Accessible Boating Association
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Waterway society
A Waterway society is a society, association, charitable trust, club, trust or "Friends" group involved in the restoration, preservation, use and enjoyment of waterways, e.g. a canal, river, navigation or other waterway, and their associated buildings and structures, e.g...
and a registered charity number 295034 in Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, UK.
The Association aims to provide boating
Boating
Boating is the leisurely activity of travelling by boat, or the recreational use of a boat whether powerboats, sailboats, or man-powered vessels , focused on the travel itself, as well as sports activities, such as fishing or water skiing...
opportunities on the Basingstoke Canal
Basingstoke Canal
The Basingstoke Canal is a British Canal, completed in 1794, built to connect Basingstoke with the River Thames at Weybridge via the Wey Navigation....
for disabled people with access
Accessibility
Accessibility is a general term used to describe the degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is available to as many people as possible. Accessibility can be viewed as the "ability to access" and benefit from some system or entity...
difficulties. The Association was formerly known as "Boats for the Handicapped", and it is a member of the National Community Boats Association
National Community Boats Association
The National Community Boats Association is a waterway society, registered charity No. 1108993 and limited company No. 5331820, in the United Kingdom....
.
The Association's boats have been specially designed to provide facilities for disabled passengers:
- Accommodation for disabled persons and their carers
- Space for several wheelchairWheelchairA wheelchair is a chair with wheels, designed to be a replacement for walking. The device comes in variations where it is propelled by motors or by the seated occupant turning the rear wheels by hand. Often there are handles behind the seat for someone else to do the pushing...
s - Extra wide ramps for access
- Hydraulic liftElevatorAn elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures...
s - a hospital-type bed for a severely handicappedHandicappedHandicapped or handicap may refer to:*Handicapping, various methods of leveling a sport or game**Golf handicap, a sport-specific handicapping method**Go handicaps**Handicaps in shogi**Asian handicap, bookmakers technique to level odds...
person
See also
Other charities providing boating opportunities for disabled people- Bruke Wake Charitable Trust
- Disabled Sailors Association
- English Federation of Disability SportEnglish Federation of Disability SportThe English Federation of Disability Sport is an umbrella organization promoting sport for athletes with disabilities in England. Founded in 1998, the Federation brought together a number of organizations who had separately promoted disabled sports before its creation...
- Gloucestershire Disabled Afloat Riverboats Trust
- Mariners of Bewl, LamberhurstLamberhurstLamberhurst is a village and civil parish in Kent although the latter parish was at first in both Kent and East Sussex. The line of the county border was adjusted following the Local Government Act 1894, which required that parish boundaries be aligned with counties...
, KentKentKent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of... - Nancy Oldfield TrustNancy Oldfield TrustThe Nancy Oldfield Trust is a waterway society, a charitable trust and a registered charity no. 1068549 in Norfolk, East Anglia, England, UK....
, Norfolk Broads - Poole Sailability
- RYA Sailability, Royal Yachting AssociationRoyal Yachting AssociationThe Royal Yachting Association is the national governing body for certain watersports in the United Kingdom. Activities it covers include:* Sailing* Windsurfing* Motor cruising* Sportsboats* Personal watercraft* Powerboat racing...
- Seagull TrustSeagull TrustSeagull Trust Cruises is a waterway society and Scottish charity in Scotland, UK.The Trust was formed in 1978 and offers free canal cruising for disabled and disadvantaged persons and groups. It is the largest service provider of its kind within the UK. It is run entirely by volunteers...
, Scotland - Peter Le Marchant TrustPeter Le Marchant TrustThe Peter Le Marchant Trust is a waterway society, a charitable trust and a registered charity number 273207, based in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK....
, Leicestershire
- DisabilityDisabilityA disability may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental or some combination of these.Many people would rather be referred to as a person with a disability instead of handicapped...
- List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom
External links
- Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, a medical charity: link list includes Accessible Boating Association
- Royal Yachting Association "Sailability" website - entry for Accessible Boating Association
- Hampshire County Council website entry on ABA
- GUIDE (Health, social Care and disability information for Gloucestershire): Database entry for ABA
- Rhondda Cynon Taf Council (local authority): Organisation details for Accessible Boating Association
- MENCAP (mental health charity): contact details for Accessible Boating Association
- Scout Association - Fundraising Event for Accessible Boating Association
- National Community Boat Association - entry for Accessible Boating Association