A CHARITY group has reminded rating who’ve lost work due to Covid-19 that funding is available for training and refresher courses to help find employment.
Applications to the Maritime Charities Group Retraining and Redundancy Bursary, which launched in November last year, have been coming in at a steady rate but the response from ratings has been lower than anticipated.
Figures show that over three quarters of successful applications for the fund, which is aimed at UK-based merchant seafarers, came from officers.
The group is now asking for ratings who need support to come forward and take advantage of this funding which now stands at £40k.