MISSION GETS SOME MUCH-NEEDED VA VA VROOM!
Patron Her Majesty The Queen
President Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
Chairman of the Council Robert Woods CBE
Chairman of the Executive Committee Michael Everard CBE
Secretary General The Revd Canon Bill Christianson
PR 19 07 
THE Mission to Seafarers’ port chaplain in Great Yarmouth is celebrating the arrival of a vehicle which is greatly enhancing his ministry.
Port chaplain Peter Paine took delivery of the 7-seater Ford S-Max in March and it has already proved itself to be a valuable asset to his ministry.
‘The car is fantastic,’ says Peter. ‘Before, seafarers would have to take a cab or walk into town but now I am able to help. The car has been also assisted me in providing transport for seafarers who need to get into town to buy personal items, and helps me take books and information to them which would otherwise have proved difficult to transport around the port.’
The car has been purchased with the generosity of The Merchant Navy Welfare Board, The International Transport Workers’ Federation, Great Yarmouth Port Authority and The Mission to Seafarers.
‘All of the organisations that have contributed so kindly to the fund recognise the importance of the work we do in ensuring seafarers are not forgotten. I am so thankful for their support and I look forward to helping the many seafarers who visit Great Yarmouth as I go about my daily work.’
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Note to Editors
Picture: Port Chaplain Peter Paine takes delivery of the new Ford S-Max.
Picture Credit: The Mission to Seafarers.
* Port Chaplain Peter Paine is available for interview.
The Mission to Seafarers is a society of the Anglican Church. It cares for the practical and spiritual welfare of seafarers of all races and creeds in over 230 ports worldwide. Working through a network of chaplains and staff, each year on average the Mission undertakes 64,000 ship visits and welcomes over 500,000 seafarers to its centres. We visit 800 seafarers in hospital and help in around 1,000 justice and welfare cases.
For further information contact:
Ben Bailey
Press Officer
The Mission to Seafarers
Tel: 020 7248 5202
Mob: 07872 632 026
The Mission to Seafarers ¦ St Michael Paternoster Royal
College Hill ¦ London ¦ EC4R 2RL
Registered charity no: 212432
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