Company size1,000–2,499 employees
Company profileThink you know the Royal British Legion? Think again.You probably know us for our poppies and recognise our name but the day-to-day work we do to support the Armed Forces community might surprise you!We’re the country’s largest Armed Forces charity. We help serving and ex-serving personnel, and their families, live fulfilling lives through a wide range of support and services.We advocate and campaign to government on behalf of the Armed Forces community, as well as leading the nation in Remembrance to ensure their sacrifices are never forgotten.We’re here for those who’ve served to defend our nation, its democratic freedoms and our way of life. To put it plainly, we’ve always got their backs, whatever stage of life they’re at. Our list of achievements is long, in the last 12 months alone: We’re modernising our missionWe’re a forward-thinking organisation with aspirations to make an even bigger impact on the lives of those who have served or are serving in the Armed Forces today. And as their needs, and the needs of their families are changing, we’re changing our way of working too.We have ambitious plans to deliver more for the communities we support by becoming a more inclusive, flexible, customer-focused, data-driven, and collaborative organisation.Improving our practicesWe are committed to building a truly inclusive organisation of diverse people and perspectives but recognise that we aren’t yet where we’d like to be. We’re actively engaged in a programme of work to develop our practices; click here to see our commitments to realising our ambition. In our most recent employee engagement survey, 72% of our workforce said they would recommend working for RBL. We want every single colleague to feel like that and we’re striving to give all our colleagues a first-class working experience with us.Staff networks for a range of groups including Carer’s, LGBTQIA+, Disability, Women’s, BAME and Veterans are in operation, and we are a Gold Award Accredited member of the Armed Forces Covenant scheme, and a Disability Confident Employer.
