Seafarers Impact Report 2013-14

1Impact Repor t 2013/ 14

Impact Report 2013/14

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‘As an ‘island nation’ we depend on our seafarers to defend our shores, trade with other countries and import essential fuel and food.’


Seafarers UKImpact Report 2013/14

£2,526,439 in funding to

organisations and projects

84

organisations supported

158,788

people in need helped through

our funding

102 grants awarded

(including 41 small grants)

‘The crucial impact that Seafarers UK made in 2013 was the more than 150,000 seafarers and ex-seafarers in need, and their family members, that were helped through our targeted and vital funding.’(Barry Bryant, Director General, Seafarers UK)

£3m total charitable activity

expenditure

(The above figures all relate to the calendar year 2013.)

£1.2m total funding

requests turned down

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Kathryn’s husband was out fishing in his 19ft boat when it was swamped by the stormy conditions last January (2013).

His body was later recovered by the RNLI. Kathryn was

recommended to contact the Royal Liverpool Seamen’s

Orphans Institute (RLSOI) and was approved to receive a

monthly maintenance allowance for her younger daughter

and a three monthly allowance for her older daughter, who

was studying for her A levels at the time. Kathryn said: ‘Since

Andy’s death I have been unable to continue with my job

and both my daughters have had medical difficulties. The

allowance I get from RLSOI makes all the difference to help

us manage as a family.’

In 2013 Seafarers UK provided RLSOI with a grant of £50,000

to support 65 dependants from Merchant Navy backgrounds

and a further 44 from fishing fleet backgrounds.

William had a career in the Armed Forces and the Merchant Navy, including time working

on an oil tanker.

When he could no longer work he lived in a housing

association flat but after a while he couldn’t afford it. He

became ill and had trouble with his eyes, requiring surgery,

and was depressed. He was then referred to the Queen

Victoria Seamen’s Rest (QVSR) where he pays for his room

and breakfast. He said: ‘I was facing homelessness and was

lucky to be referred to QVSR. A lot of people here have been

in the Merchant Navy. We share similar memories and have

a lot in common.’

Seafarers UK recently gave a grant of £22,510 to QVSR to

support the core costs of their welfare team as well as their

ship-visiting service.

Improving the quality of people’s lives, one by one:

‘I was facing homelessness and was lucky to be referred to Queen Victoria Seaman’s Rest.’

‘The allowance I get makes all the difference to help us manage as a family.’


Welcome to our 2013/14 Impact Report. I hope it will give you a good sense of what Seafarers UK is all about, as well as what we achieved last year. There is still so much to be done, however, and we need the support of donors and businesses more than ever as we head towards our Centenary in a few years’ time.

The crucial impact that Seafarers UK

made in 2013 was the more than 150,000

seafarers and ex-seafarers in need, and

their family members, that were helped

through our targeted and vital funding.

We know this because the organisations

and projects that we support have to

identify for us in detail exactly how our

funding will be used and what it will

achieve. We then actively follow up with

beneficiaries to re-confirm this. What we

can’t measure, though, is the knock-on

or ripple effect across those families and

communities where our funding has had

a positive impact on an individual.

Our core role is to support the delivery

of welfare-related projects and services.

In 2013 this also included the funding of

organisations involved in such areas as

education and training for young people

in a maritime context, as well as safety at

sea. But our remit and impact goes wider

than this. We coordinate, and are closely

involved in, a number of cross-sector

groups and Boards that strive to improve

the efficiency of the wider maritime and

veteran charity sectors. This includes

chairing the Maritime Charities Funding

Group and overseeing demographic

research into future maritime welfare

need. In 2013 we provided HR support

to others such as the Forces in Mind

Trust and Cobseo (The Confederation

of Service Charities), as well as being

a key strategic and funding partner

of Seavision.

Other successes in 2013 included

gaining level 1 in the PQASSO quality

mark for charitable organisations,

switching to continuous grant-making,

developing a new project fundraising

model, and our involvement in the 70th

Anniversary Commemorations of the

Battle of the Atlantic in Liverpool and

London. You can read about these and

other achievements in the following

pages of this report. I hope they will

inspire you or your organisation to get

involved with us, whether it’s through

taking part in a challenge event,

supporting a key project with a donation

or grant, or helping to spread the word

about our annual Seafarers Awareness

Week campaign.

Commodore Barry Bryant

CVO RN

Introduction from the Director General

£2,526,439 in funding to

organisations and projects

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Who we are, what we doSeafarers UK is a charity that helps people in the maritime

community by providing vital funding to support seafarers in

need and their families.

We do this by giving money to organisations and projects

that make a real difference to people’s lives across the

Merchant Navy, Fishing Fleets, Royal Navy and Royal Marines.

Who we help and whyAs an ‘island nation’ we depend on our seafarers to defend

our shores, trade with other countries and import essential fuel

and food. But a large number of those serving will be facing

problems of very different kinds; long periods of separation

from friends and family, extended periods of duty, fatigue,

and working heavy machinery whilst being exposed to harsh

weather. Such dangers and difficulties can lead to disability,

depression, debt, relationship breakdown, homelessness or

even death. Seafarers UK is here to support those in such

difficulties.

Our charitable objects• The relief of seafarers, their families or dependants,

who are in need

• The education and training of people of any age

to prepare for work or service at sea

• The promotion of the efficiency and effectiveness

of the maritime charitable sector

• The promotion of safety at sea

Our history, our futureThe charity was formed in March 1917 as the Sailor’s Fund

in response to the first Battle of the Atlantic. The charity’s

Centenary is therefore due to be celebrated soon, in 2017. Our

Royal Charter status was conferred in 1920 by King George V.

Seafarers UK will always support its core UK beneficiaries

whilst the need continues, but as we look ahead the charity

aims to help even more people, increasingly through key

projects across the Commonwealth.

About us

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Increasing the efficiency of the maritime charity sectorSeafarers UK is the UK’s largest cross maritime sector grant-

making charity, but we could not support all the services we wish

to fund alone. By working in partnership with other grant-making

charities we are able to ‘make the money go further’ and fund a

network of care, support and advice and information services that

ensure no seafarer is without help in times of need.

In 2013 Seafarers UK continued to work in close partnership

with a number of maritime welfare funders. The aim is to

encourage and ensure effective collaboration, information

sharing and strategic decision making across the welfare,

education and safety aspects of the maritime sector, as well as

reducing the risk of overlapping funding. Such partners include

Trinity House, Cobseo (The Confederation of Service Charities),

Veterans Scotland, Seaman’s Hospital Society, Forces in Mind

Trust (FiMT), TK Foundation, ITF Seafarers’ Trust, Merchant Navy

Welfare Board and Seavision.

These organisations are increasingly important in representing

the voice of the maritime and military charity sectors with a

range of public and private sector bodies and government

departments. In 2013 Seafarers UK continued to provide HR,

payroll, and financial and grants advice and management

support services to the likes of Cobseo and FiMT, along

with Seavision as of 2014, enabling these organisations to

concentrate better on their primary aims and functions.

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At the beginning of 2013 we introduced Continuous Grant-Making where the assessment and awarding of grants is a continuous process across the year.

