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Seafarers Awareness Week
is the UK's annual promotion of events and activities that focus on the essential work done by seafarers to keep our island nation supplied with fuel, food and goods.
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Welcome to Seafarers Awareness Week
Seafarers Awareness Week (25 June-1 July) is the annual campaign coordinated by Seafarers UK – the leading charity for seafarers in need – to raise awareness of Britain’s dependence on seafarers.
Seafarers UK gives grants of £2.5 million annually to more than 75 charities and organisations that help seafarers and their dependants, across the Merchant Navy, Fishing Fleets, Royal Navy and Royal Marines.
With the support of those beneficiaries, Seafarers UK promotes Seafarers Awareness Week to the public, highlighting:
- 95% of total UK trade is carried by ship
- more than half of our food is imported and over 90% of this comes by sea.
We rely on seafarers to keep our ‘island nation’ afloat.
Please browse this website to find out more about what seafarers do, and why – with your support – we will always be there for them, and their families, when they need our help.
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Remember a Seafarer
Please ‘Remember a Seafarer’ for this year’s Seafarers Awareness Week (25 June-1 July).
Go to www.myseafarer.org and add your personal recollections of a seafarer who affected your life.
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