flagship magazine summer 2014

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Storm siegeFishermen’s livelihoods devastated by last winter’s storms

THE MAGAZINE OF SEAFARERS UK

ISSUE 24 SUMMER 2014

After the storms – helping

hard hit fishermen get back

on top 5

Join us in getting stripey on

Friday 16 May to help raise

funds for seafarers in need 13

Author Rose George completed

the Virgin London Marathon

for Seafarers UK! 12

Seafarers Awareness Week

2014. A chance to get

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FOR TICKETS, PLEASE CONTACT THE VENUES DIRECTLY To find out how seafarers in need benefit from these Royal Marines Bands concerts, contact Alexandra Sard on 023 9273 6101, email [email protected]

or Nick Davies on 07885 555760, email [email protected]

THE BANDS OF HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL MARINES

I N C O N C E R T2014

We are very proud to announce a series of concerts by

The Royal Marines Bands, organised by Seafarers UK

to help raise essential funds for seafarers in need and

their families. The money raised helps to support

seafarers across the Merchant Navy, Fishing Fleets,

Royal Navy and Royal Marines.

Come and experience one of the most exciting musical and military spectacles, and help raise funds for seafarers in need.

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Features

Support for storm beaten fishermen

Our cover story

Contents

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Seafarers UK awarded a grant to the Seafarers Emergency Fund to help Filipino seafarers with free phone calls to get in touch with their families in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan.

Help in the hurricane

721–29 June 2014 is approaching fast! Raising awareness of our island nation’s dependence on seafarers.

Seafarers Awareness Week

BRAND REVIEW In 2013 we undertook a full review of our brand. The refreshed brand approach will help to communicate what we do more clearly and to inspire potential new supporters to support our work. The new brand will help add leverage to achieving our key business objectives. The review itself involved a representative survey of donors, interviews with partner organisations, beneficiaries and corporates, and workshops with staff and trustees. The results of the review will be rolled out during 2014 as marketing materials, publications and stationery are replaced or updated. This edition of Flagship is one of the first corporate publications produced in the new style. We hope that you like it. If you have any comments or suggestions as to how we can make this publication better, please email Maria Higham, Flagship Editor at [email protected]

From the bridgeCommodore Barry Bryant gives us an overview of the latest news

5 Our cover storySupport for fishermen affected by last winter’s devastating weather

6 Making a differenceHighlights from our December grants round

8 Seafarers Awareness WeekRaising awareness of our island nation’s dependence on seafarers

9 Supporting cadet trainingSeafarers UK was delighted to support the Manchester and Salford Universities’ Royal Naval Unit re-dedication of HMS Biter

12 Fundraising newsAll the latest fundraising news and activities from Seafarers UK

14 Community newsThe latest Seafarers UK community news and updates

16 In Memoriam

18 Crossword and Jack Chat

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THE BRIDGECommodore Barry Bryant CVO RN, Director General, Seafarers UK

FROM

Winter floods and stormsWe frequently feel that the British public needs reminding of the dangers of the sea, but the weather over the winter months has graphically illustrated the incredible power lurking in the oceans, with railway lines swept away, harbour defences breached and seaside homes pounded by waves. As I write, there are fishermen who have been unable to go to sea for weeks, and boats badly damaged. We gave £50,000 to kick-start the Fishermen’s Mission Appeal, helping fishermen and their families, who are hardest hit in fishing communities. (More on this grant on page 5.)

Flying the Seafarers UK flagOf course, our job here at Seafarers UK is to ensure that your hard-earned, generous donations are spent as effectively as possible to help seafarers in need and their families. We work hard to raise as much money as we can to maintain those vital payments without diminishing our investment reserves too quickly.

We have made some very positive new contacts in the business world, and campaigned very effectively on behalf of the whole UK maritime community. However, we constantly need to encourage new faces, particularly those associated with the shipping industry, to come on board. Last year we spent a lot of time considering how we should communicate ourselves to keep our message fresh and to best promote our work.

Over the next few months we’ll be introducing some subtle changes to our brand and communications to increase people’s awareness of our work – starting with this edition of Flagship.

