Rye Harbour Sailability (RHS) is run by volunteers who work hard to raise funds to cover the charity’s costs.

Helping Make Sailing Accessible for All

Rye Harbour Sailability exists to ensure that people with additional support needs can experience the enjoyment, freedom, and benefits of sailing in a safe, supportive, and welcoming environment.

As a registered charity, we rely on the generosity of grant-making trusts, foundations, businesses, community organisations, and individual supporters to help us deliver our services. Their contributions enable us to maintain and develop our sailing programme, provide specialist equipment, train volunteers, improve accessibility, and keep participation affordable for those who need our support.

Every sailing session we provide is made possible through the commitment and generosity of our supporters.

The Impact of Your Support

Funding and donations help us to:

• Maintain and improve our sailing fleet and safety boats

• Purchase adapted equipment and accessibility aids

• Support sailors with a wide range of physical, learning, and sensory disabilities

• Train and equip our volunteer team

• Improve facilities and infrastructure

• Expand opportunities for new participants to get out on the water

• Develop new projects that increase access to sailing and boating

Recent support has enabled us to add a wheelchair-accessible boat to our fleet, helping us welcome even more people who may previously have faced barriers to enjoying time on the water.

Our Funders and Supporters

We are grateful for the support of the following organisations, trusts, foundations, businesses, and community groups for our most recent capital project – the Wheelyboat:

Major Funders

• The National Lottery Community Fund

• Sport England

• Players of People's Postcode Lottery

• Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm Fund at Sussex Community Foundation

Trusts and Foundations

• Bruce Wake Trust

• Chalk Cliff Trust

• Barchester's Charitable Foundation

• Christopher Rowbotham Charitable Trust

• Mrs A. Lacy Tate Trust

Corporate and Community Supporters

• Nuclear Restoration Services

• EPS Design Ltd

• The Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights

• Rye Town Council

• Rural Past Times

We are also grateful to the many individual donors, volunteers, members, and local supporters who contribute their time, expertise, and resources to help us continue our work.