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Where your money goes

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£20 would contribute towards an emergency grant to provide essentials like food, fuel, clothing or bedding to an ex-Service person struggling to survive

£30 could help towards providing skilled advice and an hour's representative for a person at a Disability Allowance or War / Disablement Pension tribunal

£50 could pay for sports training equipment to prepare & train seriously injured ex-Service men & women

£60 could pay for specialist physiotherapy to strengthen an injured ex-Service man or woman

£80 will help us to kit out a Reminiscence Room in the new Dementia Unit at Galanos House. This is where each resident's life history can be enhanced instead of forgotten. 

£100 could help to cover the running costs to ensure the aftercare of our wounded is of the highest possible standard.

Welfare helper and a client£250 could buy an emergency lifeline alarm for an elderly person.

£800 could provide a severely disabled person and their carer with a much needed welfare break.

No gift is too small. Whatever you give will help us carry on with our work. Follow this link to find out how to donate.

2010 Annual Report figures

The following piecharts show how The Royal British Legion's income was raised and how the money was spent, in the 2010 accounting year (1 October 2009 to 30 September 2010).

    How the income was raised Total £115.2m 
 How the income was raised in 2010   The Poppy Appeal  £35.0m 
  Donations & legacies  £31.5m 
  Events, lotteries & trading  £15.9m 
  Care home fees  £12.5m 
  Grants for Welfare Services   £8.3m 
  Membership subscriptions   £5.3m 
  Investment income    £4.8m 
  Other Income   £1.9m 
    How the money was spent Total £114.5m 
 AR10_spend.jpg   Care Homes & Break Centres   £20.0m 
  Providing Welfare Services  £51.3m 
  Supporting our Membership   £5.7m 
  Campaigning  £4.9m 
  Remembrance   £3.5m 
  Raising the money  £27.7m 
  Governing the charity   £1.4m