Plymouth Oddfellows provide wheels for ‘Horizons’ sailing charity

Plymouth’s ‘Pride of the West with St. Andrew’s Lodge’ of the Plymouth and Truro District Oddfellows has recently supported the ‘Horizons’ Children’s Sailing Charity by supplying sets of wheels for use on their dinghy trailers.

Plymouth Oddfellows chose to assist ‘Horizons’ who were seeking new wheels for their boat trailers so making it easier to move dinghies between the boat yard storage facility and the water’s edge during their youth sailing and training sessions.

‘Horizons’ is a registered charity founded in 1991 with the aim of taking disadvantaged and disabled young people from the Plymouth inner-city communities out on to the Sound. This gives many local young people practical skills and valuable experience through water-based activities which can lead to formal training and industry recognised qualifications.

During 2022, an incredible 1,001 young people and vulnerable adults between the ages of eight and 25 years attended ‘Horizon’s’ activities of which no less than 150 young people had a registered disability.

Peter English, the Plymouth and Truro Oddfellows Provincial Secretary said, “The remarkable and valuable work carried out by ‘Horizons’ is plainly evident and we are very pleased to have assisted them in this way. Although we take every effort to support our members during these economically difficult times, we always do our bit to assist local charities and other good causes in Plymouth and across Cornwall.  Our friendly society has been around since at least 1810 and we proudly stand by our motto of ‘Friendship, Love and Truth’.”

Kathy Impey of the ‘Horizons Plymouth Children’s Sailing Charity’ said, “We would like to thank the Oddfellows very much indeed for choosing to support ‘Horizons’. These wheels will make it so much easier to move our dinghies. Our small charity relies entirely on donations and charitable funding to deliver our projects to local young people and without the support of groups like the Oddfellows, what we do would not be possible.”

‘Horizons’ maintain an information packed website at: https://horizonsplymouth.org/ which contains much more on the work of the charity and how to support and contact it.

The Oddfellows meet for a variety of activities in Redruth, Truro, Plymouth and other locations and with all the benefits of a well-established friendly society, always welcomes new members of all ages and gender. All enquiries should be directed to the Provincial Secretary, Bro. Peter English on 01209 200810, by email to peter.english@oddfellows.co.uk , by post to the District Office at The Oddfellows Hall, 49 Green Lane, Redruth TR15 1LL or via the Oddfellows website: https://www.oddfellows.co.uk/ where there is a wealth of information about the society and the many benefits it offers its membership.

Photograph:  One of the ‘Horizons’ dinghy trailers equipped with new wheels with Plymouth young people looking on (image courtesy of ‘Horizons’ Plymouth Children’s Sailing Charity)