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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Humber Seafarers' Service
Grant funding awarded in 2022 to provide financial assistance in respect of continued losses incurred due to Covid-19 and the Omicron variant that brought in further restrictions.
Amount awarded: £30,000
Hounds for Heroes
Hounds for Heroes train and match their assistance dogs to 900,000 injured/disabled personnel in need. These dogs support this demographic with day-to-day activities and provide emotional support to those also struggling with mental health difficulties. Grant funding awarded in 2022 by The Seafarers' Charity will contribute towards the acquisition, training, and matching process costs for their assistance dogs.
Amount awarded: £15,000
Greenwich Citizens Advice Bureau Limited
Grant funding awarded in 2022 to support the Seafarers Advice & Information Line to deliver advice, information and casework to seafarers and their families for a three-month period as they transition to the end of their new financial year (March 2023).
Amount awarded: £38,404
Fishing Industry's Safety & Health Platform (FISH Platform)
Grant funding awarded in 2022 to support a two-day conference in Thailand aimed at facilitating international collaboration and learning on fishing safety to improve safety and crew welfare onboard all fishing vessels
Amount awarded: £15,000
Cobhair Bharraigh SCIO
Grant funding awarded in 2022 to deliver Day Care and Home Support to improve the quality of life for elderly seafarers living with dementia, mental, physical or sensory impairment who are isolated, lonely or frail in the Western Isles, Scotland.
Amount awarded: £12,800
Befrienders Worldwide
Grant funding awarded in 2022 to deliver emotional support to seafarers via the Befrienders network, whose aim is to assist member Centres (e.g. Samaritans) in providing appropriate emotional support services for people who are suicidal and/or in distress.
Amount awarded: £31,000
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.
