In 2023, The Seafarers’ Charity awarded £2.4m in grants to 50 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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South Devon and Channel Shellfishermen Ltd
Grant support for one year for the salary of the co-operative's Executive Officer who delivers a range of services to support and connect shell fishermen in the South Devon and Channel area.
Amount awarded: £25,000
Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariner's Royal Benevolent Society
The provision of a top-up fund to support emergency grants to those Merchant Navy seafarers and their dependants in real poverty, but who do not fit within the organisations' set criteria (e.g. 10 years' sea service).
Amount awarded: £15,000
Seafood Cornwall Training CIC Ltd
A grant awarded to improve resilience and safety in the fish sector through efficient delivery of Fishing Safety Advice and a corresponding Safety Training Programme in the South West of England.
Amount awarded: £18,150
Sailors' Society
Joint grant funding with key maritime welfare charities awarded to support five Indian seafarers to return to their home country after being imprisoned in Iran for 19 months.
Amount awarded: £1,500
Sailors' Society
A grant awarded by the Seafarers International Relief Fund to fund a medical helpline and distribution of 5,000 COVID-19 Care Kits to seafarers at 10 major ports in India. Kits include: a digital thermometer, pulse oximeter, hand sanitizers, mask, basic medicine and vitamins.
Amount awarded: £166,350
Sailors' Society
A grant awarded to deliver Chaplaincy Port Outreach welfare services in Scottish ports. This involves providing counselling for physical, mental health, emotional and spiritual wellbeing and linking to the International Crisis Response Network.
Amount awarded: £70,000
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.
