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Mourning those seafarers who lost their lives in the Red Sea
March 2024
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those seafarers who lost their lives in this latest attack. "A thousand seafarers a day still pass...
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Busting myths and revealing regional differences – Sailors’ Society launches its 2023/24 cadet report
February 2024
Providing a unique window into future seafaring, we have launched our 2023/4 cadet report: Generation Z - the future of maritime. The report uses dat...
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Crisis appeal following Red Sea attacks
January 2024
Sailors' Society has launched an urgent crisis appeal following mounting concern over attacks on ships in the Red Sea. While much has been reported...
Submariner trains for our Kili mountain climb on board ship
July 2023
How do you train to climb Kilimanjaro when you live and work on a ship? That was the challenge facing former submariner Gordon Foot when he decided t...
Sailors' Society's unique new wellness platform launches today
July 2023
A unique e-learning programme that puts positive wellbeing in the hands of seafarers is being launched today July 5 by international maritime charit...
Sailors' Society joins other maritime Charities to host LISW23 conference
July 2023
Maritime charities and industry leaders come together to discuss the importance of seafarer welfare and wellbeing as shipping embraces environmental, ...
Sailors' Society offers full virtual conference experience for 2023 cadets
June 2023
Sailors’ Society is expecting more than 6,000 students to benefit from its 2023 Wellness at Sea Maritime Schools’ Conferences, designed especially for...
Sailors’ Society thanked by crew of Heroic Idun
June 2023
Sailors’ Society thanked by crew of Heroic Idun "It was clear the extremely positive effect our constant contact, interaction, assistance and suppo...
Sea Sunday 2023 – resources now available
June 2023
Sailors’ Society has launched its 2023 Sea Sunday resources for churches – available at sailors-society.org/seasunday The resources, which include su...
Sailors’ Society is on hand to welcome home crew of the Heroic Idun
June 2023
Members of the Sailors’ Society’s global Crisis Response Network are travelling to Cape Town today (June 6) to welcome back the 26 crew of the MT Hero...
May 2023
Mental Health Awareness Week has prompted Sailors' Society CEO, Sara Baade, to reflect on the importance of our services for the next generation of se...
May 2023
Breaking News:On International Women in Maritime Day, we are delighted to announce that The Seafarers Charity is funding our international female-only...
Supporting International Day for Women in Maritime
May 2023
On International Women in Maritime Day, our CEO Sarah Baade, reflects on our work to open up networks to female seafarers to talk, share and support e...
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