An example to other charitiesWe have become one of the first charities in the maritime and military sectors to submit ourselves to examination under the PQASSO scheme. This is basically a Quality Assurance process where a visiting independent expert looks at all aspects of our administration and procedures, from the work of the trustees on the General Council right down to whether the fire extinguishers are properly checked. (Naval readers – think Flag Officer Sea Training!) I’m delighted to report that we achieved the Level One qualification with flying colours; indeed, we were noted as “a template for others to follow”!

A busy year ahead2014 is going to be a busy year with many fundraising events ranging from the formidable ‘24 Peaks’ through to a dinner at Buckingham Palace by kind permission of our President, HRH The Earl of Wessex. We’re also looking at an innovative Lottery scheme as well as ‘Project’ fundraising, where we hope to link certain corporate donors with specific welfare projects.

With our Centenary just three years away, plans are developing for a commemorative publication plus a major event in London, hopefully at the Mansion House where the charity was founded during the dark days of the First World War, when our seafarers saved the nation from starvation. As the ‘war to end all wars’ led inexorably to the second conflict 20 years later, who’s to say that we still don’t need a strong Royal Navy and a robust commercial fleet in the future? Those who forget the lessons of history are condemned to re-learn them – but rest assured that your charity will continue to focus on the needs of our seafarers!



C O V E R S T O R Y

Some fishermen lost their boats in the unprecedented winter storms, while others were unable to put to sea as giant waves battered coastal communities.

Many fishermen, including those with boats in coves, harbours restricted by tides or launched from beaches, are still unable to fish following the winter storms. The inshore fishing fleets in the south west and southern England, and those along the Welsh coast, have been particularly badly hit. The winter storms not only stopped coastal fishing but smashed harbours and boats and ripped pots from their lines.

Seafarers UK awarded an emergency grant of £50,000 to the Fishermen’s Mission to help launch their fundraising appeal to support those fishermen and their families who have been adversely affected by the extreme weather.

The Fishermen’s Mission have made emergency grants of up to £500 available to individual fishermen who are in real need. The money just helps them to meet their bills and pay for food while they get their boats back to sea and a regular income starts coming in.

Support for storm beaten fishermen

‘Seafarers UK is proud to be at the forefront of emergency

relief work. The money we have pledged will help give vital support to fishermen who find themselves in need of

immediate support while they get their boats back to sea and start working again.’

Barry Bryant, Director General, Seafarers UK

Dawlish sea wall collapsed under the railway line as a result of the storms this February

£50,000given to help the

Fishermen’s Mission Appeal

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Spiritual wellbeing

Aberdeen Seafarers Centre £10,000

The grant will help fund 50% of the employment costs of a Port Chaplain who will provide advice and support to current or former seafarers living or working locally. The majority of vessels in Aberdeen harbour are support and supply vessels for the North Sea Oil and Gas industry. Conditions at sea in this area can be unforgiving. The Port Chaplain will also help seafarers experiencing bereavement or personal trauma and find other channels of support when needed.

Living an independent life

Nautilus Welfare Fund £198,000

This is our largest grant of the year, which will support Merchant Navy seafarers and their dependants with very limited financial means by part-funding accommodation costs to enable them to reside at Mariners’ Park in Wallasey, Liverpool. The grant will also contribute towards their therapeutic physiotherapy service, as well as help fund their ‘Caseworker Project’ that aims to identify ex-seafarers in need who have never sought help before and improve their financial situation and wellbeing by supporting them to claim government benefits and access appropriate grants from maritime charities, and promote independent living and a fulfilling lifestyle.

Highlights from our December grants round

making a

differenceOur new continuous grant-making approach has led to an increase in grant applications of 43%. In total we received 127 applications in 2013 and awarded 102 grants to 84 organisations for approximately £2.5 million. Our small grants programme, introduced in 2010, continues to give vital support with 41 out of 66 applications being awarded £5,000 or less.


‘We visit over 2,000 vessels each year, bringing gifts at

Christmas time and helping to bring feelings of wellbeing and

appreciation to the crews.’

