help
As a charitable organisation, The RNBT’s motto has always been ‘Serve a day, supported for life’. Whether you are serving, in transition from the service or an RN/RM veteran or dependent, we will do all that we can to get support to those who need it.
RNBT help is driven by need and delivered with kindness and compassion though:
Individual Grants
- Grants requests up to £750 can can be made online. Learn more and apply for financial help now.
- Grants requests over £750 require a report from a caseworker. Learn about the grant process.
Every year we make thousands of grants to Serving and Veteran RN and RM personnel and their dependents. These grants range from less than £100 up to over £200,000. The circumstances must involve ‘necessity or distress’ (in the words of our Royal Charter).
Grants typically cover essential costs, such as food, clothing and utility costs (for UK residents only), but they can also cover things like: Training and Education for employment, furniture and furnishings, rent arrears and rent in advance, specialist medical equipment and mobility aids (e.g. EPVs, Stair-lifts and Riser Recliner Chairs), and help towards care home top-up fees and domiciliary care costs.
Regular Charitable Payments
Our Regular Charitable Payments (RCPs), supported by a generous annual grant from Greenwich Hospital, are paid quarterly to assist some beneficiaries on very low incomes. Though modest in amount, they can make a real difference to the quality of life of those receiving them. Recipients are normally identified when a potential beneficiary applies for a Grant for a specific purpose. An application for a RCP may be considered if made by a casework organisation.
Grants to Organisations
The RNBT makes a very small number of grants each year to organisations that directly assist our beneficiaries. For example, we support hospices in the Portsmouth and Plymouth areas with a flat rate grant for each of our beneficiaries who are cared for by the hospice, up to a maximum sum. These grants are typically less than £10,000 and paid on a quarterly basis. Learn more and how to apply for an Organisational Grant.
Wellbeing Support
Our dedicated Wellbeing Support team provides ongoing advice, signposting and mentorship. Learn more about our Wellbeing Support.
Veteran Care & Nursing Homes
Long-term and respite care at Pembroke House and Admiral Jellicoe House – The RNBT’s veteran care homes that provide residential, nursing and specialist dementia care. Learn more about our Care Homes.
Almshouse
Affordable housing for beneficiaries with limited disability or frailty living in the John Cornwell VC National Memorial Almshouse, which is owned by The RNBT. Learn more about our Almshouse.