To-date in 2022, The Seafarers’ Charity awarded £914,220 in grants to 16 organisations, supporting more than 400,000 people in need.

Last year we awarded 74 grants, totalling over £2.9m to 56 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 from 2020-2022.

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Deutsche Seemannsmission

Emergency financial assistance for approximately two months to support Kiribati seafarers stranded in Fiji to enable them to buy food, drinking water, basic toiletries and SIM cards to communicate with families and friends.

Amount awarded: £95,000

International Seafarers' Welfare & Assistance Network

A grant awarded from the Seafarers International Relief Fund for financial hardship grants to Filipino seafarers and their dependants, as well as next of kin of deceased seafarers, who are impacted by COVID-19 in the Philippines.

Amount awarded: £95,000

International Seafarers' Welfare & Assistance Network ISWAN

Seafarers International Relief Fund: Financial hardship grants to Filipino seafarers and dependents,

as well as next of kin of deceased seafarers, who are impacted by Covid-19 in the Philippines

Amount awarded: £95,000

Mission to Seafarers

A grant awarded for 2022 core funding to support post-COVID-19 re-opening of seafarer centres and delivery of welfare services to seafarers in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Amount awarded: £90,000

Stella Maris

A grant awarded by the Seafarers International Relief Fund for food and medicine vouchers to feed and support 1,655 seafarers and their 6,000 family members in Philippines. The seafarers will also benefit from a wellness seminar designed to help them return to work.

Amount awarded: £87,460

Stella Maris

A grant awarded by the Seafarers International Relief Fund to provide 10 oxygenators, food for one month for a family of 5, post-COVID medical care, counselling and occupational therapy for seafarers and their families in Cochin, Kerala who are impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Amount awarded: £87,150

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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 in 2017 - 2021.

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