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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International Maritime Health Association
Improved Communications
Funding to improve communications within the International Maritime Health Association (IMHA) and with other allied organisations in order to improve knowledge, share best practice and collaborate further to improve the health of seafarers.
Amount awarded: £24,432
Sailors Children Society
Fundraising Salaries
Funding for the salaries of a Partnership Manager and an Events Manager to assist with diversification of income streams and which will grow the charities income.
Amount awarded: £55,000
ISWAN
SeafarerHelp Helpline for Seafarers
Multi-Year funding to ensure the continuation of ISWAN’s Seafarer Help Service from 2026-2028.
Amount awarded: £500,000
ISWAN
Changing Tack Salary
Funding to continue a dedicated Project Manager role, and associated project costs, that coordinates the Changing Tack working group initiatives including obligations under the Superyacht Alliance think tank focus groups and ISWAN’s Welfare of Yacht Crew project to deliver evidence-
Amount awarded: £53,366
CCDL
Safety, Resilience and Outreach
To fund outreach work in partnership with the Young Fishermen Network (YFN) and The ComSave Credit Union to support low-income and single-handed fishermen in accessing grants, strengthening business resilience and implementing preventive safety improvements at sea and ashore for the under 10m fleet.
Amount awarded: £45,000
Abandonment Campagne
Abandonment Campaign Animated Films
Robin Greenwood Studio Ltd. has been commissioned to produce three animated films
Amount awarded: £48,000
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.
