The International Fund for Fishing Safety, a grant-giving programme providing financial support for safety initiatives that aim to improve safety standards in the global fishing industry, has announced its first open funding call. The fund will target areas where there is the most need for improved...
A fund that supports charities caring for UK Merchant Navy seafarers and their families is celebrating its ten-year anniversary this year.
The Merchant Navy Welfare Board (MNWB) and The Seafarers’ Charity launched the Merchant Navy Fund in 2012 following an idea from MNWB’s then Chief Executive, Captain David Parsons, who felt ‘there should be a benevolent fund for the Merchant Navy to give our people a chance to support those from our own background’.
The fund recognised that some of our older...
Support for North East fishers affected by dead crustacean issues
The Seafarers’ Charity has awarded £5,000 to provide a hardship fund, administered by the Fishermen’s Mission, for North East fishers, who are experiencing hardship because of the mysterious impact on inshore crab and lobster stocks in North East England coastal waters.
Since October 2021 dead crabs and lobsters have been washed up on the North East England shoreline, consequently many local fishers in the area...
New recruits to fishing set to benefit from money management training in Seafish Training Programmes.
The Seafarers’ Charity has worked with Seafish, The Money Charity, and other stakeholders to develop a new training course on money management for new entrants to fishing. The training will set new recruits on the right financial path and enable an understanding of how to manage fluctuations in income, the complexities of budgeting and making credit choices as well as the range of free...
Seafarers Covid Relief Fund hits US$1 million target
Substantial donations from NYK Line and other donors pushes total funds past US$1 million goal; funds urgently distributed to support COVID relief efforts for seafarers and families
LONDON, 17 August, 2021 – The Seafarers International Relief Fund (SIRF) has reached its goal of raising US$1 million to provide vital relief for seafarers and their families affected by COVID.
The target...
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New survey set to explore working conditions in the UK fishing industry
The Seafarers’ Charity, in partnership with researchers at University of Nottingham, launch a unique survey to explore working conditions in the UK fishing industry
The Seafarers’ Charity today released a new survey to better understand the reality of working conditions for fishing crew across the UK. The 20-minute research survey covers subjects including contracts and crew accommodation, facilities, and...
Welfare Board gets national recognition through formal agreement with MCA
Seafarers’ and fishers’ welfare has been boosted following the signing of a formal agreement between the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the Merchant Navy Welfare Board.
The Memorandum of Understanding sets out ways both will work together to coordinate their approach to the provision of welfare for seafarers and...
WORK BOAT WORLD: Crowley Maritime Corporation has promoted senior executive Dan Warner to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Warner will oversee Crowley’s treasur ..
The Seafarers’ Charity awards grants to new online services to support seafarers
The Seafarers’ Charity awards grants to new online services to support seafarers who have experienced sexual violence, and to help tackle loneliness and suicide.
Actioning their new strategic approach, The Seafarers’ Charity awarded a total of £844,760 to 17 organisations in its first meeting of this year’s grant programme. The charity recently launched its strategy ‘Thrive’, which focuses on...
