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The Bruce Trust - adapted canal boat holidays- Wiltshire/ Berkshire

Resource type: Family Resources  —  Date posted: January 7th, 2013   Number of views: 1332


Website: 
http://www.brucetrust.org.uk/

Description

The Bruce Trust is a registered charity providing specially-designed, purpose-built, wide-beam canal boats, for hire for self-catering, self-steer holidays by disabled, disadvantaged or elderly people along with their family, friends or carers.

All the boats have been designed  to give wheelchair users the opportunity to steer by using the tiller. However, both Hannah and Rachel have been fitted with a remote steering device that enables someone with less upper body mobility to steer from their wheelchair, using a joystick.