Constituent members
Sailors' Society
Southampton
| Reg. Charity No. | 237778 and SCO 003014 |
| Address | 350 Shirley Road Southampton Hampshire SO15 3HY |
| Contact(s) | Mr Robert Adams, General Secretary |
| Phone | 02380 515 950 |
| Fax | 02380 515 951 |
| admin@sailors-society.org | |
| Web | http://www.sailors-society.org/ |
| Objectives / History | Includes the Leith Aged Mariners’ Fund The Society is an interdenominational organisation serving the international seafaring community. Methods The ministry is conducted by an international network of full-time, auxiliary and honorary Chaplains. Some of the many services our Chaplains provide are: Ship visiting; counselling; spiritual guidance; hospital visits; prison visits; conducting a full range of Christian services, including funerals and the scattering of ashes at sea; transportation of seafarers and providing assistance, support, welfare and care in a variety of situations. The Society, including its locally incorporated bodies, operates in around 100 ports and 30 countries. Our Seafarers Centres provide: accommodation; currency exchange; refreshments; telephone and fax facilities; postal services; transportation; recreation; and paperback and video libraries. The Society operates Sir Gabriel Wood's Mariners' Home in Greenock serving retired seafarers and their spouses/widows. This provides sheltered housing and a care home which also has a specilised dementia unit. |