Two leading naval charities have actually replied to the price of living situation with brand-new sources to sustain UK seafarers. The Seafarers’ Charity in collaboration with the Merchant Navy Welfare Board (MNWB) released the Safety Net for all UK seller seafarers at the MNWB Annual Conference in Southampton on 12 May 2022.

The brand-new Safety Net internet site teems with totally free finance devices as well as sources particularly to aid UK seller seafarers to handle their cash throughout the present price of living situation as well as in the future. The Safety Net is an essential one-stop-shop offering bespoke details as well as assistance for all UK seafarers as well as their households on individual cost savings, finance, credit rating selections, financial obligation recommendations, as well as partnership as well as psychological wellness assistance.

Stuart Rivers, Chief Executive of the Merchant Navy Welfare Board which is the umbrella charity for Merchant Navy as well as angling fleets, stated: “The sector has actually been demanding a campaign such as this, so we are happy to see this concerned fulfillment after months of preparing with The Seafarers’ Charity.

“This much-needed service that supports the Merchant Navy comes following a taxing couple of years for UK seafarers, who face a specific set of financial challenges. The tools and resources available on this unique platform will certainly help to enhance the financial resilience of the UK’s seafarer communities by providing useful sources of help, advice and information relating to money management.”

The launch of The Safety Net internet site is acted on June 22 with a cost-free webinar on finance, supplied byThe Money Charity The webinar will certainly consist of details concerning the worth of developing lasting cost savings as well as budgeting strategies, as well as assistance on just how to signpost towards totally free devices that assist monetary preparation as well as finance.

The webinar is targeted at essential people with an individual or expert link to the seller navy such as caseworkers, assistance employees, volunteers as well as others that sustain UK seller seafarers. They will certainly obtain details as well as training to allow them to come to be monetary ‘buddies’ or ‘champions’, efficient in sharing precise, current details concerning conserving alternatives, budgeting, credit rating selections, tax as well as resources of totally free assistance to aid with monetary issues.

Catherine Spencer, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of The Seafarers’ Charity states: “We understand that information is often best received when it comes from peers within trusted local, social and community networks. That’s why we’re boosting the financial knowledge of those close to the merchant navy, so seafarers have someone to turn to for reliable support. A hardship grant for an immediate crisis is only one part of the solution. Longer-term change is needed. This training represents a vital step towards our ambition of supporting merchant navy personnel and their families to become more financially resilient.”

This internet site as well as webinar are an expansion of the Safety Net for angling households which The Seafarers’ Charity released in September 2021. Now, in collaboration with the Merchant Navy Welfare Board the Safety Net has actually been adjusted, as well as included, assistance UK seller seafarers.

The totally free webinar will certainly happen on 22 June from 10.30 am to 12pm as well as is open to any person determining as near to, or sustaining UK seller seafarers, as well as curious about ending up being a monetary‘champion’ Interested UK seafarers are likewise welcome.