Top marine distress signal brand Pains Wessex is supporting leading maritime charity The Sailors’ Society through sponsorship and pedal power.
The UK-based charity offers practical and emotional support, financial assistance and family liaison to seafarers through its network of port chaplains and seafarers’ centres in 30 countries around the world.
Chemring Marine, the parent company of Pains Wessex, has agreed an advertising deal in the charity’s Chart and Compass magazine and is publicising The Sailors’ Society on the Pains Wessex website and with editorial coverage.
Jenny Boland, trust and corporate officer of The Sailors’ Society, said: “We are thrilled Chemring has identified the strong affinity between our organisations in protecting, saving and enriching seafarers’ lives. This partnership with Chemring Marine will enable us to further support seafarers as they arrive in port.”
Pains Wessex is also entering a team, led by sales director Justine Heeley, in the Deloitte and Sailors’ Society Cycle event in Southampton on Sunday 10 May. Justine said: “Fortunately it’s a leisurely cycle event rather than a race, although I’m sure there will be some friendly rivalry among our team members as to who can finish first.”
Anyone wishing to sponsor the Pains Wessex team can e-mail Justine at justineheeley@chemringmarine.com.
Seafarers often face long trips away from home and demanding work schedules. The Sailors’ Society port chaplains provide support to crew members of all ranks, nationalities and faiths and have been doing so for 191 years. For more information visit http://www.sailors-society.org.
Pains Wessex’s comprehensive range of distress signals is available through a global network of more than 70 distributors and is used by navies, merchant fleets, fishing vessels, rescue services, airlines and leisure craft.
Its products are trusted by the world’s commercial and leisure marine markets for their reliability and have been saving lives for more than a century.