MNWB Grants 2024

14 grants were provided to 12 organisations to support projects for serving and retired seafarers and fishers. MNWB also partnered with The Seafarers’ Charity and Trinity House in 2024 to provide the Equality, Diversion & Inclusion Project.

The greatest reach in 2024 was to serving seafarers, who benefitted from grants to support port welfare provision.

The MNWB grants programme also supports fishers, with The Fishermen’s Mission and Stella Maris having the greatest focus in this area.

Grants to accommodation providers have had a significant impact in 2023, with The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, The Merchant Navy Association and Nautilus Welfare Fund supported.

MNWB’s main priority is to provide support services to its Constituents, PWCs and working groups, and its secondary priority is to provide grants. The amount made available for grants annually is based on the overall return from the investment portfolio after deducting revenue costs and services to Constituents. Under the Small Grants Programme, the Chair and Chief Executive are authorised to allocate individual grants of up to £10,000 throughout the year, up to a total annual limit of £100,000. In 2024, an overall sum of £111,768 was awarded in grants to individual organisations and £3,100 to jointly funded projects.  MNWB grants awarded in 2024 are as follows:

Care Ashore – Main Building Fire Doors
Grant awarded £46,000

Stella Maris – Southampton Seafarers’ Centre
Grant awarded £13,786

Naval & Military Bible Society – Portacabin
Grant awarded £7,850

Seafarers Hospital Society – Fishing for Better Health Clinic
Grant awarded £6,663

Seafarers Hospital Society – Mental Health Support – Togetherall
Grant awarded £5,700

The Mission to Seafarers – Belfast Cruise Ship Terminal – Crew Welfare Portacabin
Grant awarded £4,139.46

Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) – Digital Library for Seafarers
Grant awarded £4,525

The Fishermen’s Mission – Port Banners
Grant awarded £2,602

Annual National Service for Seafarers
Grant awarded £1,000

Seafarers’ Christian Friend Society – Aberdeen Project
Grant awarded £809

Merchant Navy Association – Merchant Navy Day Commemorative Service & Reunion
Grant awarded £500

Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society – Website Redesign
Grant awarded £10,000

Marine Society & Sea Cadets – Digital Library Marketing Materials
Grant awarded £675

The Mission to Seafarers – Critical Incident Stress Management Training
Grant awarded £7,519

Partnership & MNWB Projects

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Pilot Project
£3,000

MN Medal
Annual contribution £100.00