Summer 2018

Seafarers UK’s primary area of support when first founded in 1917 was for the widows and children of those who were killed or injured at sea during World War I. 2018 marks one hundred years since the end of the First World War and Seafarers UK has been taking the time to reflect on the help we were able to give to those in need during the conflict and to focus on the very different needs of seafarers’ dependants and their families today.

Our new appeal will help increase the amount of support Seafarers UK gives to those charities and projects that are providing crucial support services to seafaring families in times of great need.

Fishing for a FutureResearch on the needs and challenges facing UK fishermen to be released in a new report.

Opening the eyes to maritime careersAs a member of Maritime UK, Seafarers UK helped to promote maritime career opportunities to key influencers at the National Career Guidance Show.

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Welcome to Seafarers UK’s new-look newsletter, designed for those supporters who still like the look and feel of the printed page but a bit more economical in terms of production and postage costs. This is but one of several changes being made in 2018 after the highly successful Centenary year but also after a wide-ranging and searching Strategic Review by our Trustee Council.That review looked at the whole supply

and demand areas of the maritime welfare

scene, taking into account changing

demographics, the resources likely

to be available to us and other major

funders, the outcomes of the ‘Navigating

Change’ conference organised by the

Maritime Charities Group last October,

and the actual impact achieved by

our many grants across the sector.

Fundraising obviously has to be made

as efficient as possible, closely coupled

with our campaigning work which strives

to raise awareness of the thousands of

job opportunities available at sea and in

associated industries. We have launched a

renewed assault on the many companies

working in and around shipping in an

attempt to persuade their employees to

support our work and – in effect – help

themselves and their seafaring colleagues

when life turns against them. By the time

you read this, we shall have celebrated

another London Marathon, and the 24

Peaks Challenge will be just around the

corner, both seeing supporters stretching

themselves to the utmost to raise money.

We’re particularly focusing on seafarers’

families this year; while life afloat can

be hard and sometimes dangerous, we

sometimes forget those left behind and

the stress and loneliness they have to

endure. This is nowhere more obvious

than in our fishing communities, an area

which received much attention in our

Grants Strategy and led to the funding of a

ground-breaking research project looking

into the sometimes harsh realities of life

in small, isolated ports. Safety, health,

mental health and uncertain incomes

have come to the fore, and we believe

this is where we can act as a useful

facilitator, working with the Fishermen’s

Mission, The Worshipful Company

of Fishmongers, the Lloyd’s Register

Foundation and Trinity House, among

others, to provide targeted grants and

helping to release existing Government

and European funds for the greater good.

The ongoing legacy of our three ‘Past,

Present and Future’ Centenary projects

shows their enduring value. The ‘Hub’

at Mariners’ Park is fully occupied and

providing excellent care and vocational

activities for the older generation, and a

further grant negotiated from the Aged

Veterans Fund is now funding the building

of more new accommodation on the park

specifically for Merchant Navy veterans.

This is but one of some tangible outcomes

for these loyal but oft-forgotten seafarers

who so valiantly sailed alongside the Royal

Navy in various conflicts, and Seafarers

UK ensured their eventual inclusion

under the Armed Forces Covenant. For

present-day seafarers, the International

Port Welfare Project is proceeding at

full speed, with ports across the world

queueing up to learn how to bring their

local facilities up to the standards enjoyed

in this country, and congratulations to

our colleagues in the Merchant Navy

Welfare Board who are actually driving

this initiative forward. Finally, all six of

our Marine Engineering Pathway ‘Pods’

are now in place, and to date the project

has successfully enthused thousands of

youngsters across the UK with hands-

on experience of real engineering

hardware, particularly appropriate in the

Government’s ‘Year of Engineering’.

While encouraging greater efficiencies

within both collegiate and beneficiary

charities, we have also looked hard at our

own organisation in an attempt to strip

out unnecessary costs and, hopefully,

do more for less. As a result, by the end

of this year we shall be slightly smaller

and more streamlined. I think it’s fair

to say that a few traditional activities

may have to be reduced or dropped

altogether, but the one thing that we

shall not drop is our standards, both to

you our supporters in terms of making

the very best use of funds donated, and

to our beneficiaries as we ensure that

grants are only placed following detailed

research, analysis and discussion – and

sometimes inspired imagination!

