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The Trust Deed

The Deed of the ITF Seafarers' Trust, which in effect is its Constitution, states that the Trust is for the "relief of seafarers and their dependants" and defines "seafarers" as "any person without distinction of colour, nationality, race or creed in any part of the world who is or has been employed in any rank and in any capacity on a ship".

The Deed also provides the Trustees with the power to administer the Trust's funds in promoting the "spiritual and moral welfare of seafarers" and "providing, or assisting in providing, in the interests of social welfare, facilities serving international ports for recreation or other leisure time occupations for seafarers and other maritime workers of all nations who are in need of such facilities..."

The Trustees

The Trust Deed makes provision for a minimum of five Trustees and a maximum of nine. As from June 2010 they are:

• Dave Heindel, Chair of the ITF Seafarers’ Trust, Chair of the ITF Seafarers’ Section and  Secretary-Treasurer of Seafarers’ International Union (SIU)
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• Theresa Broome, ITF Finance Officer
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• David Cockroft, ITF General Secretary and Secretary to the Trust
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• Paddy Crumlin, ITF President, Chair of the ITF Dockers’ Section and National Secretary of Maritime Union of Australia (MUA)
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• Deirdre Fitzpatrick [LLB(hons)], is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales and is dual qualified in Ireland also.  She has been Legal Officer of the International Transport Workers’ Federation since 1994 and is Executive Director of Seafarers’ Rights International, a research organisation dedicated to promoting and advancing the legal rights of seafarers.
  
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• Lars Lindgren, 1st Vice Chair of ITF Dockers’ Section and President of Svenska Transportarbetareforbundet (ST)
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• Brian Orrell OBE, until recently General Secretary of Nautilus UK and formerly Chair of the ITF Seafarers’ Section
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• Abdulgani Serang, General Secretary and Treasurer, National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI)
  

Trust Meetings

Trust meetings are usually held on occasions when most Trustees would be gathered together for other ITF meetings, e.g. during the ITF's Executive Board (EB) or maritime meetings.

Trust meetings are subject to a quorum of three Trustees. Meetings normally take place in January - March, June-July and October-November of each year.

The Internal Rules

The Work of the Trust is also governed by a set of "Internal Rules" which supplement the Trust Deed. These rules cover the day to day running of the Trust. The only rule of any practical consequence to applicants is Rule 8(ii) covering applications for grants under £75,000.

Rule 8(ii) provides that grants below this figure can be made without waiting for a Trustees' meeting, and can be done by correspondence. However, 8(ii) grants must be non-controversial and must be endorsed by an ITF affiliate. Usually, they are dealt with in batches four times a year.

Grant applications over £75,000 have to be considered by a meeting of the Trustees.