Programmes & Projects Updates Help us to help you! Port Welfare - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Programmes & Projects Updates Help us to help you!

Port Welfare Vehicle Replacement Programme Rebecca Stalker Aiden Harvey Deputy Project Manager Welfare & Projects Administrator

Port Welfare Vehicle Replacement Programme  Replaced 117 vehicles (Master List: 68 (81))  33 x Minibuses  63 x MPVs  21 x Cars  14 x Welfare Providers (Falklands pending)  Full cost of purchasing vehicles £2,287,872  Total of maritime funding grants £1,458,795  Total society contribution £500,213  Total part exchange £328,863  Age shift 5 – 6 years

Seafarers Support & Maritime Charities Welfare Guide Helen van Gass Aiden Harvey Training & Welfare Manager Projects & Welfare Administrator

Seafarer Support Helpline Total Calls Received = 5,107 Monthly Average = 45 Unique Visitors to Seafarer Support Website 3000 30 000 25 2500 000 20 2000 000 15 1500 000 10 1000 000 50 5000 00 0 20 2009 09 20 2010 10 20 2011 11 20 2012 12 20 2013 13 20 2014 14 2015 20 15 20 2016 16 20 2017 17 20 2018 18 (Oct)

Seafarer Support Website Search engine – overall top 5 searches (2018) 1 st : Sheltered Accommodation (Emergency Grants) 2 nd : Education & Training (Grants for Individuals) 3 rd : Benefits (Sheltered Accommodation) 4 th : Welfare (Regular Grants / Annuities) 5 th : Grants for Individuals (Household Equipment grants) MNWB also acts as the clearing house for MN welfare cases on SSAFA CMS system

 Advanced Safeguarding (New)  Equality & Diversity (New)  Managing Volunteers (New)  Mental Health & Bereavement Awareness (New)  Welfare Guidance Course (New)  Managing Aggression & Violence Number of Attendees  200 Personal Safety at Work (online)  Ship Welfare Visitor Course (online) 150  SSAFA Caseworker Course 100  Substance Misuse Awareness Course 50  Volunteer Management 2015 2016 2017 2018

Port Levies Collection of levy funds began 1 st January 2016   Port of Tyne match 50p for every £1 collected  Funds are distributed to the three local welfare societies twice a year – March and September  Total amount collected to September 2018: £38,709 (this includes a 20% contingency fund of £6,039)  Total funds have been distributed following an agreed MNWB points formula as follows:  Mission to Seafarers: £16,831  Apostleship of the Sea: £7,259  Fishermen’s Mission: £8,580

Port Welfare Committees Sarah Edward Katherine Lockwood PWC Manager PWC Manager  15 PWCs in UK  Gibraltar Seafarers’ Welfare Board  Falklands Port Welfare Board  336 Committee members  64 local meetings per annum

Lone Worker Alarm Trial  1 year  4 organisations  37 Participants  3 Devices Rebecca Stalker Deputy Project Manager

36 Port Information Leaflets

IT Support for Older Seafarers ‘Sea Shed Digital Pilot Project’ Aberdeen Seafarers’ Centre (ASC)  15 Participants  ASC IT Club  Specially configured iPads (RNA)  Helping tackle isolation & loneliness

International Port Welfare Partnership Sharon Coveney Peter Tomlin Deputy Chief Executive Chief Executive ‘Helping countries establish welfare boards in ports, worldwide’

Over 89 countries ratified  Over 93% gross tonnage of shipping  SHIP OWNERS MLC, 2006 UNIONS GOVERNMENTS

IPWP Expressions of Interest  412 (278) Expressions of Interest  159 (127) Ports 73 (57) Countries  20 Commonwealth  Set Up 27 (10): Australia, Benin, South Korea, Canada, Antigua & Barbuda, Ghana, Spain, Mauritius, USA, Netherlands, Nigeria, Russia, Kenya & Cameroon …...

IPWP Objectives Continue to encourage and assist countries/ports establish their own  seafarers’ welfare boards Work closely with welfare providers, develop guidance, protocols and  quality standards for welfare boards Where appropriate, encourage port levy schemes and/or donations to  help financially support the provision of shore based welfare services Create a simple, interactive web based platform or portal (‘central’ or  ‘single’ point of contact) to promote PWCs and signpost to welfare services in ports …..... Recruit IPWP Programme Ambassadors – course under development  Proposed IPWP Handover mid 2020 

Executive Administration Team  Council Mtgs  Working Groups Mtgs  Festival of Remembrance  MNWB Conferences Roxanne Le Voguer Celia Jackson  MNWB website Administrator Executive Assistant  MNM website  Social Media Project

MNWB Capital Grant Programme 2017 - £328,585 2018 - £303, 426 Tilbury seafarers centre Sailors’ Children’s Society: recreational area - £25,000 mobile holiday home - £25,000 MV Derbyshire Trust Fund - £5,400

Other & Future MNWB Projects  New Merchant Navy Medal website – complete  New MNWB website  New MNWB grant application system  Investigate expansion of ‘IT for elderly seafarers’ project  PWCs to encourage more port levy schemes to help societies  Organise combined PWC & Port Based Welfare Conference  UK trial of web portal for welfare boards & port welfare services  Seafarer Support platform rebuild (TH, Seafarers UK & MN Fund)  Investigate TV or social media outreach project……..demo