Supporting the well-being and welfare of active and retired seafarers.
Every year we award more than £2m in grants to support many maritime and welfare charities. We are working alongside our delivery partners and supporters to deliver our innovative emergency programme designed to provide immediate support to those seafarers and their families hit by the cost of living crisis. See how you can help us fund organisations that deliver immediate support.
In 2022, your donations helped us to:
- Award 72 grants
- Support 61 organisations
- Support 11 organisations that are new to us
- Award £3.1m in total funding
The impact of your support
Funding to help three brothers at a time of need
William, a serving officer dad is married with four children. His youngest triplets, James, Michael and Peter, were born three months early and had to spend four months in hospital. Due to lack of oxygen at birth, all three brothers have varying degrees of cerebral palsy, sensory loss and learning delay.
More detailsA fisher struck by a serious illness and a financial burden
Jeff was a fisherman for 45 years before a serious illness took him ashore. Thanks to funding from The Seafarers’ Charity, he was able to access financial support to get his family’s finances back on track.
More detailsRetraining for a new career at sea
Alex, an ex-Merchant Navy and Royal Navy seafarer, had been out of work for several months and was finding it difficult to pay his bills.
More detailsTelephone friendship group brings together retired seafarers
Seafarers Group Calls is a project supported by The Seafarers’ Charity which aims to reduce feelings of isolation and loneliness of 120 older ex-seafarers, and their dependants, by facilitating their participation in 2,500 moderated community group telephone sessions.
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