In 2024, The Seafarers’ Charity awarded £2.6m through 64 grants to 48 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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Seafarers Hospital Society (for NeurodiversAtSea)

Funding to support 10-12 potential neurodivergent seafarers in accessing a formal diagnosis, through a pilot grant making scheme that includes private assessment, and travel costs.

Amount awarded: £9,761

Safer Waves

Funding for the salary of a CEO to enhance the services provided by Safer Waves.

Amount awarded: £47,070

Seafood Cornwall Training

Funding to assist with the recruitment and training of female tutors for fishing and seafaring courses where the current tutor resources bank is one woman from a pool of 12 men.

Amount awarded: £8,556

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.

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