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
Cobhair Bharraigh SCIO
Funding to provide social interaction, life skills maintenance, and person-centred care at a Day Centre for retired seafarers in the rural islands of Barra and Vatersay, and respite for the carers that look after them.
Amount awarded: £15,000
Clyde Fishermen's Trust
Funding for a new, apprenticeship-style employability programme providing a clear, structured pathway for young people across the west coast of Scotland to access a career within the fishing industry.
Amount awarded: £17,012
BEFRIENDERS WORLDWIDE
Funding for core costs to deliver the Befrienders for Seafarers services providing emotional support to seafarers in distress or feeling suicidal through a global network of trained volunteers.
Amount awarded: £27,500
Age UK
Funding for dedicated weekly telephone friendship groups and support throughout the UK, aimed at helping reduce loneliness and isolation among seafarers.
Amount awarded: £19,000
Veterans Outreach Support
Funding to support mental health, wellbeing, and welfare services for seafaring Armed Forces and Merchant Navy veterans and their families across Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight, and surrounding areas.
Amount awarded: £20,000
UK Sailing Academy
Funding for the existing welfare team to continue providing access to vital health and welfare services for students at UK Sailing Academy (UKSA).
Amount awarded: £100,000
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.
