Seafarers' Centre of the Year
This award recognises the seafarers' centre that has done the most to provide high quality welfare services and facilities for visiting seafarers.
Seafarers nominate a seafarers' centre based on the following criteria:
- What welfare services and facilities the seafarers' centre provides.
- How accessible the centre is.
- The ship visiting service provided (if used).
- How the services/facilities benefitted them.
Judges criteria
Seafarers' centres will be judged on the following criteria:
- The welfare services and facilities the seafarers' centre provides.
- How accessible the centre is and its opening times.
- The centre's ship visiting service including the number of ships visited by each volunteer/welfare worker.
- What the centre does to ensure that it meets the needs of seafarers.
- How the centre works with other welfare organisations, where they exist, in the port.