Stockport Canal Boat Trust needs help to keep their boat, New Horizons, afloat. New Horizons offers canal day trips for people with disabilities around the canals of North West England aboard the specially designed, wheelchair friendly, canal narrow boat.

To keep New Horizons afloat the Trust needs to raise over £10k per year in addition to monies gained from the cost of trips. To help to do this they are launching the ‘Float the Boat’ Sponsorship Scheme’.

New Horizons has been divided into 200 sections port and starboard. A donation of £10 sponsors one section. You will know the approximate location of the part you sponsor.

Sponsors are asked to donate through the ‘Giftaid’ Scheme, which allows the Trust to claim back £2.80 for every £10 donated.

Sponsors of the ‘Float the Boat’ scheme will receive:

• A certificate indicating the location of the part of New Horizons sponsored.
• Two newsletters a year updating them on the work of ‘New Horizons’.
• A ‘New Horizons’ sponsors badge / sticker.
• Invitation to a sponsor’s event to be held at the boat yard during the summer months.
• Invitation to the Annual Meeting of the Stockport Canal Boat Trust.
• Inclusion in an annual free ‘draw’ where the first prize is a Free Day trip on New Horizons, subject to the normal booking conditions.
• The knowledge that they are supporting a worthwhile cause enabling people with disabilities to access the countryside.

To download a 'Giftaid' Scheme pack with sponsorship form and standing order, click this link

(Please note that in order view the pack you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader software installed on your computer. This is a free package and most PC's have it installed - if yours doesn't, you can download the software by clicking on the box below.)

 

The Trust is a member of the COMMUNITY BOATS ASSOCIATION and to learn more about their activities and New Horizons visit their own web site at www.newhorizons.co.uk