Having celebrated our first one hundred

years with style and success, we must

be absolutely determined to use the

same qualities in moving forward into

our second century. One thing that will

never change is our status as an Island

Nation – Brexit or no Brexit! – and that

means seafaring and seafarers will always

be at the heart of our prosperity. Please

carry on helping us to help them!

Welcome

Commodore Barry Bryant, CVO RN Director General, Seafarers UK

The Bands of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines

Charity Concerts

in aid of Seafarers UK

Ulster Hall, Belfast 21 June I www.ulsterhall.co.uk I 028 9033 4455

Dorking Halls, Dorking 12 October www.dorkinghalls.co.uk I 01306 881717

Medina Theatre, Isle of Wight 24 October I www.medinatheatre.co.uk I 01983 823884

Assembly Hall, Worthing 3 November I www.worthingtheatres.co.uk I 01903 206206

Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone22 November I www.leascliffhall.co.uk I 01303 228600

Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford 1 December I www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk I 01483 440000

For tickets, please contact the venues directly

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The Annual National Service for SeafarersThe Annual National Service for Seafarers will take place in St. Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday 10 October.

Since 1905, this event has paid

tribute to all members of the seafaring

profession, past and present, and given

encouragement to young

people who are the seafarers of

tomorrow. Unfortunately, last year’s

service was cancelled at very short

notice following a fatality in

St. Paul’s Cathedral.

We hope that this year the service

will be well attended by representatives

of Government and industry,

maritime charitable and educational

organisations, and most especially by

individuals who have themselves

served at sea.

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Seafaring families are a proud, independent group who find it hard to ask for help. Often when a seafarer is in a longer-term

relationship, then both the partner at sea

and the partner at home feel that they

must remain strong when difficulties

arise. This might be when they are ill or

lonely, struggling to cope with the job or

children, or if there are financial worries.

While a loved one is away at sea, there

is often little by way of emotional or

practical support for dependants. When

a seafarer returns home it can also take

time for them to adjust to ‘normal life’, and

they can often feel unwanted or ignored.

Likewise the partner or dependant

who has been keeping the home

running can sometimes feel unsettled

with the disruption to their routine.

There is also the constant fear for the

partner or dependant back at home that

the person away at sea might return

home injured, with no catch, without

the next job lined up or, in the worst

case, may not return home at all.

All these scenarios have many outcomes,

but crucially will often result in no

income for the household. This begs the

question whether there is a greater need

for mental health services, family and

relationship counselling and emotional

support as being areas of increasing

need for seafarers’ dependants.

The Families of Seafarers and

their Dependants Appeal will help

our beneficiary organisations

address these issues and continue

to support those in need.

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Aged Veterans Fund - our forgotten war heroesSeafarers UK successfully applied for funding from the Ministry of Defence Aged Veterans Fund to deliver a range of projects over a three-year period in partnership with maritime charity partners focused on the welfare needs of older Merchant Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) veterans. Our project partner Nautilus Welfare

Fund is looking forward to the

completion of two new bungalows

funded as part of the project at

Mariners’ Park, Wallasey by the end

of May this year. The bungalows,

earmarked for RFA and Merchant Navy

veterans, will have two bedrooms, an

en-suite wet room, fitted kitchen, open

plan living and dining space and a patio

window leading out to a garden. A

further two apartments will be available

later in 2018. Any RFA or Merchant

Navy veteran born before 1 January

1950 can apply.

Email

communications from Seafarers UKThe General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an important new regulation that comes into effect on 25 May 2018.

It is intended to strengthen and unify

data protection for all individuals within

the EU. To prepare for this, Seafarers UK

has updated its Privacy Policy, explaining

clearly what personal information the

charity collects and when and how it

stores and uses it. This can be found on

our website at www.seafarers.uk/privacy

An important aspect to GDPR is consent

to email communication. Email is by far the

quickest, least costly and most practical

form of communication for a charity, and

Seafarers UK has been seeking clear

consent over recent months from its

supporters to be allowed to keep them

updated by email with on-going news

and developments about the charity.

