Welcome to the online booking page for the RNRM Relationship Sessions – free and flexible support for your relationship.

Marriage Care, in partnership with Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity, is pleased to offer free support for your relationship, as part of RNRMC’s Strengthening Families programme.

The aim of the partnership is to help Families from the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Fleet Auxiliary build better, more resilient relationships in preparation for the deployment cycle.

We hope to relieve the relationship distress that presents challenges to the wellbeing of RNRM personnel and their families. Our hope is that opportunities to discuss the unique pressures on relationships presented by Naval service, to explore how, when and why relationships can come under stress, and what can help, will improve and strengthen couple relationships, and, where relevant, the families who depend upon them.

We hope that this preventative opportunity may reduce the need for counselling. However, Marriage Care can also offer counselling to those who wish or need to go deeper.

What to expect

The Relationship Sessions are online group sessions. 

The course is open to those serving in the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and their partners. 

You can attend with your partner, or alone. 

You will look at many aspects of relationships, including communication styles, managing conflicts, and intimacy. There is also a session about the part the Navy plays in a relationship, and the impact of deployments. There will be discussions, and you will also have the chance to speak privately with your partner or in a smaller group.

The course dates are on 5 consecutive Mondays: 

· Series 1, Monday 24th March – Monday 28th April 

· Series 2, Monday 9th June – Monday, 7th July 

· Series 3, Monday, 1st September – Monday, 29th September 

· Series 4, Monday 3rd November – Monday, 1st December

There are 5 sessions in each series. The series will be delivered four times through 2025, so each series is identical. This means that, if you have to miss a session in your chosen series, you may be able to catch up with it in a series at a later date.

All sessions will begin at 7.30pm. Most are around 1.5 hours in length, with one slightly longer one that is 1hr 50mins.

What you will need

· an Ipad or laptop and a stable internet connection. 

· to be in a quiet location with no distractions 

· Pens and paper will be useful. For Session 1 you will need some art materials; for Session 5 it would be helpful if you could bring some pebbles/buttons or similar 

Please note: Babies and children cannot be present at the sessions.

Want more information? Want to sign up?

Please email RNRM@marriagecare.org.uk