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SAIL – Seafarers’ Advice & Information Line

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Website     https://sailine.org.uk/ 

Web form  https://sailine.org.uk/contact/  

 

SAIL Client consent Form     SAIL Client Consent Form

SAIL Referral Form                 SAIL Client Referral Form

 

Citizens Advice for anyone who’s ever worked at sea

SAIL is a completely free advice service dedicated to all seafarers and their families across the UK.   We give free, confidential advice on benefits, money worries, charity grants, pensions and much more.

SAIL is run by Citizens Advice Greenwich. It’s funded by Seafarers Hospital Society, The Seafarers’ Charity, and Greenwich Hospital.

If you’ve ever worked at sea, then SAIL can help you and your partner. We can also help widows and widowers of seafarers and any dependants of seafarers. If your organisation itself supports seafarers then SAIL is here to help you too.

  • Royal Navy
  • Royal Marines
  • Merchant Navy
  • Fishing Fleet
  • Royal Fleet Auxillary
  • Cruise Ship Workers
  • Ferry Workers
  • Professional Yacht Crew
  • RNLI Lifeboat Crew
  • Organisations supporting seafarers

If you’ve ever served in any branch of the Royal Navy or Royal Marines, then we can help you. We can also advise you if you’ve been in the Royal Navy or Royal Marines Reserves.

The most common areas of advice for serving personnel are –

  • Money worries
  • The practicalities of relationship breakdown
  • Immigration advice

For veterans, we often help with –

  • Benefits
  • Charity grants
  • Pensions

If you’re the partner, widow or widower of a someone who’s served in the RN, then SAIL can help you too.

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