By Kieran James
A team of ship visitors from international maritime charity Sailors’ Society has reached out to 9,488 seafarers in the ports of Southampton and Fawley this year.
Bill McCrea, Barbara Kidd and Mark Warner have been joined on their Southampton ship visits by volunteers Brian, Angela Benford and Sanjay Sanil. The port of Fawley has been supported by Reverend Edward Symmons, who has volunteered for the charity for five years.
The team provides practical and emotional support to the men and women who dock at the ports.
The team has also recently been delivering Christmas presents such as woolly hats, puzzles and sweets to seafarers at the port.
Barbara said: ‘Seafarers often face loneliness so a small gift and a friendly ear can go a long way, especially at Christmas time.’
Sailors’ Society’s Chief Executive Officer, Stuart Rivers, said: ‘It has been another busy year for the team in the Society’s home port of Southampton and the port of Fawley, and they have provided much needed support to seafarers who are often thousands of miles from home.’
So far this year, the charity’s port chaplains have reached 344,142 seafarers in the key ports around the world as part of its mission to support seafarers and their families at home, in port and at sea.
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Source: Eastleigh News
