Christmas Appeal 2025

Help us bring the magic of Christmas to seafaring families in crisis. Your donation will help provide food, warmth, and gifts for nearly 500 children who need our support this festive season.

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Sailors’ Children’s Society has been supporting the children of seafarers for over 200 years. SCS is there for families when the worst does happen. Loss of a family member, diagnosis of a life limiting or terminal illness or family breakdown. Families receive financial, practical and emotional help.

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Give the Gift of Christmas to a Child in Crisis

For most of us, Christmas is a time of joy — a warm home, food on the table, and presents under the tree.

But for many seafaring families we support, it’s a time of heartbreak and impossible choices.

Do we heat the house or buy food?

A warm coat for the children, or a Christmas dinner together?

This Christmas, nearly 500 children from seafaring families across the UK need our help.

Families who’ve faced bereavement, illness, job loss, or trauma. Families where parents are doing everything they can — but it’s still not enough.

Your donation will help us give each family a Christmas voucher, providing the essentials so they can enjoy a proper meal, a few small gifts, and the comfort of knowing they’re not alone.

Every single donation — no matter the size — makes a difference.

With your support, we can bring light, warmth, and the magic of Christmas back to families who need it most.

Because when a child wakes up to a Christmas filled with care, kindness, and hope… that’s when the real magic begins.

Donate today and help us make this Christmas brighter for seafaring families in crisis.

Donation summary

Total
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
Online
£100.00
Offline
£0.00
Direct
£0.00
Fundraisers
£100.00

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