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Accessible Boating
is a Charity offering opportunities for people with access difficulties to go boating on the Basingstoke Canal from Colt Hill Wharf, Odiham in Hampshire, UK.
We operate 2 self-steer boats: DAWN, a day boat; and MADAM BUTTERFLY, a cruising boat.
Both craft are specially designed and equipped with facilities for less-mobile passengers who have able-bodied assistance.
Self-drive hirings are open to both novices and experienced boaters alike, because full tuition tailored to individual requirements is provided at the start of each cruise by trained Despatchers. If you have any concerns about boat handling, please contact us, as we will provide whatever support you need.

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What facilities are available for people with disabilities?
There is wheelchair access throughout the ground floor and there is one ground floor bedroom with shower/toilet facilities for the disabled. Benmore has run many successful courses with groups of disabled people.
We have one minibus with a wheelchair hoist.

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Choose accessible canal boat hire or a canal boat holiday from the Canal Boat Project and decide either to self steer or use the services of our qualified and experienced skippers at no extra charge for day trips.

Our canal boats not only provide disability access but also enable people with disabilities to take a full and active part in the boating experience.

We are a registered charity that hires purpose-built and adapted, wide-beam accessible canal boats for holidays and short-breaks to people with disabilities and difficulties and community groups.

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Disabled Access

Set on a single deck the Kentish Lady provides excellent access for the disabled, with normal river conditions there is level entry for most wheelchairs (maximum 30 inches wide). However, there is limited access in the toilets.

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A quiet trip up the river meandering along the picturesque, idyllic rivers Lee and Stort; a chance to explore the beautiful and protected Essex and Hertfordshire countryside or a journey to London, taking in a show or two - all of these are possible with a canal boat holiday from Lock View. Just choose the length of your canal boat holiday and decide where to go.

Anyone can hire a boat whether you are a family or group that includes someone with a difficulty or disabillity or a community or disadvantaged group. See if you qualify
Accessibility
If you have restricted mobility or are a wheel chair user you will like our boats. Each boat has a lift and other adaptive technology to allow everyone to take an active part in the operation of the boat.

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Over a decade of providing sailing for people with disabilities.
Lymington SailAbility is a charity that provides sailing for people with disabilities. It provides a safe environment that still allows the sense of freedom and exhilaration that sailing can give.
Whilst we are not a life saving charity, we can be life changing, often giving people trapped by a disability a sense of control and enjoyment they thought they had lost.

For well over thirty years the Trust has provided day outings and holidays on waterways for people of all ages with any kind of disability or serious illness. We carry about 4,000 people a year. Our three boats are fitted with wheelchair lifts, suitably modified toilets and showers, full central heating and everything necessary for the comfort, safety and security of our passengers.

Swingbridge
The Surrey Care Trust owns and operates two Swingbridge community boats.
Local waterways are a wonderful place for people to learn skills and gain confidence and self-motivation.
Crewing a boat is a new and challenging experience which enthuses people and engages their interest.
One of the activities that is part of the Swingbridge programme is environmental work along Surrey waterways, which gives people an opportunity to make a valuable contribution to the community and learning skills.
Among those who benefit from training courses and volunteering with Swingbridge are young people, especially those on the Surrey Care Trust’s STEPS programmes, long-term unemployed, people who are underskilled and poorly-qualified, those with mild learning difficulties, and people recovering from ill health.

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Offers canal day trips for people with disabilities around the canals of North West England aboard the specially designed , wheelchair friendly , canal narrow boat 'New Horizons. '

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The JST is a registered charity that owns and operates Lord Nelson and Tenacious, the only two tall ships in the world designed and built to enable people of all physical abilities to sail side-by-side as equals.

The Wheelyboat Trust is a registered charity dedicated to providing disabled people with the opportunity and freedom to enjoy waters large and small all over the UK. Our role is to help and encourage venues open to the public to acquire Wheelyboats for their disabled visitors and to help groups and organisations acquire Wheelyboats for their own use.
Our vision is straightforward - open access for disabled people on waters everywhere via a range of Wheelyboat models to meet everybody’s needs.

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