In 2023, The Seafarers’ Charity awarded £2.4m in grants to 50 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 in the last three years.
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
Mindfully Wired Communications
Development and delivery of a visual and impactful campaign for UK fishing communities which will provide financial education, promote long-term behavioural change in money management practices and increase awareness of support for financial resilience.
Amount awarded: £40,000
Merchant Navy Welfare Board
International Port Welfare Partnership: the next stage of a MNWB & ISWAN collaborative partnership project which aims to encourage & facilitate the creation of welfare boards that bring the maritime community together to work in partnership.
Amount awarded: £70,758
Merchant Navy Welfare Board
Shared grant funding with Department of Transport and Merchant Navy Welfare Board to provide MiFi units (portable Wi-Fi) for use by port-based maritime welfare charities to enable seafarers to have free Internet access to connect with their families.
Amount awarded: £7,000
Merchant Navy Welfare Board
A grant awarded to the Merchant Navy Medal Fund for 2020 and 2021. The fund is organised and run by the Merchant Navy Welfare Board in conjunction with many others and Department for Transport are arbiters of the medal.
Amount awarded: £200
Merchant Navy Welfare Board
International Port Welfare Partnership: the next stage of a MNWB & ISWAN collaborative partnership project which aims to encourage & facilitate the creation of welfare boards that bring the maritime community together to work in partnership.
Amount awarded: £14,000
Marine Society and Sea Cadets
Final year of Phase 2 of the Marine Engineering Pathway Project, supporting the development of nationwide engineering skills for young people.
Amount awarded: £260,000
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 since 2017.
