Appeal type: Fundraising

Lent Appeal

Posted on March 1, 2025 by -

This Lent, could you help exploited fishers?

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Many fishers arrive in the UK hoping to earn a fair wage and provide for their families. Instead, some find themselves exploited, forced to work long hours with little or no pay, threatened with violence, and left without legal protection. They are isolated at sea, afraid to speak out, and sometimes even detained for visa breaches they had no control over.

Stella Maris is there for them – but we need your help.

This Lent, your donation can give fishers a voice. With your support, Stella Maris chaplains can rescue exploited fishers from unsafe conditions, fight for their rights, and provide vital care. We visit those held in detention, connect them with legal aid, and offer practical and emotional support.

Your generosity means a fisher in crisis has someone to turn to. Please, will you give today?

This Lent, you can help exploited, vulnerable fishers and seafarers

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Ukraine Appeal

Posted on April 7, 2022 by -

Seafarers impacted by war need your urgent help.

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Your support will provide essential aid to seafarers, port workers and their families in Odesa. Rostik and Fr Alex have set up a soup kitchen there, and are getting urgent supplies to stranded crews. But it’s a challenge to buy food – and your help is vital.

You can also help seafarers and their families seeking refuge in Poland. We’re using a Stella Maris centre there to provide emergency accommodation for 40 refugees at a time, before they move onto somewhere permanent. With your support, everyone will get an arrival pack of clothes, toiletries and essentials.

Importantly, you can also help Ukrainian and Russian seafarers anxiously trying to contact loved ones, by enabling us to provide free phone cards in ports across Europe.

Please donate below or by clicking here