An increasing profile through our marketing and campaigning

work, combined with our new continuous grant-making

approach, led to an increase in the number of grant

applications in 2013 of 43%. During the year we received

127 applications. Of the 127 applications, 102 were awarded

grants totalling £2,526,439.

Every year we receive more and more asks for funding and help:• 127 Applications for funding in 2013

• 43% Increase in number of funding requests

• £3.72m Total funding applied for in 2013

• £1.2m Value of funding requests we turned down in 2013

Of the 102 grants awarded:• 36 were awarded less than the requested amount

• 66 were awarded the full requested amount

• 41 that were awarded the full amount were for £5,000 or less

- as part of the Small Grants programme

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Evaluation of our grants and involvement of our beneficiariesIn January 2013 we introduced formal monitoring and evaluation processes for our grants. This enables us to produce valuable evidence of the work of our beneficiaries. As part of this, we collect and analyse information on our grants and the outcomes stated at the start of each project, vs the outcomes achieved after an agreed period of time. We then use this to evaluate our beneficiaries’ practices and results, including how they involve their own individual beneficiaries. A 2013 survey of grants made in 2012 showed 82% of beneficiary organisations achieving all their stated funding outcomes, with 14% ‘largely’ achieving their outcomes and 4% ‘partly’.

Impact Repor t 2013/ 14

How it all works

SEAFARERS IN NEED & THEIR FAMILIES: 158,000 seafarers in need and their dependants supported through our 2013 funding

Serving seafarers - at risk of injury, piracy, debt, health and relationship issues

The Seafaring Community (UK and Commonwealth): Merchant Navy, Royal Navy and Fishing Fleet

Ex-seafarers – at risk of poverty, homelessness, mental health issues, isolation etc

Supporters:Businesses, Individuals, Trusts and Foundations

Campaigning, PR, marketing and communications

Audience:General public and wider maritime community

Media:Print, broadcast, digital and social

Partners: Trinity House, MNWB,

Cobseo, ITF Seafarers’

Trust, Seavision

Funding:Main grants, small grants and project funding

Donations, grants, fundraising, challenge events etc.

Requests:Applications to Grants team for funding

SEAFARERS UK Providing vital funding to support seafarers in need and their families by giving money to organisations and projects that make a real difference to people’s lives.

Beneficiary Organisations 84 charities, projects and other maritime organisations (UK and Commonwealth) in 2013

Monitoring and Evaluation

Service delivery: welfare, education & training, safety and increasing efficiency

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Advice and information services• £188,500 Funding for Advice and Information

services and projects

• Number of people helped: 1,360

Seafarers’ Advice and Information Line £108,500 in funding

In 2013 Seafarers UK stepped up its support

for SAIL to work in a partnership with

Seamen’s Hospital Society to fund 50% of

the project costs. A record 965 seafarers

(comprising around 70% merchant seafarers

and 30% fishermen) and dependants were helped in 2013,

the most common issues relating to benefits and debt. SAIL

actually helped individuals to obtain benefits and eliminate

debts to the value of £587,000. In achieving this there were

many other benefits, such as avoiding house evictions and

giving people a better standard of living by ensuring they

received all the benefits they are entitled to.

International Seafarers Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) £60,000 in funding

We are committed to supporting seafarers across the globe through our grant to ISWAN. ISWAN (based in London) promotes seafarers’ welfare worldwide and directly serves seafarers by providing a 24 hour multilingual helpline,

‘seafarerhelp’, which runs every day of the year and is free for seafarers to call from anywhere in the world. Last year ISWAN

handled 1,257 cases involving 6,437 seafarers.

Armed Services Advice Project £15,000 in funding

In Scotland Seafarers UK supported the Armed Services Advice Project (ASAP). This is a multi-partner funded initiative delivered by Citizens Advice Scotland providing free, confidential information, advice and support to people who

are current or former members of the Armed Forces, and their dependants. Members of the Merchant Navy - who served in a commercial vessel in support of legally-defined UK military operations - are also eligible. The advice covers a range of

areas, including benefits, debt, employment and housing.

General welfare services• £357,560 Grants for General Welfare services


Seafarers’ Emergency Fund £15,000 in fundingWhen Typhoon Haiyan ripped through the Philippines last year

it left millions of people homeless, devastated communities

and left thousands dead. Seafarers UK awarded an

emergency grant of £15,000 to the Seafarers Emergency

Fund (also administered by ISWAN) within one week of the

disaster to provide seafarers with free phone calls and

Wi-Fi communications at welfare missions and centres

around the world.

Sailors’ Children’s Society £5,000 in funding

This small grant was used to fund home

computer packages for families on the

SCS’s support scheme, including K9

web control software pre-loaded for

children’s e-safety.

Scottish Nautical Welfare Society £65,408 in funding

This grant was made in order to support two

requests. The first being the direct support of

the Society’s quarterly grants to individuals

in difficulty, and the second being funding

towards the general welfare support of the

charity’s beneficiaries.

Community Network £29,769 in funding

This project is now in its third year, Seafarers UK having

originally supported the pilot. It works with retired seafarers

who are disconnected from the community they have been

part of during their working lives. The grant’s stated outcome

is to improve the well-being of ex-seafarers by helping them

to connect with other seafarers.

Left to right:Typhoon Haiyan

Dennis Treleaven, Seafarers UK, and Simon Potten of Seafish

Hull Sea Cadets

Merchant Navy seafarer

Examples of how we help to change lives


Education and training Children and young people• £183,596 Funding for Education & Training projects

• £357,310 Services & projects funded for Children

and Young People

• Number of people helped: 865

UK Sailing Academy (UKSA) £51,000 in funding

This grant supports bursaries as part of the UKSA Yachting Cadetship programme specifically designed for young people seeking to embark on a long term career on large yachts. It provides a structured route

through the RYA scheme and into MCA qualifications, with Cadets aiming to qualify as MCA Officer of the Watch (3000gt)

at the end of the training programme.

Prince’s Initiative for Mature Enterprise (PRIME) £61,594 in funding

This grant was for the delivery of specialist workshops, training and mentoring programmes to help ex-seafarers over the age of 50 to set up their own businesses. Mark Bestford from Derbyshire, after a career

in the Merchant Navy, Royal Navy and then marine sector, decided that he wanted to form his own mobile boat building, repair and maintenance business. He signed up to PRIME’s Preparing to Run Your Own Business course and his firm,

Boatwork Ltd, is now making good progress.

Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) £100,000 in fundingSeafarers UK’s grant to the MSSC is to enable Sea Cadet units around the UK to carry out essential repairs. As a result, the Hull Sea Cadets Unit, based in an area of high deprivation and operating from an old Methodist style church, was able to fund an internal security shutter, CCTV and external pointing. This not only helped to secure the building when used by other organisations, but also prevents damp and improves

the internal environment for their cadets.

Seafish £95,000 in funding

Seafish (Industry Authority) is an organisation we are working with, alongside the Fishermen’s Mission, to endeavour to save lives through encouraging wider use of personal floatation devices (PFDs) to be worn at all times by fishermen. Our grant, awarded in March 2014,

will not only enable Seafish to purchase and distribute 900 PFDs to fishermen throughout the UK, but will also help them

lever additional funds from other sources.

