Wheelchair users get access at Otley 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.