Howard Drysdale,

Superintendent and Port Chaplain

G R A N T S N E W S

In 2013, Seafarers UK

awarded grants worth

£2.5 million

The Fisher House Project helps injured servicemen and women get back into sport


ANNIE contacted SAIL following the death of her husband who was in the Merchant Navy for over 20 years. SAIL gave Annie advice on how to deal with her debts by arranging a payment plan with her creditors.

G R A N T S N E W S

Help in the hurricane

Seafarers Emergency Fund – administered by the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) £15,000

It is estimated that as many as 160,000 seafarers were affected by Typhoon Haiyan that ripped through the Philippines causing widespread death and destruction in 2013. All sections of the maritime industry responded quickly and effectively with Seafarers UK not being an exception, awarding a grant to the Seafarers Emergency Fund administered by ISWAN within one week of the disaster to provide immediate help to those in need.

The grant helped to provide free phone calls and Wi-Fi communications at seafarers’ welfare missions and centres around the world for Filipino seafarers desperately needing to call their families, as local centres’ funds had been depleted due to high demand.

Rebuilding earthquake damaged welfare facilities

Lyttelton Seafarers Centre £15,000

The earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 devastated the town of Christchurch in New Zealand. The nearby port in Lyttelton was also badly damaged. Consequently, it has been unable to provide any suitable premises for use as a seafarers’ welfare centre.

Seafarers UK awarded the Lyttelton Seafarers Centre Charitable Trust with a grant of £15,000 to help with the capital cost of providing a portable building for the new centre which will provide communication, recreational and shopping facilities for seafarers coming to the port.

The healing powers of sport!

The Royal Marines Association (RMA) – The Fisher House Project £10,000

We were delighted to follow up our initial grant of £5,000, with a further £5,000 funded by Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund, for which we were very grateful.

Our initial grant of £5,000 was awarded to RMA in March 2013 specifically to help fund a multi-use games area at Fisher House, a dedicated multi-sports rehabilitation facility at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.

The Fisher House sports facility opened in November last year. It provides a homely environment in which injured service men and women have the opportunity to get back into sports. The facility gives individuals time in the fresh air, away from the pressure of the hospital ward.

The multi-games facility introduces residents to new sporting opportunities as part of their rehabilitation programme. There will be an opportunity to play at least 12 sports including basketball, volleyball, rugby, handball and tennis.

Half a million pounds knocked off seafarers’ debts

Seafarers’ Advice and Information Line (SAIL) £122,000

Having helped to fund advice workers posts in the past, we have now stepped up our involvement and are working in partnership with the Seamen’s Hospital Society to fund the SAIL project, with Seafarers UK funding 50% of the project costs.

A record 965 seafarers and dependants were helped in 2012, with the most common issues relating to benefits and debt. SAIL helped individuals to obtain benefits and eliminate debts to the value of £587,000. In achieving this there were many other benefits, such as avoiding house evictions and giving people a better standard of living by ensuring they received all the benefits they are entitled to.

‘We were delighted to receive a grant from Seafarers UK which has helped the Trust

develop a temporary seafarers’ centre within 500 metres

of the port entrance.’

Peter Snow, Chair of The Lyttelton Seafarers’

Centre Charitable Trust

‘We deeply appreciate the prompt grant from

Seafarers UK to the SEF for Typhoon Haiyan.’

Roger Harris, Executive Director,

International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network

TONY lives in Grimsby and wanted to get back to sea after a period of illness. SAIL put him in touch with a local charity that gave him a grant to pay for his medical certificates.

Typhoon Haiyan devastated communities in the Phillipines

Day of the Seafarer Most people will not have stopped to think about the role of our seafarers. It’s only with a little thought that they

will realise seafarers are the people without whom food, clothes, gifts, gadgets or even basic needs would not reach our doors.

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is holding its worldwide ‘Day of the Seafarer’ on 25 June. The IMO’s

social media campaign will explain to people what seafarers have brought them. IMO will be asking people to complete this sentence: “Seafarers brought me...”

Think of something you own and for which you wish to thank a seafarer. If you can, provide a photo or video of it and post it on one of these social media channels:

@IMOHQ ( #thankyouseafarer)

facebook.com/imohq

youtube.com/user/IMOHQ

Seafarers are central to the security and wellbeing of

our island nation.

