Former RM recruit Ryan Thomas, who hails from Manchester, says: “2022 was a very crazy year indeed for me. I couldn’t have ever imagined in my wildest dreams where I would be now. I couldn’t have done it without any of you guys at the RMA Charity. Not just from a funding point of view but just from having access to the large network of support that you made available to me.”
RMA – The Royal Marines Charity’s Employment and Education Team is proud to announce a working partnership with Tesla. Having first met with the team at Tesla back in 2022 at the Mission Motor Sport National Transition Event at Silverstone, they have been working tirelessly to build their ‘Veterans at Tesla’ platform
Members of our Employment & Education, and Health & Wellbeing teams, returned inspired from RMA – The Royal Marines Charity having had a prominent presence and taken advantage of the enormous networking opportunities at the annual National Transition Event (NTE) hosted by Mission Motorsport (MM). It was held at ‘The Wing’, Silverstone Circuit’s state-of-the-art conference centre in Northamptonshire.
Each year, Valentine’s Day triggers poignant memories for Becky, a former member of HM The Royal Marines Band Service.
Because it was on 14th February that her promising and much-cherished career in the Royal Marines came to an end. She had no idea just how much her life was about to be turned upside down.
After being distraught at unable to complete their RM training, former recruits Aden Dennis and Bradley Seager approached RMA – The Royal Marines Charity who, in May 2022, sponsored them to attend a residential rural week at Bicton College in Devon.
Our Employment & Education team has first-hand personal and professional links to the Corps and is especially well-placed in our office ‘behind the wire’ at CTCRM to give immediate help to those facing an uncertain future, especially to those undergoing medical discharge.
RMA – The Royal Marines Charity are proud to work alongside our charity partner HighGround, delivering a bespoke Rural Week at Bicton College in Devon for Young Service Leavers that have been unable to complete training at this time.
The Royal Marines Charity work with all compulsory discharged Royal Marine service leavers, veterans and spouses. We support them into meaningful and rewarding employment through bespoke careers advice and guidance, sourcing of employment opportunities and funding for training, qualifications and equipment.
On leaving the Corps, Neil took up a role as a Military Contract Officer in the United Arab Emirates. Following 8 years in the role, Neil left to pursue other opportunities and whilst Neil found these interesting and varied, however, these were mostly short-term in nature.