Dame Agnes Weston’s Royal Charity for the Naval Service supports all
personnel serving in the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Fleet Auxiliary and
their families with pastoral and practical support.

Aggie’s has Pastoral Workers based in RN establishments and RM units across
the UK and has a dedicated Pastoral Worker, based at Whale Island, for those
serving in the RFA.

Aggie’s pastoral workers are available to listen, chat, offer comfort and support
and signpost all serving personnel and their families as they require.

Aggie’s Pastoral Workers work in close collaboration with the chaplains and
are often located within NCS Havens and coffee bars, which offer a relaxed
environment for personnel.

The Community Waves teams in Portsmouth and Plymouth offer families a
timetable of events based in and around SFA areas. Events range from fitness
and walking groups to sewing, craft and coffee and toddler groups.

The timetable of all events can be found on Aggie’s social media.

Aggie’s Storybook Waves is a FREE service that enables all personnel serving
in the Royal Navy to record a story for their children or relatives to listen
to whilst they are separated. Separation can be through deployment, nonoperational separation, courses and long shift patterns. After the story is
recorded, sound eff ects are added and then sent to the family with the Aggie’s
gift pack that includes; a copy of the book read, copy of the NCC’s Zoe and
the Time Rabbit, Aggie’s Mini Medals for each child, book marks and aged
appropriate deployment journals

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