We are raising funds to bring the following projects to fruition. Do please help with a donation - clicking on the link for the project you would like to support will take you to our CAF Donate page. If you can help us with a one-off or regular donation towards day-to-day operational costs please click here.
Current Projects
With high demand for new Wheelyboats, we are currently fundraising for projects in the midlands and home counties, including Derbyshire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire with others in Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as our ongoing partnership with the All Abilities Friendly Fly Fishers to provide new C16 Wheelyboats.
We know that there are disabled people waiting to use the new boats that we supply and we work hard to meet this ever growing need. If you would like to make a donation towards the costs of providing new Wheelyboats please click here. Our current projects include:
Castle Semple
Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park, Castle Semple Centre and the Wheelyboat Trust have joined forces to fundraise for a fully accessible Coulam V20 Wheelyboat to provide more disabled people with powerboating and powerboat training, pleasure boating and angling at the outdoor activity centre in Renfrewshire. The Wheelyboat will enable people with disabilities to access and enjoy water-based activities who previously couldn’t as demand is outstripping availability at this hugely popular site.
Kingspark School, Dundee
The Wheelyboat Trust and Kingspark School, a Special Educational Needs School in Dundee, are fundraising to provide a new wheelchair accessible Coulam Wheelyboat that will give all Kingspark’s pupils access to water-based activities and learning. There are currently no wheelchair accessible boats available for the school to use which drastically limits the outdoor activities undertaken and prevents an inclusive level of access for all of their students. To counter this the school is seeking to increase the opportunities to engage in outdoor learning through the provision of a new Wheelyboat.
Fife Sailability
The Wheelyboat Trust and Fife Sailability are working togeether to supply of a fully accessible V172 Wheelyboat that will enable Fife Sailability to expand their activities at Lochore Meadows sailing lake. Fife Sailability are long term Wheelyboat operator with years of success behind them.
The Wheelyboat will enable wheelchair users and people with any kind of mobility, sensory or intellectual impairment to participate in power and pleasure boating and it will help Fife Sailability meet the growing demand for their services. The new boat follows on from the success of their first V20 Wheelyboat launched in 2019.
Aztec Adventure Centre, Bromsgrove
The accessible Wheelyboat at Aztec Adventure Centre in Upton Warren, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire has reached the end of its working life and is no longer operational. As a result, wheelchair users and those with limited mobility from Chadsgrove Specialist School and other local disability groups have been unable to take part in their usual water-based activities this summer. Together with the users of the activity centre, The Wheelyboat Trust is raising funds for a new, fully accessible V172 Wheelyboat, ensuring that everyone can once again enjoy the benefits of being out on the water.
Would you be able to help with our RUNNING COSTS? Funding the operational costs of bringing new Wheelyboat projects to fruition is entirely reliant on donations. You can send us a cheque by post in which case please download and complete a Gift Aid form to make your donation 25% more valuable. You can make an online donation via the button below or via our Justgiving page.