C A M P A I G N I N G N E W S

Raising awareness of our island nation’s dependence on seafarers

Seafarers Awareness

Week

Seafarers Awareness Week is fast approaching!During the week of 21–29 June Seafarers UK will be working hard to raise awareness of seafarers and our island nation’s dependence on them.

For Seafarers Awareness Week our beneficiary charities and other ‘partners’ are being encouraged to publicise the services they provide to seafarers, from the Sea Cadets and others that promote training and maritime careers, to those offering accommodation and welfare.

In 2013 Seafarers UK gave grants of £2.5 million to 84 charities that help seafarers, their families and dependants, across the Merchant Navy, Fishing Fleets, Royal Navy and Royal Marines.

Seafarers Awareness Week activities may include open house days, fun activities, bike rides, rows and runs.

And our regional volunteer committees have also been asked to get involved, by running coffee mornings, cocktail parties and public talks among other things.

Please lend your support to any events you might hear about for Seafarers Awareness Week. You could even write to the editor of your local newspaper, drawing attention to this campaign and explaining the great work our seafarers do and the support they deserve.

@SeafarersWeek

facebook.com/SeafarersAwarenessWeek

youtube.com/user/SeafarersAwareness

21–29 JUNE 2014

• import half of all the food we eat

• import essential fuel for our power stations

• carry 75% of our exports by ship

• defend our shores and interests overseas

• keep international shipping lanes open and safe.

WH AT DID SEA FA RERS

EVER DO FOR US?


A Merchant Navy Engineer

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The 21-metre P2000 class ship that provides inshore training for Manchester and Salford URNU students was re-dedicated at a ceremony at the Imperial War Museum North in Salford last November, with the Royal Navy Fleet Commander, Vice Admiral Philip Jones CB, in attendance as guest of honour.

The ship can accommodate 12 students in a variety of training stances and has provided years of sterling service allowing countless students sea-time around the shores of the UK. It was the first of the 16-strong P2000 fleet to enter an extended period of re-fit, during which time she was entirely re-engined, extending her life for a period of 15 years.

The event allowed the ship to re-affirm her affiliation with the Manchester District Sea Cadets and the Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers.

Seafarers UK was delighted to support the Manchester and Salford Universities’ Royal Naval Unit’s (URNU) re-dedication of HMS Biter.

Supporting cadet training

200 years at seaCommodore Barry Bryant represented Seafarers UK at the ‘The Health and Welfare of Seafarers: Past, Present and Prospects’ Conference, at the University of Hull.

The conference was organised by the Department of Maritime History, and brought academics, researchers and welfare workers together to discuss how society has treated the seafaring community over the past 200 years.

The Hull Maritime Museum, which records and celebrates so much of our maritime heritage, was the perfect venue for a reception to acknowledge our seafarers, past and present. Among our guests it was a pleasure to welcome the Lord Mayor and Admiral of the Humber, Councillor Nadine Fudge, alongside Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant, Mrs Susan Cunliffe-Lister, and the Chancellor of Hull University, Baroness Virginia Bottomley.

We came away with renewed commitment to all those who work at sea and their families, to work harder than ever to help raise awareness of our seafarers’ incredible contribution and to look after them in times of need.

150,000 seafarers in need

helped in 2013

HMS Biter was re-dedicated following an extensive re-fit


You can help to raise money for Seafarers UK simply by using some of the great charity services online. All you need to do is shop with your favourite stores by using one of the ‘Shop to donate’ schemes listed below. They will donate a percentage of your purchase to us and it won’t cost you a penny extra!

As well as helping us to continue our vital work, the benefits of using these schemes include exclusive special offers from the online retailers and access to free fun giveaways and competitions.

The Giving MachineShop online via TheGivingMachine at your favourite shops to generate a cash donation for Seafarers UK for free.

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Easy FundraisingThe UK’s largest charity shopping site, Easy Fundraising, has hundreds of stores to choose from.

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eBayIf you sell goods on eBay please consider donating the proceeds to Seafarers UK. It is simple to do and eBay will guide you through the process of donating. To learn more about how you can support Seafarers UK on eBay visit:

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Shop to donate is a great way to support Seafarers UK and get your shopping done at the same time!