Royal Navy and Royal Marines Children’s Fund (RNRMCF)£100,000 in fundingA grant of £100,000 was awarded to assist the RNRMCF in providing specialist funding to their beneficiaries; 48% of whom have a disability or illness, and 6% of whom have experienced the death of a parent or sibling. It is the only charity dedicated to supporting children whose parents work, or have worked, for the Naval Service. The needs of the children are paramount and help is provided when not

available from family or statutory sources.

PRIME workshop in St. Helens’

‘We deeply appreciate the prompt grant from Seafarers UK to the Seafarers Emergency Fund for Typhoon Haiyan.’ (Roger Harris, Executive Director, ISWAN)

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Accommodation, Health and Care services• £210,261 Grants for Accommodation services

• £366,923 Health and Care services funding


The Fisher House Project £10,000 in funding

Our initial grant of £5,000 was awarded to the Royal Marines

Association (RMA) in March 2013 specifically to help fund

a multi-use games area at Fisher House and a dedicated

multi-sports rehabilitation facility at Queen Elizabeth Hospital,

Birmingham. We were delighted to follow this up with a

further £5,000 funded by Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund. The Fisher

House sports facility, which opened in November, provides a

homely environment in which injured service men and women

have the opportunity to get back into sports as part of their

rehabilitation programme.

Care Ashore £10,000 grant from the Merchant Navy Fund*

‘The £10,000 from the Merchant Navy Fund,

has not only enabled the present supervised

fitness class to continue at Care Ashore, it has

allowed for an additional supervised session

to be provided each week. Some of the grant

is also being used to purchase equipment to monitor the

progress of all those who participate. To further enhance the

project some new equipment will also be purchased to meet

the anticipated increase in demand in the classes.’

(Trevor Goacher, CEO, Care Ashore)

Examples of how we help to change lives

‘Our grants are increasingly seen as supporting seafarers at the UK and Commonwealth end of a global maritime welfare network’(Dennis Treleaven, Director of Grants & External Operations, Seafarers UK)

Left to right:Toe in the Water beneficiary

Chirag Bahri, MPHRP worker with piracy survivors

Lyttelton Port, Christchurch

Nautilus Welfare Fund £198,000 in funding

The Nautilus Welfare Fund provides

accommodation for seafarers in Liverpool,

who are struggling to live independently.

The project not only provides accommodation

but also improves residents’ wellbeing and

prepares them to live more independently in the future. This

is done by helping them to claim their correct benefits, access

appropriate grants from maritime charities, and through

offering therapy and life management skills.

Toe in the Water £5,000 small grant for transition support

Toe in the Water is a charity that assists with the

rehabilitation of wounded and profoundly

injured servicemen and women through

competitive sailing. Our funding supported

their rehabilitation work by providing

accommodation for Royal Navy and Royal

Marines beneficiaries during Cowes Week.

*The Merchant Navy Fund is a collaboration between

the Merchant Navy Welfare Board and Seafarers UK

and is for those individuals who wish to see their

donations exclusively support UK Merchant Navy

seafarers and their families. In 2013 we awarded a total

of £79,920 from this fund between four organisations.

These grants supported 94 people who needed help.

For more information on the fund, please see:

www.merchantnavyfund.org.


Port-based welfare services• £497,377 Grants for Port-based Welfare services and projects


Lyttelton Seafarers Centre New Zealand £15,000 in fundingThe earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 devastated the town of

Christchurch in New Zealand. The nearby port in Lyttelton

was also badly damaged. Consequently it has been unable to

provide any suitable premises for use as a seafarers’ welfare

centre. Seafarers UK awarded the Lyttelton Seafarers Centre

Charitable Trust a grant of £15,000 to help with the capital cost

of providing a portable building where seafarers can contact

their families, as well as providing recreational facilities.

Fishermen’s Mission £173,427 in funding

Seafarers UK awarded a main grant

to the Fishermen’s Mission mainly

to support their work in a number of

ports, but also to develop Outreach

services in a number of port areas on a trial basis in coastal

regions where fishing fleet numbers have reduced and are at

insufficient levels to warrant a full-time Mission Superintendent.

The areas include Weymouth, North West Scotland, the Solway

Firth, Mid Wales and Whitby.

In January 2014 Seafarers UK also kick started the

Fishermen’s Mission’s Winter Storms Appeal with an

emergency donation of £50,000.

Mission to Seafarers £141,250 in funding

This grant was to support the running

costs of the Mission to Seafarers’ work in

eight ports - the Commonwealth ports of

Singapore, Limassol (Cyprus), New Mangalore

and Tuticorin (India), and the UK ports of

Felixstowe, Cardiff, Port Talbot and Newport.

Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme (MPHRP) £67,000 in funding

The M.V. Albedo, a Malaysian

flagged container vessel, was

hijacked by Somali-based pirates

in November 2010, en route from

Kenya to the United Arab Emirates. After its capture, the ship’s

owner abandoned the vessel and did not provide any wages

or support to crew members’ families at home. After one

Indian crew member was allegedly shot dead and seven crew

members from Pakistan had been released, the Albedo sank

off the coast of Somalia on 6 July 2013, with 11 crew members

shifted to land and four missing.

Since then, MPHRP South Asia, funded by Seafarers UK, has

been in regular contact with their families. One family attended

counselling arranged by MPHRP. They said: ‘Nobody called

or helped us, but MPHRP came forward’. MPHRP provided

monthly payments and emotional support to those families

of crew experiencing severe financial hardship.

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Seafarers UK is increasingly focused on making the next generation aware of the importance of the maritime message through our annual Seafarers Awareness Week campaign, as well as other programmes that we support and fund such as Seavision.

Seafarers Awareness WeekIn 2013 Seafarers Awareness Week successfully promoted

the fact that seafarers ‘keep the UK afloat’. Beneficiary and

other welfare organisations were encouraged to raise their

own profile with 40 local events being staged around the UK.

VIP support for the week came in the form of warm words from

the Shipping Minister, an Early Day Motion in Parliament and

a filmed interview with Second Sea Lord Vice Admiral David

Steel. BBC TV ‘Coast’ presenter Neil Oliver (pictured) also

helped us to secure the equivalent of £120,000 worth of radio,

TV and web media coverage through radio and TV interviews.

‘As an island nation we absolutely depend on seafarers and

the work they do 365 days a year. They handle 95 per cent

of our imports, deliver fuel for our power stations, protect our

shipping and provide food for our tables.’

(Neil Oliver, TV presenter)

SeavisionSeavision is a not-for-profit initiative to

promote awareness of the maritime sector

amongst 11 to 22 year olds in the UK. Seafarers

UK is one of Seavision’s lead funding partners

along with the UK Chamber of Shipping, Trinity

House, the Royal Navy and the Lloyds Register Foundation. In

2014 Seafarers UK is also in discussion with other Seavision

partners about developing the Seavision website into a

one-stop shop for young people to find out everything they

need to know about working in the sector.

