10 June 2008 - Veterans Outreach Support (Portsmouth)
At 1500 - 2000 on the 1st Wednesday of the Month Dr Morgan O’Connell (recently Chief Consultant Psychiatrist to Combat Stress) and John “Joe” Erskine (SSAFA – Forces Help (Portsmouth)), together with David Watts, (General Manager of The Royal Maritime Club), have arranged a “Veterans Outreach Support” programme for ALL Ex-Service Veterans and/or Family Members of Veterans.

05 June 2008 - Helitots Day Nursery
The Royal Naval Benevolent Trust was able to help the Helitots Day Nursery in Culdrose Air Station, with a grant towards a safe and stimulating environment for the service personnel’s children that attend there.

05 June 2008 - RNA Bloxwich give donation to RNBT
When Royal Naval Association Bloxwich Branch had to sell their premises, as membership was lessening and the costs of maintaining the club were proving to be too high, a meeting was held to decide what to do with the proceeds of the sale.

05 June 2008 - RNBT Supports Veterans Day
The Royal Naval Benevolent Trust supports “Veterans Day” and recommends viewing its new website at www.veteransday.org.uk .

09 April 2008 - Go Commando Across the Atlantic
On December 2nd 2007, Royal Marines Ben Gaffney and Orlando Rogers set out from the Canary Islands on an Atlantic crossing with a difference…Gone was the comfort of HMS Ocean as Royal Marines are more used to – they decided to cross the 3000 miles to Antigua in a 24 foot rowing boat – aptly named ‘Go Commando.’

21 February 2008 - VISIT TO PEMBROKE HOUSE BY VICE ADMIRAL
His Excellency Vice Admiral Sir Fabian Malbon KBE, the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey and president of the Royal Naval Benevolent Trust and Lady Malbon paid a flying visit, to Pembroke House, the Trust’s residential and care home in Gillingham, Kent.

Here is our current list of events - please come and see us and tell us about your Royal Naval/Royal Marines connections.  We look forward to seeing you.

 

HMS COLLINGWOOD Brickwoods Day Sat 7 June (Fareham)

HMS SULTAN Show w/e 21-22 June (Gosport)

Trowbridge Veterans Celebrations w/e 28-29 June (Wiltshire)

RNA Conference w/e 27-29 June (Dundee)

Plymouth Veterans Weekend 27-28 June (Devon)

RNAS YEOVILTON Air Day Sat 5 July (Somerset)

Chatham Veterans Day Sat 5 July (Chatham Historic Dockyard)

Portsmouth Meet Your Navy Days Fri-Sun 25-27 July (HMNB Portsmouth)

RNAS Culdrose Air Day Wed 30 July (Cornwall)

RNBT Annual Presentation Thu 9 October @ HMS SULTAN