In 2025, The Seafarers’ Charity awarded over £2.7m through 60 grants to 53 organisations supporting seafarers in need and their families.
Our grant funding supports frontline organisations and projects that provide essential help for seafarers and their families in crisis. Each grant application is assessed against our core goals to ensure the support provided to ensure that your donations go to where the need is greatest.
See the below list to find grants awarded in the last three years.
Does your organisation or project work to provide support for seafarers in need and their families? See if you’re eligible for a grant to help you.
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CCDL Innovations Ltd
Funding for a Policy Officer role to write a policy brief on fishers’ mental health support access and develop practical outreach materials including pocket tide timetables with embedded mental health resources.
Amount awarded: £7,400
Southampton Solent University
Funding for research on cadet retention and support, from the first day of enrolment through to obtaining a Certificate of Competency, to gain an understanding of the financial, social, and structural challenges cadets face. This will enable charities, maritime colleges, sponsoring companies, and industry bodies to design targeted interventions that improve their experiences and increase retention.
Amount awarded: £26,570
International Seafarers' Welfare and Assistance Network
Funding to develop ‘Safe at sea… it takes all of us!’ campaign to reduce abuse, bullying, harassment, discrimination, and violence at sea by promoting allyship behaviours; specifically, to translate into Hindi and Tagalog to equip Indian and Filipino crews with culturally relevant tools to foster safer, more inclusive onboard cultures.
Amount awarded: £15,200
Befrienders Worldwide
Funding for Befrienders Worldwide to deliver regular social media promotions that keep seafarers’ emotional wellbeing in the public eye, support the Seafarers Emotional Support Service, and strengthen BW’s overall media presence.
Amount awarded: £5,000
Global Maritime Forum
The project "Charting Change: From Stories to Safer Seas" aims to develop a digital campaign to collect personal stories and raise awareness about the issue of sexual misconduct at sea. The stories and data collected will provide an evidence base for the development of a standardised global maritime framework for identifying, responding to, and sanctioning sexual misconduct at sea.
Amount awarded: £67,400
UK Sailing Academy
Funding for a Repayable Bursary Fund to remove financial barriers for people from disadvantaged backgrounds to access accredited maritime training, covering essential costs and repaid once participants are in work.
Amount awarded: £30,000
We're committed to transparency
The Seafarers’ Charity is committed to transparency and we work with 360Giving to publish information about our grants. See our Publisher profile on 360Giving, where you will be able to download grants awarded since 2017.
