MNWB Grants 2025

21 grants were provided to 13 organisations to support projects for serving and retired seafarers and fishers.

Over 128,000 Serving Seafarers, Fishers and Retired Seafarers have benefitted from MNWB grants.

Operation Eastlight

£27,804.28 awarded

Beneficiary Window Replacement Programme

£25,000.00 Awarded

Tilbury Renovations

This project upgraded the Tilbury Seafarers Centre with energy efficient heaters, an extended shop space, improved storage and refreshed interiors to meet seafarers’ needs and improve sustainability.

£23,000.00 Awarded

2025 Bedroom Refurbishment – Phases 2 & 3

The renovation of eight rooms with an upgrade to en-suite. Phase 1 saw three of these rooms renovated and phase 2 & 3 allowing the other five rooms renovated.

£16,876.00 Awarded

Essential repairs to Plymouth Port Seafarers’ Centre roof, redecoration of the centre and provision of new furniture and carpet

£12,300.00 awarded

Newport Seafarers’ Centre – feasibility project

This project funds planning for refurbishing the Flying Angel Centre in Newport including surveys design work and consultation to shape a future seafarer welfare hub with MNWB support.

£9.999.00 Awarded

Main Door Control Access System

This grant helped reinforce safeguarding and security at Belvedere House Care Home. This upgrade will ensure the safety and wellbeing of seafarers and their loved ones in RASS care.

£9,912.00 Awarded

New Furniture Mariners’ Park Care Home

Mariners’ Park Care Home obtained this grant to replace outdated furniture with wipeable, infection-control-compliant chairs. This aims to improve hygiene standards for both residents and staff.

£9,453.60 Awarded

Immingham Seafarers’ Centre Fire Alarm Upgrade

Upgraded the fire alarm system at QVSR Immingham improving fire detection and safety, across the seafarers’ centre. This will ensure safety of a vital port facility for seafarers’ and staff.

£8,900.00 Awarded

Fundraising Consultancy

This project funds specialist support to develop a structured long term income strategy for QVSR to build revenue for its six seafarer centres via identifying fundraising potential across multiple routes.

£8,100.00 Awarded

New washing machine for Mariners’ Park Care Home

£7,724.00 Awarded

Milford Haven Operational Set Up 

£6,607.00 Awarded

 Fire doors upgrade

Royal Alfred Seafarers Society are seeking funding to install access controls on five fire exit doors to reduce risks for residents and strengthen safeguarding in the Belvedere House Nursing Wing improving critical safeguarding.

£5,724 awarded

Website Upgrade

This grant funded a full rebuild of the Naval & Military Bible Society website to improve accessibility, showcase Naval & Military Bible Society products and streamline orders and donations for global seafarers and service communities.

£5.000.00 Awarded

Digital Psychological Support for Seafarers and Fishermen via Togetherall

£5,000.00 Awarded

Hull Seafarers’ Centre refurbishment

The refurbishment of the Hull Seafarers Centre games and recreation room to support the wellbeing and relaxation opportunities for visiting seafarers with 24 hour access to these refurbishments.

£4,881.00 Awarded

Newlyn Centre refurbishment

This project is set out to refurbish a newly dedicated Welfare Room in Newlyn to provide fishermen with practical, emotional and pastoral support and also includes small improvements to existing offices improving existing services.

£4,800 awarded

Sheerness Seafarers’ Centre refurbishment

This grant is helping the refurbishment of the Sheerness Seafarers Room with new flooring furniture and recreation equipment to create a safe welcoming space that supports seafarer wellbeing visiting the port of Sheerness.

£4,783.00 Awarded

Humber – Personal Safety Devices

The funding of personal safety devices for Mission to Seafarers volunteer ship visitors in the Humber ports to support lone workers reduce risk and strengthen safe welfare delivery.

£4,204.34 Awarded

Annual National Service for Seafarers at St Paul’s Cathedral 2025

£1,000 Awarded