The Great Tommy Sleep Out.

The Branch is supporting and taking part in The Great Tommy Sleep Out challenge.

Introduction:

The Branch is the lead element of the Royal British Legion in Oxted. The Branch helps fulfil the charitable aims by following the Legion Strategy of Connect, Remember and Support.

• The Branch provides the Armed Forces community to have more and better opportunities to connect and come together.
• The Branch creates connections across local communities in Oxted  to understand and support the Armed Forces community.
• The Branch plays a crucial role in local community engagement, organising Remembrance events and the Poppy Appeal (which is the main way the RBL, raises funds for its charitable work).
• The Branch  acts as a local point of contact for information about the RBL's wider support services.
• The Branch supports the Armed Forces community: serving personnel, veterans and their families; providing direct support to those in need through initiatives like telephone buddy, home or hospital visits.  

Military and Veterans:

With over 2,500 Veterans living in the Tandridge District, the Branch has a very active veterans group.

There is a monthly Military & Veterans Meet-Up at 7.30 pm on the 1st Wednesday each month at the RBL Club in the Mil and V, Veterans Hub. at  RH8 9LB  

There is a Veterans Breakfast Club at Skyline Cafe, Oxted at 1030 am on the 3rd Tuesday each month.

Also other activities organised throughout the year.

Veteran Support:

The Branch Community Coordinators provide the first link in the RBL support chain. Their email addresses can be found on the Committee page.

Health and Well Being,     Specialist Services,      Tandridge District Council 

Other pathways: Veteran Support ,  The Armed Forces Covenant.     Magazines and Badges.    

Branch History:

This Branch was formed in 1921(see certificate) from the Oxted Branch of the Comrades of the Great War originally formed in 1918.  In its early years, it operated out of a hut in Master Park – In 1926 a local landowner, Charles Hoskins Masters, donated some money, as did other local businesses, and constructed this Club House (photos) – expressly for the use of this Branch. The Club building was officially opened in December 1926 (Ceremony). On 22 January 1927, the land and the building were formally given to the Branch by a Declaration of Trust “to and for the use and benefit of the Oxted & District Branch”.  This made the Branch, and specifically its ‘Committee of Management’, the Trustees for the land and the Club House.  It also means that the Trust is a non-incorporated charity in its own right. Branch History page.        Branch News cuttings 1925-27 . 

More local History:  Canadians In Oxted,    Oxted War Graves ,     Captain Charter MC ,     Tandridge WW1 Graves ,     Tandridge WW2 Graves.      The Oxted War Memorial . 

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