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June 24, 2020

SeaFit joins forces with local NHS to launch dedicated health trainer service for East Yorkshire Coast fishermen and their families

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust,together with maritime charities the Seafarers Hospital Society and the Fishermen’s Mission are launching a dedicated health trainer service that aims to improve the health and quality of life of fishermen in Holderness, on the East Coast of Yorkshire.

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The Seafarers Hospital Society was founded in 1821 as the Seamen’s Hospital Society, by a group of philanthropists in response to the increasing number of homeless and impoverished seafarers living on the streets of London after the Napoleonic wars. In 2021 the Society celebrates its bicentenary. Read more about our illustrious history with a walk through our interactive timeline.