Royal Naval Association

Constitutional objectives

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.