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Our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant
The Royal Engineers Association – the Sapper Charity promotes and supports the Corps of Royal Engineers among members of the Association in the following ways:
(1) By fostering esprit de corps and a spirit of comradeship and service.
(2) By maintaining an awareness of Corps traditions.
(3) By acting as a link between serving and retired members of the Corps.
Providing financial and other assistance to serving and former members of the Corps, their spouses, widows, widowers, and dependents who are in need through poverty.
Our focus and support is given to serving, Reservist, and veterans of the Corps in addition to their families. (Spouses, widows. widowers, dependent children).
In addition, we have specific support available through funding for those who have been injured or discharged due to illness to retrain for a new career. Funding is also available to dependent children up to the age of 25 for educational needs where one or both parents can no longer work due to bereavement or serious illness.
About us
The original Royal Engineers Association was founded in October 1912 under the name of The Royal Engineers Old Comrades Association. Its name was changed to The Royal Engineers Association in 1952.
The motto of the Association is ‘SERVICE - NOT SELF’.
The Aims of the Association are:
To promote and support the Corps among members of the Association in the following ways:
To provide financial and other assistance to serving and former members of the Corps, their spouses, widows, widowers and dependents who are in need through poverty.
To make grants, within Association Guidelines, to the Army Benevolent Fund and to other charities that further the objectives of the Association.