Our Impact in Numbers:
In 2021 we carried out 5,181 ship visits in the UK
113,982
seafarers and fishers supported in the UK
21
chaplains visiting UK ports day and night
64
ports across the UK served by our chaplains
1,941
Stella Maris faith magazines provided in UK ports
1,171
seafarers in the UK were helped to contact family by internet or phone
11
Masses celebrated onboard ships in UK ports
100
woolly hats knitted for seafarers by two supporters,
from Stonehaven,
Scotland!
67
seafarers and their families in urgent need given
intensive, bespoke care through our Centenary Emergency Fund
53%
Increase in ship visits in UK compared to 2020
Our global network in 2020
More than
1,000 chaplains and volunteers
around the globe
Distributed
36,354
Stella Maris Magazines
Active in
54 Countries
Download our Annual Review to read about how we made a difference in 2022.
Bep was at sea when his triplets were born early and rushed to intensive care. Medical bills were financially crippling the family, but with help from the Stella Maris welfare fund Bep was able to pay the hospital bills.
“Thank you for letting these boys be with us. Our home has a huge Joy always. Thank you to Stella Maris everyday…We love you…GOD BLESS“
– Sheila Mae, Bep’s wife
Read Bep’s Story >
See our support in action
Supporting Fishermen in South Africa
More than 40 million people are in some form of slavery today according to the International Labour Organisation, including more
Human Rights Abuses
In June 2018 Nicholas Barends, the Stella Maris South Africa national director, found a letter on his office desk from
Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
Following a pirate attack on a cargo ship in the Gulf of Guinea, the P&I club contacted our London office