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2. Fill the bag and arrange a collection date

3. Our couriers collect the bag, scan it, and deliver it safely

4. You get email confirmation

5. Seafarers UK gets £200 for every tonne donated – around 3x more than other clothes donation services

Order a bag and help Seafarers UK today at: www.clothesforcharity.org.uk

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The Big Charity Bake OffGetting active for Seafarers UKMembers of the London Royal Naval Unit (URNU) have supported Seafarers UK by taking part in a number of challenges including the Great South Run, the Bournemouth 10k and the annual carol singing concert at South Kensington tube station. More recently their efforts turned to the URNU Bake Off, raising money, and a few pounds of flour, in aid of Seafarers UK.


Journalist and author Rose George completed the Virgin London Marathon on 13 April raising more than £2,350 for Seafarers UK.

Run Rose Run!Rose’s book ‘Deep Sea and Foreign Going – 90% of Everything’ explored the world of container shipping and was featured on BBC Radio 4, in the Daily Telegraph and in Vogue magazine!

Seafarers UK was delighted to help the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) promote a reception at HMS President in London, where veteran maritime journalist Michael Grey MBE talked with Rose about her experiences

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All the latest fundraising news and activities from Seafarers UK

You can still sponsor Rose by visiting her

JustGiving page: www.justgiving.com/rosegeorge3

90% of world trade is brought to us by seafarers who are far too easily exploited, exhausted and sometimes abandoned

by ship-owners and operators.

Fighting lonelinessThank you to all who supported our Christmas Appeal. Your donations helped to raise £15,000 in just a few weeks.The Appeal focussed on the loneliness that many seafarers experience once they retire from a life at sea. Your donations will help to alleviate this loneliness. As with all the funds we raise, we target our donations to help seafarers and their families who are most in need. Thank you!

Michael Grey in conversation with Rose George

at sea while writing ‘Deep Sea and Foreign Going – 90% of Everything’.

Sponsored by KVH Media Group, the function was well attended by shipping industry and maritime services representatives. Ex-Lloyd’s List editor Michael Grey quizzed Rose about the subjects of many chapters in her book, ranging from whales and environmental issues to the welfare of seafarers and the vital role of a ship’s cook!

URNU members baked some delicious and very creative cakes in order to compete for the coveted ‘Baker of the Year’ crown. The overall winner was a delicious carrot cake. Once the cakes had been judged they were auctioned off – with all the money raised going to Seafarers UK. Thank you!



Rapids, bears and sub-zero temperatures!Sean Pollen, an active member of London URNU, embarked on an epic adventure in aid of Seafarers UK.Whilst negotiating over 100km of wild Swedish waterways in just six days, Sean and his fellow adventurers faced freezing conditions, paddling for up to eight hours each day and camping out with the brown bears at night!

You can still sponsor Sean by visiting his fundraising page at virginmoneygiving.com/Svartalven2014

WWI Centenary Cycle4–9 August 2014The Centenary Cycle is a unique challenge that will take you on a 325 mile WWI Centenary route in Northern France. The ride starts in Folkestone and ends in Paris visiting many of the battlefields and memorials on the way.

The ride is designed to be challenging but achievable and as long as you put in a little training beforehand you should be fine!

FIND OUT MOREFor more information or to register, visit www.seafarers-uk.org or phone our events team on 020 7932 5960.

If you would like to make a donation to Seafarers UK or to get involved with our fundraising activities please get in touch today.

Call 020 7932 0000 or email [email protected]

Following the success of Seafarers UK’s presence in Liverpool for the Battle of the Atlantic 70th commemorations in 2013, Seafarers UK is going back to Liverpool a year later this June as part of the city’s International Festival of Business. This takes place over the month of June and is set to be a major event, raising the profile of Liverpool as a place to do international business, and attracting further inward financial investment. The festival focuses on different areas of business with the weeks commencing 9 and 16 June being built around the Marine, Logistics and Energy sectors. A programme of shipping industry and energy-related conferences, seminars and networking events, along with a major exhibition, is being organised by the Mersey Maritime Group.

