Accessibility is really important to us at The Royal Maritime Hotel in Portsmouth.

Back in 2014 we started fundraising to improve the hotels accessibility facilities believing passionately that every visitor, guest, member and beneficiary had the right to enjoy the hotel and it's facilities as easily and comfortably as everybody else.

ACCESS ALL AREAS

In 2013 the Trustees of The Royal Maritime Club adopted the Access all Areas policy and for the last 10 years a variety of organisations have helped us achieve our goal. You can read about our Access All Areas Funders and their contributions here

In 2014 a generous Help for Heroes grant created the West Wing Accessible Suite and refurbished adjacent bedrooms to provide new shower rooms with fully accessible equipment, hydraulic beds and lowered furniture.

Help for Heroes also funded the disabled lift serving the Trafalgar Ballroom, balcony and the Library and the new ground floor accessible lavatory.

In 2016 the Government Armed Forces Covenant Fund made a substantial grant for the refurbishment of the club’s lower ground floor and Pool complex, funding a lift from the ground floor of the club, adding a disabled lift from changing rooms to pool, a disabled changing room and a hoist for pool access. The pool now contains massage jets for hydrotherapy and there is a wet room shower for use with the waterproof wheelchair.

The RNRMC (Royal Navy and Royal Marines charity) added a hydraulic bed for the changing room.

Most recently in 2023, with funding from the Veterans Foundation, a new platform lift has been installed between the Library and its mezzanine meeting rooms and offices and the Library doors have been widened.

It has been a long journey with an old building; but we will continue to improve all our facilities and work continues with modernising and refurbishing the bedrooms, always with accessibility for all in mind.