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CENTRAL & WEST OF SCOTLAND PORT WELFARE COMMITTEE
Chairman: Capt Ron Bailey
Vice Chairman: Capt Martyn Clark
The Central & West Scotland Port Welfare Committee (PWC) meets three times per annum. Whenever possible meeting locations alternate between Grangemouth (BISS Seafarers Centre), Clyde area and Eyemouth (RNMDSF Fishermen’s Mission) to ensure coverage of the entire region. The Committee discusses maritime welfare issues of a national and local nature and PWC comments on grant applications to Maritime Charities Funding Group members of local interest are documented and passed to the relevant grant-making charity. Organisations represented on the Central & West Scotland PWC along with links to their respective website, are as follows:
The following organisations are represented on the Port Welfare Committee:
| Fishermen’s Mission | www.fishermensmission.org.uk |
| Forth & Tay Navigation Service | www.forthports.co.uk/ports/marine/ |
| Grangemouth Seafarers’ Centre | |
| HBJ Gateley Wareing | www.hbjgateleywareing.com |
| Sailors’ Society | www.biss.org.uk |
| The Scottish Seaman’s Mission | www.missiontoseafarers.org |
| Scottish Shipping Benevolent Association | www.scottishshippingcharity.org |
| Scottish Veterans’ Residences | www.svronline.org |
| Seamen’s Christian Friend Society | www.scfs.org |
as at 16th May 2008