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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Royal Museums Greenwich (National Maritime Museum)
Development of a web based fishing memorial database to support the new national fishing remembrance day in August.
Amount awarded: £17,490
The Nautical Institute
Funding the development of 4 internationally recognised Leadership & Management and Coaching & Mentoring training courses recognised by The Institute of Leadership and Management to improve standards of onboard leadership.
Amount awarded: £15,000
Chirp Charitable Trust
To fund the core costs of the CHIRP Maritime programme and its share of central activities which enable, facilitate and support the maritime programme e.g. administrative, HR and IT support costs
Amount awarded: £55,000
Greenwich Citizens Advice Bureau Limited
Co-funding to support the Seafarers Advice and Information Line (SAIL) to provide a Citizens Advice service to seafarers and their dependents in the UK.
Amount awarded: £156,870
International Seafarers' Welfare & Assistance Network
Funding for SeafarerHelp, a free, confidential, multilingual 24/7 365 days per year helpline available to the estimated 1.6 international seafarers & their families. (Joint funding in partnership with ITF Seafarers Trust & TK Foundation for 3 year period.)
Amount awarded: £127,355
Merchant Navy Association
Contribution to the annual multi-faith Merchant Navy Day Commemorative Service and Reunion at the Merchant Navy Memorial in Trinity Square Gardens, London.
Amount awarded: £2,000
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.
