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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2024
NATIONAL COASTWATCH INSTITUTION
Funding to renovate the beach-front Watch Station at Whitstable manned by volunteers to spot, plot, and report incidents relating to commercial shipping, fishing and tourists to HM Coastguard.
Amount awarded: £10,000
THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS
Funding to support Mission to Seafarers' core costs to deliver its operations across UK and Europe promoting the spiritual, moral and physical well-being of seafarers and their families.
Amount awarded: £50,000
Islay & Jura Community Enterprises Ltd
Funding to provide current and retired seafarers with a range of wellness activities, mental health support, and practical services in response to financial, social, and health challenges exacerbated by rising living costs and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amount awarded: £10,000
International Maritime Health Foundation
Expand the IMHF Maritime Health Portal (online magazine section of the IMH Journal) with live social media activities to reach a wider audience of the maritime community.
Amount awarded: £14,500
I Exist Too
Funding to support the "I Exist Too 2025 Forum to be held on the 7th and 8th of May 2025 in Malta. Entitled Humanising the Maritime Industry, it seeks to champion transformative changes within the maritime sector for LGBTQI+ professionals.
Amount awarded: £20,000
Fishing Industry's Safety & Health Platform
Funding to support and resource external communications for the FISH Platform. Plus a £20,000 donation from Lloyds Register Foundation to support a 2025 conference in Indonesia.
Amount awarded: £30,000
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.