We will assume that those who have not

responded to our consent request by

25 May will have chosen to ‘opt-out’ from

future Seafarers UK email campaigns.

One of the new bungalows being built at Mariners’ Park, Wallasey.

Over two thousand people joined together in St. Paul’s Cathedral for the Annual National Service for Seafarers in 2016.

Fishing for a Future New research on the needs and challenges facing UK fishermen will be released by Seafarers UK at the end of June 2018.

The research has been gathered through surveying fishing communities in 41 ports around the UK. It provides a unique opportunity to hear the authentic voice of fishermen on the needs and challenges they face

every day at work at sea

and on shore.

The interim Fishing for

a Future report was

presented to a select

group of fishermen and

industry representatives

at a UK Fishing Forum

organised by Seafarers UK

and held in collaboration

with The Worshipful

Company of Fishmongers

at Fishmongers’ Hall,

London. Attendees at

the forum heard from the

authors of the research

and discussed issues

arising from the key

themes which were

identified as health,

income, recruitment,

education, training and

business support.

It is anticipated that the

finalised report will provide

a deeper understanding

of the needs of fishermen,

providing an evidence

base which will inform our

strategic grant-making

with well-grounded

project ideas that we

hope will go some way to

effectively tackling those

needs.

TOP LEFT: The Fishing for a Future report was presented at a UK Fishing Forum held at Fishmongers’ Hall, London, in January.

Our research partner, the Institute of

Public Care, has been conducting

research with older RFA and Merchant

Navy veterans across the UK to better

understand their welfare needs. In total,

529 respondents completed either

a hard copy or online version of the

survey. Respondents lived around the

UK, with a small number internationally.

A greater number had a Merchant Navy

background; age groups range from

people in their 40’s to their 90’s. The

survey results indicated a wide range of

experience of conflict around the world,

and some directly attributable physical

and/or mental impact of this experience.

For more information about this research project please email valerie.coleman@seafarers.uk

Please phone 0151 346 8840 or email welfare@nautilusint.org for an accommodation form.

To support the Appeal, please donate online at www.seafarers.uk/family

Look out for the new report coming soon on our website at www.seafarers.uk

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There is no charge for attendance, but a ticket will be required. Should you wish to attend, please contact Cheryl Gallop on 020 7932 0000 or email ANSS@seafarers.uk

If anyone would still like to provide their consent now or in the future, then please do so by contacting Paola Martin (email paola.martin@seafarers.uk / phone 020 7932 5980), providing your full name, email address, organisation name (if relevant) and your written or oral statement of consent to receive updates and information about the charity by email.To sign up for our Seapost e-newsletter, please visit www.seafarers.uk

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Latest grantsGrants news

Making a difference In 2017 Seafarers UK awarded 88 grants, worth a total of £3.5 million reaching 60 organisations, including eight organisations new to our grant funding. This included just over £70,000 in grants awarded from the Merchant Navy Fund.

In 2017 we also worked on further increasing the transparency of our grant awards

through joining with 60 other funders to share our grants data on the 360Giving

website. This means we are sharing information about our grant-making in a way

which allows others to use it easily and for free. More information and Seafarers

UK’s published grants data can be viewed at www.threesixtygiving.org.

In 2018 to-date, we have awarded 14 grants totalling £507,517 to 11 organisations,

aiming to reach out to 74,529 seafarers in need and their families.

Latest grants supporting seafaring families

£100,000 grant to Royal Navy and Royal Marines Children’s FundThe Royal Navy and Royal Marines Children’s Fund is the only

charity dedicated to supporting children whose parents serve,

or have served, in the Naval Service. Our grant will help provide

welfare support specifically to children of Royal Naval Service

officers, many of whom are affected by illness, mental health

issues, disability, divorce or bereavement. By assessing the

need of each child individually, the Children’s Fund ensures

that children receive optimal support for their needs.