As part of this campaign, Seavision, in collaboration with

education charity EDT, launched the ‘My school is an Island’

initiative in 2013. This involved more than 80 Year 8 Hampshire

school children competing in teams to produce the best

project which tackled the logistical and technical issues they

would face if their school was an island.

Campaigning

Left to right:

Neil Oliver of ‘Coast’ spearheads awareness campaign

Year 8 Hampshire school children taking part in ‘My school is an island’

As an ‘island nation’ the UK relies

on shipping for

95% of its imports


Seafarers UK is committed to supporting those organisations that do so much to help the very real welfare concerns of British seafarers and their families. The charity wants to do more, though, in aid of the global community of seafarers, including providing more support for projects involved in education, training, health and safety.

In doing so, Seafarers UK aims to define its ‘asks’ to potential

donors more clearly, giving the charity more flexibility to

develop viable propositions for funding with clearer outcomes.

This will help potential beneficiary organisations in two ways

– by assisting them with project development and fundraising,

and in turn helping them focus more on delivering the services

that their own beneficiaries so desperately need.

The charity’s development of a ‘Project Specific Funding’

model during late 2013 will enable it to seek out and support

new worthy causes as well as improving the overall efficiency

of the sector. And it will present new opportunities for the

charity to access additional income streams, particularly from

Corporates and Trusts.

The two key project areas in which Seafarers UK is looking

to add value are:

• Seafarers of a Working Age - where independent welfare

provision is an essential part of having a healthy, contented

and secure crew, which in turn adds value to the industry

as a whole.

• Education, Training and Campaigning – as it is easy to

forget that the UK is completely reliant on the sea, ships and

seafarers and thus it is vital we enthuse the next generation

with the vast array of superb opportunities within the

maritime sector.

The charity has already begun to act as a fundraising partner

with selected beneficiaries on specific projects. This includes

partners such as Seavision, ISWAN (International Seafarers

Welfare and Assistance Network) and MPHRP (Maritime Piracy

Humanitarian Response Programme).

Project funding

‘Seafarers UK aims to define its ‘asks’ to potential donors more clearly, giving the charity flexibility to develop viable propositions for funding with clearer outcomes’

£120,000 worth of free media

coverage secured during Seafarers Awareness

Week in 2013

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The PQASSO quality markIn 2013, Seafarers UK was

proud to announce the award of

PQASSO Level 1 accreditation

– Practical Quality Assurance

System for Small Organisations.

Endorsed by the Charity

Commission, this is the only

quality standard for the Third

Sector developed by the

sector, and offers external verification of the quality and

credibility of an organisation. Both staff and volunteers were

involved in the internal and external assessment processes

which required evidence that the charity offers a quality

service to all its donors, supporters and beneficiaries.

Brand ReviewSeafarers UK undertook a full, but appropriately costed review

of its brand in 2013. The aim was improved consistency

in strategic aims and messaging, as well as look and feel.

There was also a sense that potential supporters of the

future would need to be reached with higher impact.

The review involved: a survey of donors; interviews with partner

and beneficiary organisations, and corporate supporters;

workshops with staff and Trustees, and the development

of a Seafarers UK brand identity and guidelines, along

with a new logo and updated promotional materials.

The refreshed brand approach will help communicate what we

do more clearly, inspire new potential supporters to get involved

and add leverage to achieving our key business objectives.

Two key developments in 2013

‘The award of the quality kitemark will give public recognition of our commitment to the very best service for both beneficiaries and donors.’(Commodore Barry Bryant CVO RN, Director General, Seafarers UK)

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Seafarers UK Grant-making 2013How the grants were distributed

Aberdeen Seafarer’s Centre £12,50 £12,500

Age Concern Spain £5,000 £2,500 £2,500 - - -

Alabaré Christian Care Centres £15,000 - - £15,000 - -

Annual Service for Seafarers in Wales £500 - - - - £500

Apostleship of the Sea £45,000 - - £45,000 - -

Armed Forces Multiple Sclerosis Support Group £5,000 £850 £1,300 £2,850 -

Barra Children’s Centre £2,000 - £2,000 - -

BEWSA (British Ex-Services Wheelchair £5,000 - - £5,000 - - Sports Association)

Blind Veterans UK £30,000 £20,000 - £10,000 - -

Broughton House £20,000 £20,000 - - - -

Bury St Edmunds Sea Cadets Corps £3,500 - - - £3,500 -

Care Ashore (Merchant Seamen’s War £45,000 £31,500 £8,550 £4,950 - - Memorial Society)

Centres for Seafarers £30,000 - - £30,000 - -

Cobhair Bharraigh £15,000 - - £15,000 - -

Cobseo £550 - - - £550

Community Housing and Therapy £5,000 - - £5,000 - -

Community Network £29,769 £29,769 - - - -

Earl Haig Fund Scotland £15,000 £11,250 £450 £3,300 - -

East Sussex Association of Blind/Partially Sighted £4,673 £4,673 - - - -

Erskine Hospital Ltd £30,000 £30,000 - - - -

Felixstowe and Haven Ports £10,000 - - £10,000 - -

Felixstowe Sea Cadet Corps £2,000 - - - £2,000 -

Gardening Leave £7,000 - - £7,000 - -

HCPT – The Pilgrimage Trust £3,000 - - £1,500 £1,500 -

ISAN International Seafarers Assistance Network £60,000 - - £60,000 - -

Islay & Jura Community Enterprises £5,000 £2,500 - £2,500 - -

ISWAN (International Seafarers Assistance Network) £15,000 £7,500 - £7,500 - -

Joint Services Hosanna House Group 507 £3,000 - £3,000 - - -

Little Merlins Pre-School and Nursery £2,500 - £2,500 - -

Liverpool Seafarers Centre £10,200 £2,000 £700 £7,500 - -

Lord Kitchener National Memorial Fund £750 - £750 - - -

Lord Kitchener National Memorial Holiday Home £2,500 £2,500 - - - -

Lyttelton Seafarers Centre Charitable Trust (NZ) £15,000 £1,800 £8,850 £4,350 - -

Manchester & Salford RN Unit (HMS Biter) £2,000 - - - £2,000 -

Manx Marine Society £3,000 £1,500 £1,500 - - -

Marine Society & Sea Cadets £104,310 - - - £104,310 -

Maritime Piracy Humanitarian £67,000 - - £67,000 - - Response Programme

Marsden Point – Mission to Seafarers (NZ) £5,000 - - £5,000 - -

Merchant Navy Association £1,000 - - - - £1,000

Port Welfare Vehicle Replacement Fund – MNWB £45,000 £16,650 £25,650 £2,700 - -

Mission to Seafarers – UK £141,250 - - £141,250 - -

MNWB Merchant Navy Medal Fund £100 - - - - £100

National Gulf Veterans and Families Association £9,500 £9,500 - - - -

Nautilus Welfare Fund £213,170 £213,170 - - - -

Not Forgotten Association £10,000 £10,000 - - -

Officers’ Association £5,151 - - - - £5,151

Peterhead & District Benevolent Fund £5,000 £3,100 £1,900 - - -

Prince’s Initiative for Mature Enterprise £61,594 - - £61,594 - -

Queen Alexandra Hospital Home £30,000 £29,000 £1,000 - - -

Queen Victoria Seamen’s Rest £22,510 £2,700 £450 £19,360 - -

Retired Fishermen (North Shields) £4,450 £4,450 - - - -

Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society £30,000 £25,500 £4,500 - - -

