Grants awarded

To provide a marketing budget and loan guarantee fund to underwrite and support the risk of the Credit Union providing affordable financial services to fishing families in the UK.

Core funding for the Confidential Human factors Incident Reporting Programme for one year to aid achieving its primary objectives in respect of maritime safety.

Befrienders Worldwide propose to set up an emotional support service in collaboration with other charities using their new Help App to allow seafarers to contact designated help centres located in countries which have strong links to shipping.

Continued provision of much-needed telephone friendship group 'Seafarers Link', aimed at helping to reduce loneliness and isolation, and enhancing relationships and social interaction with other seafarers and their communities.

to fund their work in Cochin, Chennai and the Philippines, as follows:

• A total of 13,120 people provided with food and other essentials;
• A new Oxygen Generator provided to serve the community hospital in Cochin;
• 3,943 people provided with rehabilitation and advice with long COVID-19,
• including provision of occupational therapy, physiotherapy and counselling;
• 586 children provided with counselling through ten volunteer child psychologists, as well as on-line classes while schools were closed.

awarded to:

• Priority vaccinations for 5,000 Indian seafarers in approved private hospitals in 16 port areas throughout India.
• Financial assistance of up to £1,000 for 80 seafarers, or their immediate family members (approx. 320), who have been hospitalised by COVID-19.
• Emotional support for 3,000 seafarers and their families over a six-month period from ISWAN’s existing SeafarerHelp helpline.
• Financial hardship grants to Filipino seafarers and dependents, as well as next of kin of deceased seafarers, who are impacted by COVID-19, supporting immediate living costs as well as medical costs incurred during hospital treatment.