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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2022
South Atlantic Medal Association 1982
Grant funding awarded to contribute to the total costs of a weekend commemorating the 40-year anniversary of the Falkland Islands conflict. 350 merchant seafarers who served in the conflict will be supported by this grant.
Amount awarded: £2,200
Port of Bristol Seafarers’ Centre
Grant funding awarded to provide support and services to seafarers visiting the ports of Portbury and Avonmouth.
Amount awarded: £25,000
Nautilus Welfare Fund
Grant funding awarded to cover the salaries of two full-time Caseworker posts (in Hull and Portsmouth/Southhampton) who support approximately 200 retired seafarers per year.
Amount awarded: £142,000
Mindfully Wired
Grant funding awarded to extend the financial ‘Safety Net’ to UK-based merchant seafarers through the development of a website consisting of financial capability resources.
Amount awarded: £3,720
Merchant Navy Welfare Board
Grant funding awarded to the UK Port Welfare Vehicle Replacement Project - an ongoing programme that ensures a vehicle replacement scheme for welfare organisations supporting seafarers around the coast of the UK.
Amount awarded: £31,000
International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network
Grant funding awarded to support SeafarerHelp - a free, confidential and multilingual helpline available to an estimated 1.6m International seafarers worldwide and their families, 24/7, 265 days per year.
Amount awarded: £112,000
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.
