The Trustees have the role of Company Directors and are responsible for the Governance of the Society. Collectively they bring professional experience from the Royal Navy, Merchant Navy, The Fishing Industry, State & Independent Education, National Health Service, Architecture, Banking, High Street Retail, International Logistics and Farming.
The actions of the Charity are defined by the terms of the Memorandum & Articles first drafted in 1919 and last revised on 4 August 2005. Click here to download a copy.
Each year the Trustees approve and sign off the Society’s Directors’ Report and Financial Statements, which by law have to be submitted to Companies House and the Charity Commission once they have been adopted at the Society’s Annual General Meeting.
Below is a list of the main organisations with whom the Sailors’ Families’ Society works to provide support for the children of seafarers: -
 Merchant Navy Welfare Board
Promotes the provision of high quality welfare services to merchant seafarers and their dependants in the UK |
 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA Forces Help)
Aids servicemen and their families in their time of need |
 Royal British Legion
Campaigns and cares for veterans |
 Royal Navy and Royal Marines Children’s Fund Provides charitable help to the children of serving and ex-serving personnel |
 Royal National Mission to Deep-sea Fishermen
Care, compassion and support to working, retired and disabled fishermen and their dependants |
 Shipwrecked Mariners Society
Relieving distress among the seafaring and ex-seafaring community |
 Seafarers UK
(formerly King George’s Fund for Sailors)
Umbrella organisation awarding grants to other maritime charities |
 The Seafarers' Benefits Advice Line
Free
Independent and confidential
advice to seafarers |
 The Seamen's Hospital Society
Medical and welfare support for seamen and women of all nations and their dependants within the UK |
 The Sailors’ Society
Global assistance for the world’s seafarers |
 Royal Naval Benevolent Trust
Assisting all people in the RNBT family who are in need |
 WRNS Benevolent Trust
To provide relief to women who served in the WRNS |
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