Royal British Legion Poppy Factory Ltd £53,252 - - £53,252 - -

Royal Cambridge Home £5,000 - £5,000 - - -

Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League £21,400 £16,400 - £5,000 - -

Royal Liverpool Seamen’s Orphan Institution £50,000 - £50,000 - - -

Royal Marines Association £10,000 - £5,000 £5,000 - -

Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen £188,427 £66,512 £61,760 £60,155 - -

Royal Naval Association £4,000 - - - - £4,000

Royal Naval Benevolent Trust £95,000 - £95,000 - - -

Royal Navy and Royal Marines Children’s Fund £100,000 - £100,000 - - -

Sailors’ Children’s Society £125,000 - £125,000 - - -

Scottish Nautical Welfare Society £65,408 £40,000 £25,408 - - -

Scottish Shipping Benevolent Association £1,200 - £1,200 - - -

Seavision UK £25,000 - - - - £25,000

Seafarers UK (MCFG Subscription) £20,000 - - - - £20,000

Seamen’s Hospital Society £108,500 £60,000 £11,000 £37,500 - -

Shipwrecked Fishermen & Mariners’ £200,000 £96,000 £82,000 £22,000 - - Royal Benevolent Society

Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners Home £21,771 £21,771 - - - -

Somali Senior Citizens Club £5,000 £5,000 - - - -

South Atlantic Medal Association (1982) £5,000 - - - - £5,000

Southwold Sailors’ Reading Rooms £10,282 £10,282 - - - -

SSAFA – Forces Help £50,893 £44,775 £225 - - £5,893

St David’s Home Ealing £980 £980 - - - -

St Loye’s Foundation £5,000 - - £5,000 - -

Stoll Foundation £20,000 £20,000 - - - -

Toe in the Water £5,000 - - £5,000 - -

Tyne Mariners Benevolent Institution £25,000 £24,250 - £750 - -

UK Sailing Academy £51,000 - - - £51,000 -

Universal Christian Seafarers Welfare Association £5,000 - - - £5,000 -

Veterans Aid £20,000 £600 £800 £18,600 - -

Veterans Outreach Support £5,000 - - £5,000 - -

Veterans Scotland £5,000 - - - - £5,000

Watch Ashore £4,840 - £4,840 - - -

GRAND TOTAL 2013 £2,526,430 £888,982 £630,333 £765,611 £169,310 £72,194

GRAND TOTAL 2012 £2,508,667 £928,967 £468,780 £653,462 £387,500 £69,958

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Unrestricted Restricted 2013 2012 (£’000) (£’000) (£’000) (£’000)

Cost of maintaining rental properties 39 - 39 30

Investment Managers Fees/Other costs 316 67 383 36

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Support costs included in above figures 14 - 14 18

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Seafarers’ Older and Dependants Seafarers of Maritime Improving Total Total ex-Seafarers & Families Working Age Youth Groups Efficiency 2013 2012 (£’000) (£’000) (£’000) (£’000) (£’000) (£’000) (£’000)

Charitable Grants Authorised 889 630 766 169 72 2,526 2,509

Grants written back - - - - - - (11)

Net Grants 889 630 766 169 72 2,526 2,498

Armed Forces Day - - - - 1 1 35

Assistance to other - - - - 75 75 55 organisations

Campaigns 24 17 21 5 2 69 -

Charitable Event Costs 2 1 2 - - 5 43

Communication 28 20 24 5 2 79 27

Grant administration 42 30 36 8 3 119 86

Seafarers Awareness Week - - - - 51 51 41

Support costs 26 19 23 5 2 75 158

Total Charitable 1,011 717 872 192 208 3,000 Activities – 2013

Total Charitable 1,045 528 722 344 304 2,943 Activities – 2012

Grants authorised are shown by receiving organisations on pages 12 & 13

Total Total 2013 2012 (£’000) (£’000)

Support costs included in Charitable activities

Staff Costs 38 84

Other Costs 37 74

Total Support costs for Charitable activities 75 158

9. Charitable Activities

8. Cost of managing investments

2013 2012

Number of full time equivalent employees during the year : FTE FTE

Generating Charitable Income 10 8

Charitable activities 9 9

Governance 1 1

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Staff costs comprise (£’000) (£’000)

Wages & Salaries 789 748

Redundancies - 4

Social Security 81 78

MoneyPurchasePensionschemeContributions 49 42

Other Benefits 15 15

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Seafarers UK contribute to personal pension plans through Aviva, see note 12.

The number of employees paid over £50,000 during the year (salary plus taxable benefits excluding employer pensions contributions & redundancy payments) was :

2013 2012 (£’000) (£’000)

£60,000 to £70,000 - 3

£70,000 to £80,000 3 -

£80,000 to £90,000 - 1

£90,000 to £100,000 1 -

All four employees earning more than £50,000 participate inthePersonalPensionPlan.Thecontributionswere £7,041, £7,149, £7,388 and £8,675 from lowest to highest paid respectively, (2012 were £5,012, £5,083, £5,088 and £7,821) were paid into the scheme during the year.

The Trustees neither received nor waived any emoluments during the year (2012: nil). Trustees are entitled to reimbursement of expenses incurred on Fund business

and expenses of £836 were paid to three Trustees (2012 £1,395 paid to three Trustees) which is mainly travel expenses.

A further £894 on subscriptions (£439: 2012) and Insurance Indemnity fees paid by Seafarers UK were £618 (2012: £689).

11. Information regarding employees and Trustees

Total Total 2013 2012 (£’000) (£’000)

Auditors remuneration for audit services * 27 27

AGM 6 6

Trustee expenses - 2

Staff support costs 103 92

Other support costs 31 50

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* No non-audit fees were incurred or paid to KPMG LLP during 2012 or 2013. Support costs include PQASSO, Annual Report, Meetings for Trustees, staff time and overheads.

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SECTION MARKER

Who we are and what we do

Seafarers UK is a charity that helps

people in the maritime community,

by providing vital funding to support

seafarers in need and their families.

We do this by giving money to

organisations and projects that make

a real difference to people’s lives.

Key aims

Our key aims are to improve the quality

of life for seafarers and their families in

times of need by securing more efficient

aid and support for them, and to ensure

the effective distribution of funds to

those charities that help them, so as

to assist as many people as possible.

All of these are achieved by providing support to organisations established within or exceptionally outside the Commonwealth. This allows us to help a wide range of people from the maritime community, although both the Charter and resolutions made by the Trustees exclude some specific activities. For example, we are unable to support memorials or the various charities and trusts promoting sailing activities for the disabled.

We consistently review our activities so we can meet the fundamental aims of the Charter in the light of the changing maritime, defence and social environment of the 21st century. How we do this is described in the following sections of this report.

