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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2021
Sailors' Society
A grant awarded to deliver Chaplaincy Port Outreach welfare services in Scottish ports. This involves providing counselling for physical, mental health, emotional and spiritual wellbeing and linking to the International Crisis Response Network.
Amount awarded: £70,000
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: £63,800
Officers' Association (The)
A grant awarded to provide short and long-term practical support, guidance, financial help and advice for ex Royal Navy officers and their families, in particular widows. The support will include access to residential homes for disabled and single persons and working with military and other charities.
Amount awarded: £60,000
Chirp Charitable Trust
Core funding for the Confidential Human factors Incident Reporting Programme for one year to aid achieving its primary objectives in respect of maritime safety.
Amount awarded: £60,000
Nautilus Welfare Fund
To pilot a new model of home casework support in two locations: Cardiff and Tyne. The holistic support aims to maximise welfare benefit and grant income including accessing health, housing and social care provision to enhance independence of Merchant Navy seafarers and fishers.
Amount awarded: £51,800
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
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.