‘Many of the cases that we see today are from families that lost a parent through death or divorce, with many families having the added stress of having a disabled or seriously ill child. Seafarers UK’s grant will help to improve the families’ quality of life, providing them with some stability and hope for the future.’ Clare Scherer, Director, Royal Navy & Royal Marines Children’s Fund

£7,938 grant to Cardigan Bay Fisherman’s Association Fishermen in Cardigan Bay are busy making plans for a new

hub and meeting place at the heart of the fishing quay in

Aberystwyth. Thanks to our grant, Cardigan Bay Fisherman’s

Association has been able to employ a local architect to

draw up plans and scope out Phase 1 of a much larger project

aimed at renovating a former boat club and transforming

it into a multi-purpose base for local fishermen and their

families, as well as the local community and tourists.

£25,000 grant to Royal Liverpool Seamen’s Orphan InstitutionRoyal Liverpool Seamen’s Orphan Institution makes monthly

grants to children of deceased British seafarers. Our grant will be

used entirely to fund educational grants to bereaved children and

families of deceased Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleet seafarers.

‘Grant received from Seafarers UK will help ensure we can make a real difference to the families of our lost Merchant and Fishing Fleet personnel.’ Mike Finn, RLSOI

£50,000 and £5,000 grants to Sailors’ Children’s SocietySailors’ Children’s Society provides support to disadvantaged

children of seafarers in the UK who have served in the Royal Navy,

Merchant Navy or Fishing Fleets. Families turn to the society for

assistance following a traumatic life-changing event that often has

a direct impact on their household income. Our £50,000 grant

will go towards the charity’s Support Scheme that offers financial

assistance to families in need, aiming to increase their self-

confidence in the longer term. This can include small regular grants

to cover costs of children’s clubs or, in some instances, cost of food

or heating; clothing grants to cover costs of school uniforms or

winter coat and shoes; special emergency grants or respite grants

for families to have a break away from the stresses and strains

of their home environment, whilst allowing families to re-bond.

Our other grant of £5,000 will be used to provide a home

computer package to 20 disadvantaged families supported by

the society, who do not have a home computer for the children to

use to complete their homework or build critical IT skills as they

develop.

£105,000 grant to Nautilus Welfare FundThe Nautilus Welfare Fund is a UK-registered charity administered

by Nautilus International, offering a range of specialist services

to support retired seafarers and their dependants. At the heart

of the Nautilus Welfare Fund is the Mariners’ Park estate in

Wallasey, where retired seafarers can enjoy their leisure time

amongst like-minded neighbours. This grant will contribute

towards sustaining essential services at the Mariners’ Park

retirement community, including supporting the cost of care

at the Care Home, as well as funding of Caseworker posts

in Hull and Southampton and a Therapeutic Physiotherapy

post based at Mariners’ Park to help promote mobility and

independence amongst Care Home and Park residents.

From Seafarers UK:• Anglo Scottish Fishermen’s

Benevolent and Provident Fund - £13,000

• Care Ashore - £50,000

• Cobhair Bharraigh SCIO - £15,000

• Cornwall Community Development Ltd - £13,000

• Cornwall Community Development Ltd - £68,000

• Eastbourne U10 Fishermans CIC - £25,000

• Humber Seafarers’ Service - £5,000

• International Seafarers Wellness & Assistance Network - £11,000

• International Seafarers Wellness & Assistance Network - £1,742

• International Seafarers Wellness & Assistance Network - £80,000

• Marine Society and Sea Cadets - £150,000

• Scottish Fishermen’s Trust - £3,600

• UK Sailing Academy - £51,000

• Wyvern Credit Union Ltd - £21,175

Grants awarded in 2018 to-date:

56% MERCHANT

NAVY

20% UK FISHING

FLEETS

10% ROYAL NAVY

% of 2017 grants awarded by sector

56%20%

10%

1%13%

13% MARITIME

YOUTH

1% CROSS-SECTOR

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Case studies

Case studies How your support reaches those in greatest need

Community NEWS

Caroline* is an ex-RN seafarer

and a single mum of a 17 year old

daughter. She had severe mental

health issues and rarely left her home

when she first approached The Royal

Navy and Royal Marines Children’s

Fund for help and was awarded a grant

through their Emergency Essentials

Grant Scheme. Caroline then returned

to the charity for further help and

again they supported her with further

clothing and grocery grants, as well as

providing her with some debt advice.