Seafarers UK plans to be there as a part of this, with a jointly held evening reception with WISTA (Women in International Shipping & Trading Association) on Monday 16 June, as an informal launch to the second week of events, and following on directly from the weekend’s annual River Mersey Festival (14–15 June). Seafarers UK also hopes to be the beneficiary of a special evening onboard a Royal Navy ship visiting the City as part of the festival, as well as being involved in one or two other opportunities for raising our slowly increasing profile in Liverpool.

FIND OUT MOREFor more details about the International Festival of Business, please visit www.ifb2014.com

Raising our profile in Liverpool


A get stripey day at work helps support seafarers and their families in times of need.

Join us on Friday 16 May by wearing stripes to work, painting your nails with stripes, or baking something stripeylicious!

For more information, please visit us online at getsripey.org

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Edinburgh Proms

The finest military musicians mark the centenary year

To mark the centenary of the start of World War 1, the bands of HM Royal Marines, the Royal Regiment of Scotland and the Pipes and Drums of RAF Leuchars will be presenting a traditional ‘Proms style’ concert at Edinburgh Usher Hall on Thursday 19 June.

The finest military musicians of all three services in Scotland will be on parade to provide an evening of ceremony and colour, with military marches, stirring overtures and solo pieces. The event helps to support a number of charities including Seafarers UK, The Soldiers’ Charity and the RAFBF.

In 2013 community events continued to provide a steady source of income. It gets harder to raise money as the years go by, but everyone went the extra mile to achieve great results!

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To book tickets, please contact Usher Hall Box Office on 0131 228 1155 or visit www.usherhall.co.uk

We can only reiterate our personal thanks to all the

committees and volunteers who continue to work so hard

to support Seafarers UK.

Alexandra Sard, MBE, Community Support Manager and

Nick Davies, Captain, Royal Navy, Seafarers UK Scotland

The Seafarers UK Annual Golf Day

Southwick Park, 21 July

This year teams will compete for the Seafarers Trophy in a Texas Scramble. This is a very enjoyable and well-supported day for those who play golf and live near enough to participate.

Fundraising dynamos recognised

£1,200 raised for Seafarers UK

We were delighted to present a President’s Award to Old Portsmouth’s AbarBistro. Owners Karen and David Moore have generously organised many raffles and collections on behalf of Seafarers UK.

In October 2013 Manager Steve Martin completed the Great South Run for Seafarers UK and raised £1,200. Well done, Steve and thank you!


Attendees at the Seafarers UK Annual Golf Day 2013

Royal Marines Band in AberdeenThe annual Royal Marines Band Concert at Aberdeen Music Hall attracted an enthusiastic audience led by the Lord Provost Councillor George Adam who is also ‘Admiral of the Northern Seas’ and an Honorary Vice President of the charity.

The Royal Marines Band at the Diamond Jubilee Muster

Our Royal Marines Band concerts between September and December were a great success.

Our second year at Bristol and Worthing saw packed houses, as did our new venue at Barnstaple, where the Royal Marines Band was joined by the Chivenor Military Wives Choir.

Our audience numbers for the concerts were higher than in previous years, which is extremely encouraging for the future. The Sea Cadets and Royal Marines Cadets from over 20 units gave up their time to come along and help by selling programmes and raffle tickets and inviting people to donate funds as they left. Seafarers UK is indebted to all the cadets who helped out.

Our programme of Royal Marines Band concerts runs throughout the year. We are incredibly fortunate to have such an excellent working relationship with the Band Service (see inside front cover for list of concerts in 2014).

We are always looking for volunteers to help us at a variety of events. For further details, please contact Alexandra Sard at: [email protected] or phone 02392 736 101.

We have a variety of events planned for 2014 including:

Coffee mornings, Wine tasting, Formal dinners, Lectures,

Bridge afternoons, Quizzes, Garden parties, Musical

evenings, A Sea Shanty Fish and Chip supper… even a Gardeners’ question time!

A musical spectacular!

