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
International Seafarers' Welfare & Assistance Network
The grant is for the salaries and running costs of SeafarerHelp, the multilingual 24-hour helpline for seafarers and their families all over the world.
Amount awarded: £150,000
Falklands Veterans Foundation
Grant to enable a Merchant Navy veteran's granddaughter to accompany her disabled mother during her visit to the Falkland Islands graves of her Father killed in actions during the Falkland Islands conflict.
Amount awarded: £1,300
Cornwall Community Development Ltd
Production of a short film on UK tax and national insurance for inclusion within the financial capability training course developed from a recommendation within Fishing Without a Safety Net to enhance the financial resilience of UK fishers.
Amount awarded: £3,000
Commsave Credit Union Limited
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.
Amount awarded: £40,000
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.
