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.
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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Mission to Seafarers (Africa)
Grant funding contribution to the running costs of 5 seafarers centres in Africa for a 3-month period due to the lack of income because of COVID-19 - namely Durban, Cape Town and Richards Bay in South Africa, as well as Walvis Bay in Namibia, and Mombasa in Kenya.
Amount awarded: £60,000
Felixstowe & Haven Ports Seafarers Service
Financial support to cover shortfall caused by COVID-19 restricting access to shore leave and visits to the seafarer centre, thereby reducing Centre's ability to generate income from sales.
Amount awarded: £50,000
Fishing into the Future
Grant funding for core costs to support the salary of a full-time programme manager to develop and lead activities to engage local fishers in the science of fishing and the co-management of fisheries to improve their financial resilience.
Amount awarded: £43,400
Fishing into the Future
Grant funding awarded to support the salary of a full time programme manager to develop and lead a programme of activities to engage local grassroots fishers in the science of fishing and the co-management of fisheries to improve financial resilience of fishers.
Amount awarded: £42,000
Mission to Seafarers
Grant funding contribution to support Mission to Seafarers to increase resilience in ports through creating safer seafarer centres.
Amount awarded: £40,000
Felixstowe & Haven Ports Seafarers Service
Grant funding to support the Felixstowe and Haven Ports seafarers' centres during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Amount awarded: £39,000
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 in 2017 - 2021.