Providing benefitUnder the Charity Act 2006 there is a requirement for charities to make formal statements in their reports concerning more precisely how their activities fall under one or more of the 13 definitions of providing benefit. The Trustees of Seafarers UK would like formally to state that they have taken heed of the Charity Commission’s guidance on this matter when reviewing their aims and objectives and in planning future activities.

Seafarers UK is actively and positively involved in:• Thepreventionandreliefofpoverty.

• Theadvancementofhealth.

• Thereliefofthoseinneedbyreasonofyouth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship and other disadvantages.

• Thepromotionoftheefficiencyofthearmed forces of the Crown.

The charity also has connections to other definitions promoting amateur sport, religion and education, where these are to do with nautical welfare. Indeed, we take great pride in having the ability, in principle, to relieve almost every aspect of the human condition, from cradle to grave, and irrespective of race, gender or orientation, so long as the beneficiary has satisfactory links with the UK and Commonwealth maritime community.

Objectives and Activities

Royal CharterOur governing document is our Royal Charter, first issued in 1920 and last amended in 2010. It describes our Objects as:

• Thereliefofseafarers,theirfamiliesordependants, who are in need.

• Theeducationandtrainingofpeopleofanyage to prepare for work or service at sea.

• Thepromotionofefficiencyandeffectivenessof the maritime charitable sector.

• Thepromotionofsafetyatsea.

Our key aims are to improve the quality of life for seafarers and their families in times of need.

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Day of the Seafarer most people will not have stopped to think about the role of our seafarers. it’s only with a little thought that they

will realise seafarers are the people without whom food, clothes, gifts, gadgets or even basic needs would not reach our doors.

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is holding its worldwide ‘Day of the Seafarer’ on 25 June. The IMO’s

social media campaign will explain to people what seafarers have brought them. IMO will be asking people to complete this sentence: “Seafarers brought me...”

Think of something you own and for which you wish to thank a seafarer. If you can, provide a photo or video of it and post it on one of these social media channels:

@IMOHQ ( #thankyouseafarer)

facebook.com/imohq

youtube.com/user/IMOHQ

Seafarers are central to the security and wellbeing of

our island nation.

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Raising awareness of our island nation’s dependence on seafarers

Seafarers Awareness

Week

Seafarers Awareness Week is fast approaching!During the week of 21–29 June Seafarers UK will be working hard to raise awareness of seafarers and our island nation’s dependence on them.

For Seafarers Awareness Week our beneficiary charities and other ‘partners’ are being encouraged to publicise the services they provide to seafarers, from the Sea Cadets and others that promote training and maritime careers, to those offering accommodation and welfare.

In 2013 Seafarers UK gave grants of £2.5 million to 84 charities that help seafarers, their families and dependants, across the Merchant Navy, Fishing Fleets, Royal Navy and Royal Marines.

Seafarers Awareness Week activities may include open house days, fun activities, bike rides, rows and runs.

And our regional volunteer committees have also been asked to get involved, by running coffee mornings, cocktail parties and public talks among other things.

Please lend your support to any events you might hear about for Seafarers Awareness Week. You could even write to the editor of your local newspaper, drawing attention to this campaign and explaining the great work our seafarers do and the support they deserve.

@SeafarersWeek

facebook.com/SeafarersAwarenessWeek

youtube.com/user/SeafarersAwareness

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• import essential fuel for our power stations

• carry 75% of our exports by ship

• defend our shores and interests overseas

• keep international shipping lanes open and safe.

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The 21-metre P2000 class ship that provides inshore training for Manchester and Salford URNU students was re-dedicated at a ceremony at the Imperial War Museum North in Salford last November, with the Royal Navy Fleet Commander, Vice Admiral Philip Jones CB, in attendance as guest of honour.

The ship can accommodate 12 students in a variety of training stances and has provided years of sterling service allowing countless students sea-time around the shores of the UK. It was the first of the 16-strong P2000 fleet to enter an extended period of re-fit, during which time she was entirely re-engined, extending her life for a period of 15 years.

The event allowed the ship to re-affirm her affiliation with the Manchester District Sea Cadets and the Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers.

Seafarers UK was delighted to support the Manchester and Salford Universities’ Royal Naval Unit’s (URNU) re-dedication of HMS Biter.

Supporting cadet training

200 years at seaCommodore Barry Bryant represented Seafarers UK at the ‘The Health and Welfare of Seafarers: Past, Present and Prospects’ Conference, at the University of Hull.

The conference was organised by the Department of Maritime History, and brought academics, researchers and welfare workers together to discuss how society has treated the seafaring community over the past 200 years.

The Hull Maritime Museum, which records and celebrates so much of our maritime heritage, was the perfect venue for a reception to acknowledge our seafarers, past and present. Among our guests it was a pleasure to welcome the Lord Mayor and Admiral of the Humber, Councillor Nadine Fudge, alongside Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant, Mrs Susan Cunliffe-Lister, and the Chancellor of Hull University, Baroness Virginia Bottomley.

We came away with renewed commitment to all those who work at sea and their families, to work harder than ever to help raise awareness of our seafarers’ incredible contribution and to look after them in times of need.

A Merchant Navy Engineer

150,000 seafarers in need

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HMS Biter was re-dedicated following an extensive re-fit


ANNIE contacted SAIL following the death of her husband who was in the Merchant Navy for over 20 years. SAIL gave Annie advice on how to deal with her debts by arranging a payment plan with her creditors.

Spiritual wellbeing

Aberdeen Seafarers Centre £10,000

The grant will help fund 50% of the employment costs of a Port Chaplain who will provide advice and support to current or former seafarers living or working locally. The majority of vessels in Aberdeen harbour are support and supply vessels for the North Sea Oil and Gas industry. Conditions at sea in this area can be unforgiving. The Port Chaplain will also help seafarers experiencing bereavement or personal trauma and find other channels of support when needed.

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Help in the hurricane

Seafarers Emergency Fund – administered by the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) £15,000

It is estimated that as many as 160,000 seafarers were affected by Typhoon Haiyan that ripped through the Philippines causing widespread death and destruction in 2013. All sections of the maritime industry responded quickly and effectively with Seafarers UK not being an exception, awarding a grant to the Seafarers Emergency Fund administered by ISWAN within one week of the disaster to provide immediate help to those in need.

The grant helped to provide free phone calls and Wi-Fi communications at seafarers’ welfare missions and centres around the world for Filipino seafarers desperately needing to call their families, as local centres’ funds had been depleted due to high demand.

rebuilding earthquake damaged welfare facilities

Lyttelton Seafarers Centre £15,000

The earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 devastated the town of Christchurch in New Zealand. The nearby port in Lyttelton was also badly damaged. Consequently, it has been unable to provide any suitable premises for use as a seafarers’ welfare centre.

Seafarers UK awarded the Lyttelton Seafarers Centre Charitable Trust with a grant of £15,000 to help with the capital cost of providing a portable building for the new centre which will provide communication, recreational and shopping facilities for seafarers coming to the port.

the healing powers of sport!

The Royal Marines Association (RMA) – The Fisher House Project £10,000

We were delighted to follow up our initial grant of £5,000, with a further £5,000 funded by Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund, for which we were very grateful.

