The British Maritime Charitable Foundation is a registered charity which promotes Britain’s interests across the maritime field, founded in 1981.
It informs public and parliamentary awareness of the importance of the nations maritime industries
According to its website, the charity
* Projects to support maritime training and education, to raise public awareness of the United Kingdom’s maritime heritage and its dependence on the sea.
* Help for young people to take up maritime careers and support for Sea Vision initiatives.
* Maritime Media Awards given annually to writers, broadcasters or media persons considered to have made the most constructive contribution to Britain’s maritime affairs.
* The Memorial Book kept in the Seafarers’ Chapel at All Hallows by the Tower records the names of those lost at sea with no known grave. The Annual Service of Thanksgiving for relatives and friends held annually in October.
Maritime media award
In 2009, the Foundation's media award was given to actor
Ross Kemp
Ross James Kemp (born 21 July 1964) is an English actor, author, and television presenter. He rose to prominence in the role of Grant Mitchell in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. His other roles include Graham Lodsworth in ''Emmerdale'' and ...
for his TV series "In Search of Pirates". Previous winners have included
Libby Purves
Elizabeth Mary Purves, (born 2 February 1950) is a British radio presenter, journalist and author.
Early life and career
Born in London, a diplomat's daughter, Purves was raised in her mother's Catholic faith and educated at convent school ...
OBE,
Richard Woodman
Captain Richard Martin Woodman LVO MNM (10 March 1944 – 2 October 2024) was an English merchant navy officer, novelist and naval historian. Woodman served at sea mainly working for Trinity House and retired in 1997 from a 37-year nautical c ...
, Dr
Colin White and Professor
Nicholas Rodger
Nicholas Andrew Martin Rodger, FSA, FRHistS, FBA (born 12 November 1949) is an English historian who is currently senior research fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.
Life and academia
The son of Lieutenant Commander Ian Alexander Rodger, Ro ...
.
References
External links
British Maritime Charitable Foundation*{{EW charity, 286784
Maritime organizations
1981 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1981
Charities based in London
Maritime history of the United Kingdom