# INTERNATIONAL SEAFARERS&#x27; WELFARE AND ASSISTANCE NETWORK

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1102946
- **Other names:** INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SEAFARERS&#x27; WELFARE, ICSW
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03171109](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03171109)
- **Registered:** March 30, 2004
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1102946


## Contact

- **Address:** ISWAN, 4th Floor, Silverstream House, 45 Fitzroy Street, Fitzrovia
- **Postcode:** London
- **Phone:** 0300 012 4279
- **Email:** iswan@iswan.org.uk
- **Website:** www.seafarerswelfare.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (1)  TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AMONGST SEAFARERS OF ALL NATIONALITIES, RACES, COLOURS AND CREEDS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS.(2) TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL SEAFARERS AND THE RELIEF OF SICK, ILL AND DISABLED SEAFARERS.(3)  TO PROMOTE THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES AT SEA OR SERVING INTERNATIONAL PORTS FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR ALL SEAFARERS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

**Activities:** ISWAN is an international NGO set up to promote seafarers welfare and related issues and the application of therelevant sections of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006. From 1st April 2013 it is also responsible for the SeafarerHelp 24/7 helpline formerly operated by The Internattional Seafarers Assistance Network.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE AFRICA, THE AMERICAS, ASIA EUROPE AND OCEANIA.
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Ashley Cooper |  | May 10, 2023 |
| Charles Boyle |  | May 3, 2023 |
| Connie Roozen |  | Jan. 26, 2021 |
| Deepak Shetty |  | Dec. 1, 2017 |
| Dr Jason Zuidema |  | Jan. 26, 2021 |
| Frederick Kenney Jr |  | April 24, 2024 |
| Jillian Carson-Jackson |  | Sept. 19, 2023 |
| Karen Waltham |  | April 22, 2020 |
| Mike Esplago |  | Jan. 26, 2021 |
| RENE ANDERSEN |  | April 22, 2020 |
| SUE Henney |  | April 22, 2020 |
| Sadie Saunders |  | Nov. 17, 2023 |