Bristol Harbour Festival

Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 July

Bristol Harbour Festival is one of the biggest and best free events in the country. We are very excited that, in recognition of the city’s strong maritime links, Seafarers UK will be involved in this year’s festival. With the help of Richmond Event Management, who organise the festival on behalf of the council, our stand will be in a prime position in Museum Square where we hope to meet lots of people and let them know about our work while also having some fun. Seafarers UK’s Bristol Committee will be manning the stand throughout the weekend and would be most grateful to hear from anyone who would be willing to join them. To volunteer please contact [email protected]

FIND OUT MOREFor more details about the festival and attractions, visit www.bristolharbourfestival.co.uk

C O M M U N I T Y N E W S


IN MEMORIAMWe’d like to thank the families and friends of those recently deceased,

who have chosen to support Seafarers UK in their memory.

We would also like to thank those people who have chosen to make a quiet personal remembrance of a friend or relative anonymously. We may not have

their names, but we acknowledge them all with honour and respect.

Mr Alan AspdenLt Commander Gerald Bailey MBEMr Terry BrownMr Harry CampbellMr George Edward CorkhillMrs Adele Fiona CroweMr Stanley George DayMr Paul Stuart FairlambMrs Angela Heather ForbesSurgeon Capt (D) Frederick Leonard Hall OBE RNMr Will HeadonMr Peter HollingworthMr Michael Dennis Jepson OBEMr Leslie Frank Charles LongMr James MannionMr James Peter McGannonMr Owen Leonard MoseleyMr Lyndon RussMr Douglas Neville StanbrookMrs Lorna Sybil SheffieldMrs Daphne Iris Stroud Mr Dennis ThistlethwaiteMr Norman TurnerMr Patrick WalshCaptain John WelchMrs Muriel WoodMembers of the Hogg family killed in the Great War

Mrs Joan Elizabeth InghamMrs Joan Elizabeth Ingham who died in October 2013, was a very active member of our Felixstowe Committee for eight years until her retirement in 2003. She will be greatly missed by her fellow committee members for her friendship and loyal support of the charity. Her husband, Captain David Ingham, asked for the collection at his wife’s memorial service to be donated to Seafarers UK for which we sincerely thank him.

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We are delighted to announce that Seafarers UK has gratefully received a grant of £20,000 from the Garfield Weston Foundation towards the costs of our ‘Welfare of seafarers of working age’ project. The project promotes and funds UK-based maritime welfare activities and organisations that help to improve the working lives of international seafarers.

Helping improve the lives of international seafarers

£20,000 grant received from the Garfield Weston Foundation

Taking the chairSeafarers UK’s Chairman, Vice Admiral Peter Wilkinson CB CVO BA has been appointed Chairman of the Forces Pension Society. The new role will be an addition to his current roles which include Chairman of Seafarers UK, Trustee of the Armed Forces Memorial and National President of the Royal British Legion.

“ I want to help provide a safety net for future seafarers and their families.”As an island nation, we rely on seafarers who risk their lives, put food on our plates and carry vital supplies to and from our shores.

Leave a lasting legacy to our seafarersBy leaving a gift to Seafarers UK in your

Will, you will help to support seafarers

and their families, who find themselves

in need of essential support at difficult

times. Last year Seafarers UK gave

£2.5m in funding to more than 80

maritime charities and organisations.

Seafarers UK receives no government

funding and is heavily dependent on

public donations and legacies to maintain

its grant-making programme. Please help

us to continue supporting those who risk

so much for our island nation by leaving

Seafarers UK a gift in your Will.

FIND OUT MORE…To find out more about our work

please phone 020 7932 0000 or

email [email protected]

www.seafarers-uk.org

Seafarers UK (King George’s Fund for Sailors) is a registered charity, number 226446, in England and Wales, incorporated under Royal Charter, and registered in Scotland under number SC038191.


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disappears from Olympic city (3,2,3)10 Last crash in race ruptured bank (7)11 Staff cynic drops one degree in favour

of religious education (7)13 Gas all around me and French, then

undisciplined mad chant signals moment of victory (4,3,3,5)

16 See 2817 Copper cross beside harbour (8)20 Unidentified underwriter depressed (8)23 Soda shaken with endive and shallot

tips stirred in (6)24 Have tenant’s oboe played in

Moonlight? (9,6)27 It’s illuminating, having laugh with

the French deputy (3,4)30 Georgian seat from 51 bits I assembled (7)31 Tired and upset (8)32 Irishman joins Anglican church for

communion (6)29 Monkey follows sloth for payment (3)

The Cutty Sark

prize crossword‘1914’ by CelticusFive solutions share a common naval theme and are not otherwise defined. The title should help!

