Supporting UK Merchant Navy seafarers and their families

In 2024, we have awarded £106,000 across four grants to four delivery partner organisations, supporting over 250 merchant seafarers:

• £50,000 to Tyne Mariners’ Benevolent Institution Funding towards renovations at retired seafarers’ accommodation in North Shields, Tynemouth to meet new fire regulations and fix leaking roofs. This will not only increase the safety of the 25 residents by reducing the risk of fire but also increase their wellbeing by making the home no longer subject to damp of water ingress.
• £25,000 to Sailors' Children's Society to support children and young people from Merchant Navy families on low incomes to help with essentials such as school uniforms, winter clothes, educational equipment and more.
• £13,200 to Age UK Wirral to support the wellbeing of residents at Mariners Park, Wallasey through assisting older resident seafarers to utilise IT to maintain connections with family and friends.
• £2,220 to South Atlantic Medal Association 1982 to partially fund a weekend commemorating the 40-year anniversary of the Falklands conflict in June 2022.
• £1,600 to Not Forgotten Association to provide entertainment and recreational events and activities for the seafaring community to combat isolation and loneliness among veterans by bringing them together to provide peer support.