From the BBC:
“Jubilee Sailing Trust launches
£1m emergency appeal”
A charity which offers people
with disabilities the opportunity to sail on tall ships says it needs £1m by
the end of the week in order to survive. The Southampton-based Jubilee Sailing
Trust has brought together mixed ability crews for more than 40 years. A
statement said it had suffered "substantial mechanical issues" with
its two tall ships and "poor uptake" of its activities. It said if it
failed raise enough money, it would "cease immediately". The
charity's two vessels, STS Lord Nelson and SV Tenacious, were specially
designed and fitted to allow people with physical impairments - including
wheelchair users - to sail side-by-side with people who not have disabilities. It
takes crews on voyages around the UK and Europe as well as the Caribbean. In 2012, Lord Nelson set off on a two-year
circumnavigation visiting 30 countries. Tenacious took part in the Thames
Diamond Jubilee Pageant the same year. In a statement, the trustees said the
charity faced "very serious challenges". "If we are unable to
reach this target, then it is likely the JST's activities will cease immediately,"
it said. "This would, of course, be a very sad conclusion to four amazing
decades of such important and ground-breaking work."
^ I hope this charity will find
the funding it needs to continue. ^
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