Solution to the crossword from Flagship 23, Winter 2013. AUDACITY, ROYAL OAK, JERVIS BAY, ESK and IVANHOE were all British warships lost during the Battle of the Atlantic.

Copies of ’Jackspeak: a guide to British Naval Slang and Usage’, by Dr Rick Jolly OBE are available in all major book shops throughout the UK.

JACK CHATCartoons by Paul Thomas

The ToastsThe traditional drinking toasts

in Royal Navy ships are:

“Absent friends” (Sunday); “Our

ships at sea” (Monday); “Our

men” (Tuesday); “Ourselves”

(Wednesday); “A bloody war

or a sickly season” (Thursday);

“A willing foe and sea-room”

(Friday); and “Our wives and

sweethearts” (Saturday).

The last is, of course, traditionally

followed by the quip, “may

they never meet”. Thursday’s

initially puzzling toast originally

referred to raised hopes of

promotion. The attempt by the

Ministry of Defence in 2013 to

replace Tuesday’s toast with

“Our sailors”, and Saturday’s

with “Our families”, has met

with only partial success.

Gieves, Matthew and SeagroveNaval slang terms for the trio of

World War I campaign medals:

the 1914-15 Star, the British War

medal and the 1918 Victory

medal. The name derives

from the well-known naval

outfitters based on Portsmouth

High Street until 1916. In 1974,

Gieves took over London

outfitters Hawkes Ltd to form the

celebrated Savile Row tailors

Gieves and Hawkes, who still

provide naval outfits today. In

the Army, the three medals

were known as “Pip, Squeak

and Wilfred”, after the famous

Daily Mirror cartoon characters.

Fray BentosVery good or very well.

Originating in World War I,

as a corruption of the French

très bien, the phrase comes

from the ubiquitous brand of

tinned corned beef, or “bully

beef”, which was considered

a treat at the time. Fray Bentos

was a port in Uruguay famous

for meat packing, although the

brand is Anglo-Belgian in origin.

CodswallopRubbish, nonsense, or

something that is useless.

Hiram Codd was a British

engineer who, in 1875,

patented the process of

bottling carbonated water

so it could be kept much

longer than still water in casks.

“Wallop” was traditional naval

slang for beer. So, for a beer

drinker, Mr Codd’s Wallop was,

of course, useless rubbish.

SwimmerFormerly, a sailor who was once

a prisoner but chose a life at

sea in preference to jail. Today

“the swimmer of the watch” is

a life-saver dressed ready to

enter the water if required.

J A C K C H A T A N D C R O S S W O R D

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holiday (10,5)02 Mohamed in manoeuvre that plays

the man not the ball? (2,7)03 Larva ants devastated one-time

colony (9)05 Author making use of nib with two

points (5)06 Feast is set up – it’s impressive! (3)07 Seed extracted from cocoa tree (3)08 Single night badly scheduled without

multi-tasking (3,5,2,1,4)09 & 01 Across Unpack shirts, a tie, ask

about suit (2,2,6)12 Disturbing the peace in Spain in a

public place (5)14 Artist upset church witness in

Canterbury? (7)15 Rates German top 30 in Gascony (3)18 Small Cheshire town containing

doctor and animal one found in compound (9)

19 Emperor joins Roman wasp and Welsh girl (9)

21 Praise letters from Essex to Lilibeth (5)22 Self-drive? (3)25 Tasteless diva dances around Head

of Personnel (6)26 Brown rises from nothing to make

powerful alliance (4)28 & 16 Across Gentleman reworked limp

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Flagship magazine is published by Seafarers UK. Please recycle it once you have finished with it. Online copies are available at www.seafarers-uk.org/about-us/publications/flagship-magazine Seafarers UK (King George’s Fund for Sailors) is a Registered Charity in England and Wales, No. 226446, incorporated under Royal Charter. Registered in Scotland SC038191.

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Patron Her Majesty The Queen

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Director General Commodore Barry Bryant, CVO, RN

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