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Safe Anchor Trust Ltd

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  1. Safe Anchor Trust Ltd is an award winning, independent local charity based in Mirfield, West Yorkshire.

    Our aim is to provide enjoyable, safe and therapeutic boat trips for those in our community who are disadvantaged through physical or mental disabilities, social isolation, age or social deprivation. We are fortunate to be able to cruise on one of the country’s most picturesque and interesting waterways, while travelling in “canal time” provides a quiet and calming experience for our passengers. Supported by the Canal & River Trust, we also help to maintain our local waterways and surrounding environment.

    Safe Anchor Trust owns four passenger boats, each with a different specification to meet individual group requirements. Two boats are 'accessible to all' and are equipped with ramps, lifts and disabled toilet facilities with space for carers. Additionally, our largest boat, Safe Anchor Lady, has an adult changing table. The Trust also has a work-boat that is used to maintain and improve the waterways environment and support local community projects.

    All our boats are skippered by a qualified volunteer helmsman and trained crew. All volunteers have been cleared by the UK Disclosure and Barring Service.

    We operate from the beginning of March to the end of October, 7 days a week. During this period our boats will carry around 10,000 passengers. Trips are tailored to meet individual needs with the overall duration being determined by each group.

    We offer our service free of charge to community groups and are proud that all our operations are carried out by unpaid volunteers. We survive on donations, which are very gratefully received, and are used entirely to cover the running costs and maintenance of the boats.

    For bookings go to www.safeanchor.org.uk & select 'Booking' from the main menu.


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Safe Anchor Trust

Organisation last updated

  1. 30 May 2023

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  1. Safe Anchor Trust
  2. Shepley Bridge Marina, Shepley Bridge, Steanard Lane, Mirfield, WF14 9HR
    1. All key services are accessible. Wheelchair access
    2. Either, there are specially marked parking spaces for disabled people, or disabled people can park within 50 metres of an accessible entrance. Disabled parking
    3. There is a toilet which can be accessed by people with disabilities including wheelchair users. This means that it complies with the standards set out in Part M of the Building Regulations,'Access to and use of buildings. Fully accessible toilet

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Boating season runs from 1st March to 31st October each year - 7 days a week.

  1. News content

  2. 30/05/2023

History

  1. The Trust is an independent registered charity established in 1995. In recent years around 10,000 passengers have been carried on the boats each year. Since the Trust was started, over 800 different community groups have enjoyed trips on the boats. It is a principle of the Trust, which is run entirely by unpaid volunteers, that there is no charge for the service it provides. This ensures that no group is discriminated against through lack of financial resources. We survive entirely on donations, which are very gratefully received, & every penny we get goes towards the maintenance & running costs of the boats.

    Safe Anchor Trust works in partnership with The Canal & River Trust and our base at Shepley Bridge Marina, Mirfield has been developed in partnership with Kirklees Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Trust.

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