‘I have no family support, so everything falls onto me which I find extremely stressful due to having severe depression and anxiety. The word thank you just doesn’t seem enough for all the appreciation I feel for the charity for supporting me and my child. I dread to think of what would have happened without their support.’

June’s husband, Mally, was

a merchant seafarer for 30 years,

until he had to retire with ill health.

Suffering from a heart condition,

Mally needed a full time carer, so June

left her nursing job to look after him.

Their three children helped too, but

Mally’s condition steadily deteriorated

and he sadly died in 2013.

A close friend advised June that as

a seafarer’s wife she was entitled

to a higher pension. She contacted

her pension company a number

of times, but never got anywhere.

It was then that she called the

Seafarers Advice and Information

Line, who helped to arrange for

a lump sum and an extra £10 per

week pension to be paid to her.

‘Our three children never got anything when Mally died. Now it feels like he’s left this money. It’s made a big difference to the family.’

The staff at the Fund were amazing - they listened, understood and suggested ways that the Fund

could help. They made us feel that for the first time someone really cared and we hadn’t been abandoned.’ Lisa, The Royal Navy & Royal Marines Children’s Fund beneficiary

2017 was a bumper year for our Volunteer Fundraising Committees and volunteers who must indeed be congratulated on their efforts and hard work in recognising the charity’s Centenary and organising their own local events to celebrate our birthday. It has been really heart-warming to witness everyone entering with such gusto into the spirit of Seafarers UK’s important year!

Our Centenary regional events included

Bristol and Plymouth’s formal dinners,

Lincoln’s dedication service and month-

long exhibition in Lincoln Cathedral,

Felixstowe’s concert, Fish and Chips Quiz

and a Strawberries and Wine Evening, Bath’s

Reeling Ball, The Isle of Man’s Trafalgar

Ball and Pembroke’s Summer Party.

Whilst it is recognised that everyone spent

their time concentrating on Centenary events

last year, no one is getting any younger

and for some of you out there, 2017 was

the final push! Seafarers UK recognises

that it has become very hard to recruit new

committee members and as a consequence

one or two committees have now opted to

discontinue formal fundraising. Plymouth

and Bristol are amongst these and Seafarers

UK is enormously grateful to Commodore

Gerald Wood, Chair of Bristol Committee

and Mrs Christine Rankin MBE, Chair of

Plymouth Committee, along with their fellow

supporters, for their efforts over the years.

Fundraising in today’s climate is increasingly

difficult and having acknowledged this,

some committees have re-formed as social

groups, opting to meet over lunch or supper

rather than to hold formal meetings, thus

moving away from what has hitherto been the

committee structure. This seems to work well.

On a positive note, we look forward to

commitments for this year which include

Royal Marines Band concerts at Dorking,

Isle of Wight, Worthing, Folkestone and

Guildford and the Seafarers UK Golf

Day at Southwick Park on 23 July.

We now have a Marine Engineering ‘Pod’ (pictured above) up and running in Scotland, operating out of MoD CALEDONIA in Rosyth and managed by John Patchett of Marine Society & Sea Cadets. I recently had the opportunity to see the ‘Pod’ in action at HMS GANNET at Prestwick with Sea Cadets from Northern Ireland and Ayrshire.

Arthur Murphy, Chairman of the Merchant

Navy Association in Dumfries, kindly

invited me to meet their committee,

where I took the opportunity to thank

Arthur and his team for their magnificent

effort during Merchant Navy Day last year

where a record number of Red Ensigns

were flown from buildings throughout

the Dumfries and Galloway region.

We continue to play an active part in the

Merchant Navy Welfare Board Port Welfare

Committees in Scotland and Northern

Ireland, with recent gatherings in Aberdeen,

Glasgow and Belfast. You will have read in

the press of the abandoned offshore vessel

MALAVIYA 7 in Aberdeen and the Indian

seafarers who spent up to 18 months in

the port without pay or means to buy food

and fuel. Our grants to the organisations

that supported these seafarers throughout

their ordeal are tangible examples of the

positive effect your donations have.

