Wheelchair users get access at sailing club
NEWLY-installed wheelchair-friendly facilities will be unveiled at Otley Sailing Club this month.
The club has used a £50,000 Sport England grant to create a wheelchair accessible wet room in its clubhouse, at Weston Water.
The money has also allowed it to install a new, slope-free access path and anti-slip floor, along with new doors and changing room benches.
A ceremony to declare the changes complete will be held at 2pm on Sunday, March 22.
Otley Sailing Club won a Queen's Award for Voluntary Service in 2013 for its groundbreaking Sailability work, which involves training people with disabilities and enabling them to sail each week.
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