Record numbers of primary school children are learning to sail for free on the East Wight with the Seaview Sailing Trust.
Almost 400 children, from 10 different Island primary schools, have completed a course of free sailing lessons throughout the summer term.
The Seaview Sailing Trust offers 9-10 year olds a course of free sailing lessons in dinghies with most attaining RYA Sailing Stages 1, and some reach Stage 2.
The primary schools now signed up to the programme are: Oakhill; Nettlestone; Bembridge; St Helens; Newchurch; Brading; Dover Park; Binstead and Haylands; plus Nine Acres in Newport via the Sir Thomas Lipton Trust.
Last term the Trust completed 1,500 sessions over the 10-week programme provided by the Sea View Yacht Club - for a total of 385 Year 5 students.
In Autumn, two further primaries are expected to join the programme - St Marys RC and Greenmount.
The board of trustees has developed a three-year growth plan for the charity and aims to be working with 12 Island schools by 2025.
The Seaview Sailing Trust is a charity entirely funded by donations - for more information on how to donate please go to their website:-
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/seaviewsailingtrust
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