A number of recent tragedies involving

fishermen have served to focus our

minds on the daily dangers faced by

our fishermen and the impact their loss

has on vulnerable and often isolated

communities. Our increasing project work

in this area is therefore vital and timely.

Lastly, if you are in Northern Ireland then

why not come along to our concert at Ulster

Hall in Belfast with the Band of Her Majesty’s

Royal Marines Scotland on Thursday 21

June. Concessions are available by quoting

SEAFARERS when making your booking.

ENGLAND & WALESby Alex Sard MBE

Community Support Manager

SCOTLANDby John Hood

Scotland Representative

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Lisa’s*  husband was in the Royal Navy, when he suddenly died aged just 39, leaving her a widow with three children. Lisa needed support in accessing counselling for her youngest child, who was really struggling with the loss of his father and was having suicidal thoughts. When Lisa approached the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Children’s Fund for help, the charity supported her and her son with counselling to help him come to terms with his bereavement and has since assisted the family with on-going help.

Emma’s* husband spent his working life in the Merchant Navy, working on tankers. With him being at sea for prolonged periods of time, Emma was used to dealing with the challenges of life at home alone, managing her family and sorting out any family crisis.

‘There was no-one you could turn to, you just had to get on with it.’ Christmas time was particularly difficult. ‘It was one of the loneliest times of the year, you were all by yourself and your husband was miles away’. Keeping in contact was difficult too, ‘You would send a letter, but you then didn’t get a reply for months.’ Throughout this time, having the friendship of other ex-seafarers’ families has been vitally important to Emma. Having attended her local Watch Ashore group for 56 years, Emma now appreciates the regular support of the Seafarers Link telephone group run by Community Network.

‘It’s great to talk to other people; I find it very helpful and supportive.’

*Name has been changed to avoid identification

Fundraising news

All the latest fundraising news & activities

One of the world’s leading cycling events

and a lasting legacy of the 2012 London

Olympic and Paralympic Games, this is an

incredible and unique 100-mile challenge,

riding on closed roads through the

capital and Surrey, on the same roads the

professionals will be racing, on Sunday

29 July.

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Our 100 Challenge was a favourite with our

supporters last year so we’ve decided

to add it to our regular list of events. It is simple to take part - decide how

you want to raise £100 for Seafarers UK

and get fundraising, just like Anthony

Long pictured above. You can take

part as a team or as an individual.

Bucket collections in railway stations,

shopping centres and ferry ports

across the country are a great way

of reaching out to local communities

and reminding them how much our

island nation depends on seafarers.

Please get in touch if you would like to

join us at one of our regular collections

in London or get your friends, work

colleagues and family together and

we’ll help you organise a collection

and send you fundraising materials.

Anthony Long ran ten x 10 mile/km events last year raising over £100 for Seafarers UK.

Veterans and a cadet from London University Royal Naval Unit at London’s Victoria Station.

Our ‘Blazing Saddles’ team of riders from Clarksons and United Molasses Group rode last year and raised over £11,000!

Bucket Collections100 Challenge Prudential RideLondon

London Marathon

As you read this 31 incredible people will be nursing sore feet after having completed the iconic Virgin Money London Marathon in aid of Seafarers UK. Having spent months training, often in harsh weather conditions, our

runners lined up on 22 April to take on the 26.2 mile course. We had

a diverse group of people this year running for different reasons but

all had a link to the sea with some wanting to challenge themselves

to complete the London Marathon in memory of someone special.

It was a great day and we were there to cheer our runners on

and meet them at our post-event reception on HQS Wellington

– a unique and perfect venue available to us through the

generosity of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners.

24 Peaks ChallengeThe Seafarers UK 24 Peaks Challenge has built itself a reputation for being one of the most extreme team-building events in the UK.

