Also, the Society has over an extended period assisted a number of service clubs and NGO’s. Today home base facilities are provided to the local branches of Rotary, Lions and Round Table and by way of largesse in cash and kind, assists them as well as (amongst others) the SPCA, the Salvation Army, PADCA, the South African Guide Dogs Association, the Deutsche Verrein, the Gift of the Givers and the Saibaba Foundation of Pietermaritzburg.
‘The Royal’ actively supports agriculture and horticulture, with an emphasis on emerging farmers and youth development. Bursaries are also offered to study agriculture – in its broadest sense – at a tertiary institution within KwaZulu-Natal.