Our initial grant of £5,000 was awarded to RMA in March 2013 specifically to help fund a multi-use games area at Fisher House, a dedicated multi-sports rehabilitation facility at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.

The Fisher House sports facility opened in November last year. It provides a homely environment in which injured service men and women have the opportunity to get back into sports. The facility gives individuals time in the fresh air, away from the pressure of the hospital ward.

The multi-games facility introduces residents to new sporting opportunities as part of their rehabilitation programme. There will be an opportunity to play at least 12 sports including basketball, volleyball, rugby, handball and tennis.

Half a million pounds knocked off seafarers’ debts

Seafarers’ Advice and Information Line (SAIL) £122,000

Having helped to fund advice workers posts in the past, we have now stepped up our involvement and are working in partnership with the Seamen’s Hospital Society to fund the SAIL project, with Seafarers UK funding 50% of the project costs.

A record 965 seafarers and dependants were helped in 2012, with the most common issues relating to benefits and debt. SAIL helped individuals to obtain benefits and eliminate debts to the value of £587,000. In achieving this there were many other benefits, such as avoiding house evictions and giving people a better standard of living by ensuring they received all the benefits they are entitled to.

Living an independent life

Nautilus Welfare Fund £198,000

This is our largest grant of the year, which will support Merchant Navy seafarers and their dependants with very limited financial means by part-funding accommodation costs to enable them to reside at Mariners’ Park in Wallasey, Liverpool. The grant will also contribute towards their therapeutic physiotherapy service, as well as help fund their ‘Caseworker Project’ that aims to identify ex-seafarers in need who have never sought help before and improve their financial situation and wellbeing by supporting them to claim government benefits and access appropriate grants from maritime charities, and promote independent living and a fulfilling lifestyle.

Highlights from our December grants round

‘We were delighted to receive a grant from Seafarers UK which has helped the Trust

develop a temporary seafarers’ centre within 500 metres

of the port entrance.’

Peter Snow, Chair of The Lyttelton Seafarers’

Centre Charitable Trust

‘We deeply appreciate the prompt grant from

Seafarers UK to the SEF for Typhoon Haiyan.’

Roger Harris, Executive Director,

International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network

making a

differenceOur new continuous grant-making approach has led to an increase in grant applications of 43%. In total we received 127 applications in 2013 and awarded 102 grants to 84 organisations for approximately £2.5 million. Our small grants programme, introduced in 2010, continues to give vital support with 41 out of 66 applications being awarded £5,000 or less.


‘We visit over 2,000 vessels each year, bringing gifts at

Christmas time and helping to bring feelings of wellbeing and

appreciation to the crews.’

Howard Drysdale,

Superintendent and Port Chaplain

ToNy lives in Grimsby and wanted to get back to sea after a period of illness. SAIL put him in touch with a local charity that gave him a grant to pay for his medical certificates.

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The Fisher House Project helps injured servicemen and women get back into sport

Typhoon Haiyan devastated communities in the Phillipines


C o V e r s T o r y

Some fishermen lost their boats in the unprecedented winter storms, while others were unable to put to sea as giant waves battered coastal communities.

Many fishermen, including those with boats in coves, harbours restricted by tides or launched from beaches, are still unable to fish following the winter storms. The inshore fishing fleets in the south west and southern England, and those along the Welsh coast, have been particularly badly hit. The winter storms not only stopped coastal fishing but smashed harbours and boats and ripped pots from their lines.

Seafarers UK awarded an emergency grant of £50,000 to the Fishermen’s Mission to help launch their fundraising appeal to support those fishermen and their families who have been adversely affected by the extreme weather.

The Fishermen’s Mission have made emergency grants of up to £500 available to individual fishermen who are in real need. The money just helps them to meet their bills and pay for food while they get their boats back to sea and a regular income starts coming in.

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Support for storm beaten fishermen

‘Seafarers UK is proud to be at the forefront of emergency

relief work. The money we have pledged will help give vital support to fishermen who find themselves in need of

immediate support while they get their boats back to sea and start working again.’

Barry Bryant, Director General, Seafarers UK

Winter floods and stormsWe frequently feel that the British public needs reminding of the dangers of the sea, but the weather over the winter months has graphically illustrated the incredible power lurking in the oceans, with railway lines swept away, harbour defences breached and seaside homes pounded by waves. As I write, there are fishermen who have been unable to go to sea for weeks, and boats badly damaged. We gave £50,000 to kick-start the Fishermen’s Mission Appeal, helping fishermen and their families, who are hardest hit in fishing communities. (More on this grant on page 5.)

Flying the Seafarers UK flagOf course, our job here at Seafarers UK is to ensure that your hard-earned, generous donations are spent as effectively as possible to help seafarers in need and their families. We work hard to raise as much money as we can to maintain those vital payments without diminishing our investment reserves too quickly.

We have made some very positive new contacts in the business world, and campaigned very effectively on behalf of the whole UK maritime community. However, we constantly need to encourage new faces, particularly those associated with the shipping industry, to come on board. Last year we spent a lot of time considering how we should communicate ourselves to keep our message fresh and to best promote our work.

Over the next few months we’ll be introducing some subtle changes to our brand and communications to increase people’s awareness of our work – starting with this edition of Flagship.

An example to other charitiesWe have become one of the first charities in the maritime and military sectors to submit ourselves to examination under the PQASSO scheme. This is basically a Quality Assurance process where a visiting independent expert looks at all aspects of our administration and procedures, from the work of the trustees on the General Council right down to whether the fire extinguishers are properly checked. (Naval readers – think Flag Officer Sea Training!) I’m delighted to report that we achieved the Level One qualification with flying colours; indeed, we were noted as “a template for others to follow”!

A busy year ahead2014 is going to be a busy year with many fundraising events ranging from the formidable ‘24 Peaks’ through to a dinner at Buckingham Palace by kind permission of our President, HRH The Earl of Wessex. We’re also looking at an innovative Lottery scheme as well as ‘Project’ fundraising, where we hope to link certain corporate donors with specific welfare projects.

With our Centenary just three years away, plans are developing for a commemorative publication plus a major event in London, hopefully at the Mansion House where the charity was founded during the dark days of the First World War, when our seafarers saved the nation from starvation. As the ‘war to end all wars’ led inexorably to the second conflict 20 years later, who’s to say that we still don’t need a strong Royal Navy and a robust commercial fleet in the future? Those who forget the lessons of history are condemned to re-learn them – but rest assured that your charity will continue to focus on the needs of our seafarers!

