Meet Bill
Bill Sharples says: Parkinson’s disease somehow always seems to strike at people who live active lives. Before I was diagnosed with the condition, I loved playing golf, hill walking in the Lake District and, more than anything, riding motorbikes. I was – and still...
Meet Eric
Eric Tuckwell says: I was born with a visual impairment in one eye and then lost my sight in the other eye while playing football at the age of 17, so I’ve been blind for nearly 50 years. While it is difficult at times, I try not to let blindness hold me back in...
Meet Andy
Andy Barton during powerboat training in 2015. Andy Barton says: Sailing around the Isle of Wight with Cowes Sailability Club is better than any drug therapy I have had in the ten years since I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. It has given me belief in myself...
Meet Paul
Annette Scivier says: Cowes Sailability Club has made a huge difference to the quality of life of my husband Paul. He has Huntington’s disease, a long-term degenerative neurological condition affecting his physical and mental independence, but Cowes Sailability Club...