Set over two days, teams challenge

themselves to navigate their way

across 24 Peaks in the Lake District in

24 hours. Our teams for this year are

already busy training and fundraising

Please phone 020 7932 5960 or email events@seafarers.uk for a fundraising pack. Or sign up at www.seafarers.uk/event/100-challenge

Phone 020 7932 5960 or email events@seafarers.uk

Phone 020 7932 5960 or email events@seafarers.uk to register your interest.

for this epic event and will all come

together over the weekend of 7-8 July

to experience and conquer their own 24

Peaks! Registration is now closed for this

event but if you and your colleagues want

to be part of something special next year

get in touch early to secure a place in the

Seafarers UK 24 Peaks Challenge 2019!

If you would like to run the Virgin Money London Marathon for Seafarers UK in 2019 please phone 020 7932 5960 or email events@seafarers.uk

If you would like to be part of the RideLondon-Surrey 100 and raise funds for seafarers in need phone 020 7932 5960 or email events@seafarers.uk

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John Priestley and Tony Baker, two of our 31 runners this year, ran the marathon in memory of their father-in-law.

Photo credit: Kavita Ondhia

Campaigning updateCampaigning update

opened to the wide range of maritime

employment opportunities.

Questions ranged from the most

basic ‘what’s the difference between

the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy?’

to ‘what qualifications are required

to become a marine engineer?’

Maritime UK director Ben Murray

explained: ‘The UK is proud to have

one of the most vibrant and competitive

maritime sectors in the world and that is

not solely down to efficient tax regimes

and a stable business climate. Quite

simply, the UK is the world’s maritime

centre because of its workforce.

UK maritime is worth £40 billion and

supports nearly one million jobs.’

‘With sea trade expected to double in

Maritime UK brings together the UK’s shipping, ports, services, engineering and leisure marine industries to promote the sector, influence Government and drive growth.

And as a member of Maritime UK, Seafarers UK chairs and

coordinates the influential ‘Careers Promotion Forum’, that

recommended participation in the National Career Guidance

Show at London’s Olympia Exhibition Centre on 28 February.

Representatives of IMarEST, the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers,

Maritime UK, the Merchant Navy Training Board, Royal Fleet Auxiliary

(RFA) and Seafarers UK duly assembled on a bright new display stand,

armed with informative promotional literature, ready to receive the

1,200 careers advisers, teachers, parents, careers leads in schools

and other educators who had pre-registered to visit the show.

Extreme wintry weather - with rarely-seen snow settling in central London!

- impacted on the attendance, but hundreds of visitors had their eyes

‘With sea trade expected to double in the next 20 years, the need for a highly skilled workforce has never been greater.’

RFA is the biggest employer of UK Merchant Navy seafarers.

Maritime UK coordinated industry participation in the National Career Guidance Show.

Separate Royal Navy stand in the ‘Forces’ zone.

www.maritimeuk.org/careers/

Tidal TuesdayHot on the heels of the National Career Guidance Show came ‘Tidal Tuesday’ on 6 March during National Careers Week, sponsored by the Merchant Navy Training Board to promote ‘Careers at Sea’.The day was aimed to inform

schools, colleges and youth

groups about the opportunities

at sea available to young people

and the lifelong career prospects

that the maritime industry offers.

Shipping firms from around the

UK were engaged to help, with 25

different organisations pledging to

participate. Seafarers UK provided

wide-ranging social media

support and publicity.

Promoting maritime employment opportunities to careers advisers

the next 20 years, the need for a highly

skilled workforce has never been greater.

The UK is committed to providing world

class seafarers, port workers, engineers,

naval architects, shipbrokers, financiers,

accountants, insurers and lawyers so that

together they can meet the long term

needs of this most global of sectors.’

Maritime UK’s presence showcased

the breadth of careers available in

maritime and directed users to visit the

careers section of the website, which

signposts users to the lead industry

organisations for each part of the sector.

‘Careers Promotion Forum’ secretary,

Seafarers UK’s campaigns manager Nick

Harvey, added: ‘This was a toe in the

water exercise to see how effectively UK

maritime could collaboratively promote

hugely diverse job opportunities to

a vital audience of key influencers.

The response was encouraging

and we hope in future to promote

Maritime UK’s participation in other

such shows around the UK regions.’

