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.
Categories:
Enhanced Financial Resilience
Year:
2021
Sailors' Children's Society
A funding contribution towards supporting children and young people from Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleet families on low incomes. The grant will help with essentials, such as school uniforms, winter coats and shoes, school trips, educational equipment and more.
Amount awarded: £75,000
Royal Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution
Funding to deliver a more meaningful and sustainable level of financial grant support to the sons and daughters of deceased merchant seafarers and fishers.
Amount awarded: £75,000
Officers' Association (The)
A grant awarded to provide short and long-term practical support, guidance, financial help and advice for ex Royal Navy officers and their families, in particular widows. The support will include access to residential homes for disabled and single persons and working with military and other charities.
Amount awarded: £60,000
Nautilus Welfare Fund
To pilot a new model of home casework support in two locations: Cardiff and Tyne. The holistic support aims to maximise welfare benefit and grant income including accessing health, housing and social care provision to enhance independence of Merchant Navy seafarers and fishers.
Amount awarded: £51,800
Mindfully Wired Communications
Development and delivery of a visual and impactful campaign for UK fishing communities which will provide financial education, promote long-term behavioural change in money management practices and increase awareness of support for financial resilience.
Amount awarded: £40,000
International Seafarers' Welfare & Assistance Network
A grant awarded by the Seafarers' International Relief Fund to help support vaccinations for seafarers in India, and to provide financial and emotional help for seafarers and their families impacted by COVID-19 in India.
Amount awarded: £133,000
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.
