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Royal Naval Association East Antrim Branch

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £0.4K

  • Spending

    £0.6K

Charity no. 105691 Date registered. 18/08/2017

Public benefits

Article 3 & 4 of the Charter details the objects and benefits 1. The government’s duty is to preserve the nation and protect its citizens. The RNA is an aide to morale and the maintenance of efficiency in the naval services. 2. Lifelong comradeship among serving and retired personnel creates a unique bond that demonstrates that all who served

matter. 3. Bringing members together provides an opportunity (often the only) for them to relate their experiences with those with similar knowledge. 4. Commemoration ceremonies allow the public to share in the grief for those who made the ultimate sacrifice and their appreciation of those who offered themselves up. 5. Financial assistance to beneficiaries, by way of grants or loans, to give relief from conditions of hardship. 6. The provision of welfare advice and linkages to specialist advisers. 7. To assist members in their search for employment, especially those transiting back to civilian life. 1. A safer nation 2. The creation of a bond between people who have lived through similar life experiences. 3. Arranging for beneficiaries to meet in unencumbered places where they can relate their experiences with people who understand. 4. Services and ceremonies of commemoration are regularly held in various locations and at every meeting. 5. The provision of ‘first aide’ relief from stress and hardship 6. Links to a network of naval charities and others whose objects provide for our members. 7. The sharing of local knowledge of employment opportunities. 1. Sailors accept they may have to go to war; they do so in the knowledge they may be killed or injured. 1. All who have served or who are serving in HM Naval Services 1. All who served in the naval forces will benefit from comradeship. That is both incidental and necessary.

What your organisation does

Preserving the traditions of the service through ceremonies and demonstrations of skills required by the service enhances the efficiency of the service Comradeship is important to those who have served, through it memories good and bad can be shared with those who understand. Facilities conducive to the above are essential. Memorial of those who

gave their all is done through ceremonial attendance at services of remembrance and the construction of memorials, the keeping and sharing of records Relief from conditions of need is either direct or via other Naval charities An advisory role bringing to use, local and National skills on the wide range of welfare experiences, and to assist where possible to gain employment, especially for those who have recently left the service.

The charity’s classifications

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • Other charitable purposes

Who the charity helps

  • Men
  • Older people
  • Parents
  • Victim support
  • Volunteers
  • Women
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Counselling/support
  • Cultural
  • General charitable purposes
  • Grant making
  • Welfare/benevolent

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Charitable purposes

3. The objects of the Association shall be: (1) To further the efficiency and well being of the Service, preserve its traditions and encourage recruiting. (2) To foster comradeship and “esprit de corps” among those who have served or are serving in Our Naval Forces. (3) To provide facilities for bringing Members together. (4) To perpetuate the memory of those members of Our Naval Forces who have died in the service of their Country. (5) To provide relief from conditions of need, hardship or distress, to persons who have served or are serving in Our Naval Forces and their dependents. (6) To advise members and other persons who have served in Our Naval Forces and their dependents on subjects affecting their welfare, referring on to appropriate agencies where specialist advice is required. (7) To advise and assist Members and other persons who have served in Our Naval Forces in their search for employment. (8) To pursue any or all of objects (2), (4), (5), (6) and (7) above for the benefit of members or former members of the Naval Forces of former members of the Commonwealth at a time when those Naval Forces were part of Our Naval Forces, and either or both of objects (5) and (6) above for the benefit of the dependents of such persons.

Governing document

Other

Other name

East Antrim RNA
  • 3 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

  • Tel: 07702562672

Public address

  • Julie, 79 Carnmoney Road, Newtownabbey, 79 Carnmoney Road Newtownabbey, BT36 6HT

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr R.F. Loughran
Miss J. Hunter
Mr Robert George Hodgson

Areas of operation

List of regions

  • In Ireland
  • In Northern Ireland
  • In The Uk
  • Internationally
  • Australia
  • Belgium
  • Canada
  • Cyprus
  • France
  • Gibraltar
  • Japan
  • Jersey
  • Malta
  • New Zealand
  • Norway
  • Qatar
  • Republic Of Ireland
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Scotland
  • South Africa
  • Switzerland
  • United States Of America
  • Zimbabwe