To mark one month until its return to service in the UK, Celebrity has launched Giving Back To Heroes - a scheme offering 100 complimentary "staycations at sea" to emergency workers.

Designed as a thank you for their work throughout the pandemic and beyond, balcony cabins will be offered onboard Silhouette during its first sailing out of Southampton on a six-night itinerary around the British Isles.

Celebrity is calling for those working in the emergency services, NHS, social care sector or armed forces to enter the competition to be in with the chance of winning a place onboard.

Blue Light Card holders can enter via celebritycruises.com/giving-back-to-our-heroes and winners will be announced on 10 June.

All passengers must be fully vaccinated by 19 June in order to sail.

Jo Rzymowska, Celebrity’s vice-president and managing director EMEA, said: "The last year has been challenging for all, but none more so than our incredible emergency workers who have donned their hero capes on a daily basis, inspiring us through this unprecedented time. 

"As life slowly turns towards a new normal and we begin to embrace a return to the seas, we want to take a moment to celebrate and honour all these astonishing people, by offering some escapism and well-deserved ’me time’ onboard our beautiful ship from Southampton this summer."