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Seafarers UKBrand Identity

Our PersonalityKnowledgeable

Professional

Caring

Passionate

Forward thinking

Respectful of tradition

Our ValuesA fair chance for seafarers

An effective maritime charity sector

Transparency

Listening

Patriotism

A thriving maritime community and sector

Our BenefitsTaps into the expertise and creativity of specialist charities to deliver the best results for seafarers

Aware of and responsive to changing need

Makes a real difference to people’s lives

Raises public awareness of the sea and seafarers

Provides financial security for important charities in tough times

Promotes an effective maritime charity sector

Our Capabilities97 years of grant making experience

In-depth knowledge and big picture perspective gained through coordination role in sector

Leadership of campaigns

Research into need informs best use of resources

Monitoring and evaluation confirms that money is well spent

Strong governance

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70th Anniversary Commemorations of the Battle of the AtlanticThe 70th anniversary commemoration events taking

place in London and Liverpool in May 2013 were a good

opportunity for Seafarers UK to publicly celebrate the still

vital role of seafarers. In London, a very special reception

and dinner with an historic fly past were held for 350

guests on board HMS Illustrious, moored on the River

Thames at Greenwich, raising £100,000 for Seafarers

UK and the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity.

Merchant Navy and Royal Navy veterans from the Battle

of the Atlantic were present as VIP guests, with HRH

The Duke of York, KG, the guest of honour. In Liverpool,

Seafarers UK invited 250 guests to a reception in the

Mersey Maritime Museum. Staff and volunteers also ran a

stand on Liverpool’s Pier Head over the commemorative

weekend, along with supporting a Veterans Welcome

Centre in the historic Port of Liverpool building.

Key Events in 2013

Young and old seafarers meet

Young and old seafarers meet

The Seafarers UK stall at the Battle of the Atlantic commemorations in Liverpool

The Band of HM Royal Marines plays on the deck of HMS Illustrious.


Fundraising events2013 was another busy year for Seafarers UK events

fundraising, with people prepared to take part in their

own challenges as well as mass participation events.

Events included the London Marathon, the Great

London Swim, 24 hour triathlons, our inaugural ‘Get

Stripey’ campaign, the Fish & Chip Feast, and more.

The ever popular London Marathon was a great success

with 24 runners pounding the streets to raise money for

seafarers in need, and we were very lucky to be able to

invite all the participants’ families to HQS Wellington at

Embankment from where they could watch the runners and

share and celebrate their successes once they had finished.

Seafarers UK was also made a beneficiary charity of the

inaugural week-long London International Shipping Week

(LISW) 2013, working in collaboration with three other

maritime charities. As well as promotional support from being

involved in LISW, the charity partners received the proceeds

from a charity golf-day and the week’s main Gala Dinner.

Seafarers UK is again due to be a charity partner at LISW15.

‘By running the London marathon for this charity, I hope to give something back to an industry that has been good to me and my family!’(Chris Everard raised over £2,000 for Seafarers UK in the 2013 Virgin London Marathon)

Top to bottom:

Supporters fundraise at the Great London Swim

Seafarers UK staff ‘Get Stripey’

A member of the Seafarers UK Virgin London Marathon team

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Support of the commercial maritime sector

As Seafarers UK fast approaches its Centenary in 2017, we remain committed to supporting the sector’s most important asset – the Seafarer.

But to ensure that 2017 is a significant year

both for Seafarers UK but more importantly

for meeting the future welfare needs of

seafarers, we are asking our corporate

supporters to join forces with us through

means of significant capacity-building

donations or via on-going fundraising and

charity partnerships.

To put it simply, we will be unable to

achieve our ambitious goal of reaching

out further to aid more seafarers in need

across specific welfare and educational

projects and programmes, both at home and

overseas, without the increased support and

commitment of the industry going forward.

Why should you support us? • So as to help people such as Rory,

Evie and Michelle (page 22) and

William and Kathryn (page 4).

• Because we support so many

organisations across the entire maritime

sector, we can target your donations

where it will have the greatest impact.

• To support our wider coordination,

collaboration and campaigning work,

helping to increase maritime charity

efficiency and raise awareness.

Donations towards project funding

Teams for 24 Peaks Challenge

Charity partnerships

To benefit from corporate dinners

Challenge event participants

Support for ‘Get Stripey’

Event sponsorship and prizes

Own event fundraising

Support for Awareness Week

What do we need?

What’s in it for you?• Aligning your brand with ours will boost your internal

and external CSR messaging in regard to support for

seafarers’ welfare.

• It helps, knowing that you are supporting those who

work in your own sector when they are in difficulty.

• We have very strong PR and communications

channels (particularly social media) that will help

promote your support.

• It enables your company to give something back

to those people that your business is built upon,

or that your job depends on.

• And there is also the ability to support specific

projects with tangible outcomes.


158,788 people in need

helped through our funding

22 Seafarers UK

Improving the quality of people’s lives, one by one:

Michelle turned to the Sailors’ Children’s Society when

her long term partner was critically injured on board the

cargo ship he was working on; an incident which meant

he would require specialist long-term care in a residential

unit. The couple have a 6 year old daughter called Rosie

who no longer recognised her Dad as the man she knew

and loved. The Society now provides clothing and welfare

grants for Rosie along with emotional support for Michelle.

Rory was supported through a grant to the UK Sailing

Academy for bursaries designed for those seeking to

qualify as MCA Officer of the Watch on large yachts.

‘I would like to thank everybody at Seafarers UK for

helping me achieve my passion in life, to work at sea on

the finest yachts the world has to offer. I am realising my

dreams – not many people can say that!’

Evie is the youngest child of Alex and Stuart, a former

Royal Marine, and has a rare chromosomal disorder.

When born, Evie’s life expectancy was only 2 years, but

against all odds she is now 4 years old. The family was

finding it increasingly difficult to lift and move Evie around

the home, especially when Stuart was away. The family

was recently awarded a grant by the Royal Navy and

Royal Marines Children’s Fund to cover the costs of the

adaptions needed to give Evie access to her house via

her wheelchair.

These three organisations were all supported via Seafarers UK’s grants programme during 2013.


In 2013:

£100,000 total donations from

corporate partnershipwith Fuller’s brewery

£1,041,000

voluntary and fundraising

income in 2013

£1,195,000 other income (trading and investments)

in 2013

£4.5m total resources

expended in 2013

£626,000 legacy income

in 2013

‘I would like to thank everyone at Seafarers UK for helping me achieve my passion in life. I am realising my dreams – not many people can say that!’(Rory ,Cadetship Bursary)

(The above figures all relate to the calendar year 2013)

£150,000 raised for the

Seafarers UK Children’s Appeal by end of 2013

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Seafarers UK (King George’s Fund for Sailors) is a Registered Charity, No. 226446 in England and Wales, incorporated under Royal Charter. Registered in Scotland, No. SC038191. Registered Office: 8 Hatherley Street, London SW1P 2QT.

Seafarers UK 8 Hatherley Street, LondonSW1P2QT

Telephone 020 7932 0000 Fax 020 7932 0095 Website www.seafarers-uk.org

@Seafarers_UK SeafarersUK

Seafarers UK is a charity that helps people in the maritime

community, by providing vital funding to support seafarers

in need and their families. We do this by giving money to

organisations and projects that make a real difference to

people’s lives across the Merchant Navy, Fishing Fleets,

Royal Navy and Royal Marines.

Our impact in 2013:

• £2,526,439 in funding to organisations and projects

• 102 grants awarded

• 84 organisations supported

• 158,788 people (seafarers in need and their families) helped through our funding

www.seafarers.uk

Documents

Seafarers Impact Report 2013-14