We are able to provide up to 6 sessions of FREE physiotherapy to all commercial Fishermen and Seafarers. We are part of the Harbourside Physiotherapy Network and are delighted to be involved in SeaFit. SeaFit is run jointly by the Fishermen’s Mission and Seafarers Hospital Society with funding from Seafarers UK. SeaFit is working in partnership with local providers to offer health and wellbeing services to working fishermen and their families. More information is given below, but if you are a Fisherman, in the Merchant Navy or skipper a boat commercially, and have a discharge book or log book, then you are likely to be eligible. Please just ask!
*New* Relate for seafarersWe are pleased to announce that Relate relationship support is now available for Seafarers and their families. Covid-19 has created more challenges than the norm, and we are all suffering the consequences. If you are a seafarer and feel that Relate could help you and your family, then please get in touch.
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The SeaFit Programme is a joint initiative from the Seafarers Hospital Society and the Fishermen’s Mission, working in partnership to deliver sustainable improvements in the health and wellbeing of fishermen and their families around the UK. Funded by Seafarers UK, the SeaFit Programme will run over two years, starting in July 2018.
The Programme covers numerous aspects of mental and physical health and wellbeing and provides a range of services direct to the community completely free of charge. This includes:
The Programme covers numerous aspects of mental and physical health and wellbeing and provides a range of services direct to the community completely free of charge. This includes:
- Health checks at the harbourside
- Health trainers in the community
- Dental checks with some initial treatment
- Access to mental health and wellbeing support to complement Big White Wall
- Development of a network of physiotherapists trained to meet the specific needs of fishermen, initially in Cornwall and Devon