‘It is particularly important for Seafarers

UK to support this initiative, as

included in our Royal Charter is ‘The

education and training of people of

any age for work or service at sea.’

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In Memoriam

In Loving MemoryMany people now ask for donations instead of flowers at funerals.When someone dies the most important thing for those left behind is what was important to those who have passed away and to keep that memory alive.

The gifts we receive to celebrate the life of a loved one leave a lasting tribute to the seafaring community. Our 'In Loving Memory' leaflet is designed to help those who have lost a member of their family or a friend and want to remember them by giving donations to seafarers in need.

Mr Arthur Edward Alvis

Mr David Craven

Mr David Emery

Mr Will Headon

Captain Keith Eustace-Pedlar

Mrs Winifred Mary Freeman WRNS

Mr Brian Goouge

Lieutenant Roy Coggan Hill RN (Ret)

Mrs Hearty Florence Hill WRNS

Mr Charles Michael Humfrey

Mr Anthony R King

Mr Ian Mantle and Mrs Joan Mantle

Mr Peter Myers

Miss Irene Nicholls

Mr Clifford John Shilling

Mr Ray Sutcliffe FSA

Mr John Turner

Mr Michael Francis Windows

We would like to thank the families and friends of those recently deceased, who have chosen to support Seafarers UK in their memory.We would also like to thank those people who have chosen to make a quiet personal remembrance of a friend or relative anonymously. We may not have their names, but we acknowledge them all with honour and respect.

In Memoriam

Surgeon Captain Richard ‘Rick’ Tadeusz Jolly OBE 29/10/1946 – 13/01/2018

Surgeon Captain ‘Rick’ Jolly died this year at the age of 71. He served in

the 1982 Falklands War and commanded the field hospital at Ajax Bay.

Despite poor conditions only three of the 580 wounded British soldiers

and marines died of their wounds and none while under the care

of Surgeon Captain Jolly who was later decorated by both the UK and

Argentina for his distinguished conduct during the conflict.

After leaving the Royal Navy he co-founded the South Atlantic

Medal Association and gave lectures and interviews to highlight the

problems of post-traumatic stress among Falklands survivors. He also

wrote several books including Jackspeak: A Guide to British Naval

Slang and Usage, which we were privileged to feature in our Flagship

magazine for many years. He will be sadly missed by Seafarers UK

and many others.

Editor Maria Higham

Editorial enquiries/submissions seaview@seafarers.uk

Change of address notification paola.martin@seafarers.uk

Patron

Her Majesty The Queen

President His Royal Highness The Earl

of Wessex, KG, GCVO, ADC

Chairman

Vice Admiral Peter Wilkinson, CB, CVO

Director General

Commodore Barry Bryant, CVO, RN

Seafarers UK 8 Hatherley Street

London SW1P 2QT

Telephone 020 7932 0000

Website www.seafarers.uk

Our website has up-to-date information on fundraising events, campaigns, ways to donate, how to apply

for grants or get help for seafarers in need.

@Seafarers_UK SeafarersUK

To keep up-to-date with all our fundraising activities and to find out how to get involved, sign up to our regular email newsletter Seapost (previously known as Flagpost). Simply email seafarers@seafarers.uk or visit www.seafarers.uk. If you’re already receiving our email newsletter and would like to unsubscribe, please just click an ‘unsubscribe’ link in the footer of the latest issue received.

©seaview newsletter is published by Seafarers UK. Please recycle it once you have finished with it. Online copies are available at www.seafarers.uk/what-we-do/publications/

Seafarers UK (King George’s Fund for Sailors) is a Registered Charity in England and Wales, No. 226446, incorporated under Royal Charter. Registered in Scotland SC038191.

Seafarers UK was originally set up in 1917 as King George’s Fund for Sailors, with the aim of helping people in the maritime community by providing vital funding to support seafarers in need and their families.

Now operating under the title Seafarers UK, the charity continues to do that 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.

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For more information, please phone Carole Hunt on 020 7932 5986 or email carole.hunt@seafarers.uk

Trinity House is proud to support Seafarers UK

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