Peter Le Marchant Trust
The Peter Le Marchant Trust is a waterway society, a charitable trust and a registered charity number 273207,[1] based in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK.
The Trust operates its three trip boats Symphony, Melody, and Serenade (two broad beam boats and one narrowboat) on the Grand Union Canal and adjacent waterways.
For more than thirty-five years, the Trust has provided day outings and canal holidays for disabled or seriously ill people of all ages and disability. The boats are fully equipped for disabled people, with hydraulic lifts and other facilities.
The Trust's Patron is the former Princess Caroline of Monaco, now Princess Caroline of Hanover.
See also
Other boating charities offering boating opportunities for disabled people:
- Accessible Boating Association - Basingstoke Canal
- Nancy Oldfield Trust - Norfolk Broads
- Seagull Trust - Scotland, Union Canal, Forth and Clyde Canal
References
External links
- Official website
- Leicestershire County Council website, entry for Peter Le Marchant Trust
- Disability Cambridgeshire Directory, page on Peter Le Marchant Trust
- The Trusts's Newsletter, May 2008