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Dear Supporter,

Thank you to all who attended our Centenary Dinner at Liverpool’s Merseyside Maritime Museum. It was a great event raising vital funds for a local welfare project. 

We are now gearing up for our second Centenary Celebration Dinner and look forward to welcoming our guests at Guildhall in London next week. 

We also have lots of events coming up in April, including the Tall Ships Festival and the Virgin Money London Marathon. Thank you to all who are taking part and, with just a month to go, we wish good luck to our dedicated marathon runners with their training!

Best wishes,

Laura Gineitaite, Editor
laura.gineitaite@seafarers.uk
School kids: how do you think that banana got into your lunch box?

In the run up to Seafarers Awareness Week, 24-30 June, Seafarers UK has partnered with Fyffes to provide free materials for primary schools to teach children that bananas are available in the UK only thanks to the Merchant Navy. 

The fun and engaging materials show how cartoon character Freddy Fyffes travels by ship from a farm faraway to UK greengrocers and supermarkets. Find out more.
Centenary Royal Marines Band Concert

Attend Seafarers UK's special Royal Marines Band Concert at Cadogan Hall in London on 28 September as part of our Centenary Year. The evening will be hosted by John Suchet, the newsreader, television presenter and musical host on Classic FM. 

If you would like to attend, please email alexandra.sard@seafarers.uk.
Join in the #100Challenge!

One of our fundraisers, Anthony Long, is running 10 x 10k marathons for the #100Challenge throughout our Centenary Year! Have a look at his JustGiving page and support him to achieve his targets!

Why not take the 100 Challenge and raise £100 for Seafarers UK? Click here for more details.
Grants for maritime careers portal

Seafarers UK supported the development of Seavision's 'Career Navigator' portal for 11 to 22 year-olds with a grant of £25,000. The website, which is now live, will benefit from a further £25,000 grant, awarded in 2016, to help raise the profile of maritime careers. See all grants awarded in 2016.
Supporting Seafarers Conference 2017

A comprehensive review of how the UK maritime charity sector can best meet the future needs of our seafarers and their families is underway, commissioned by the Maritime Charities Group. It will be published to coincide with a Supporting Seafarers Conference 2017 in October. Find out more.