Hope To Get Disabled Youngster Flying
Written by HFM News on 13th May 2019
The Gliding Centre at Husbands Bosworth is set to become the first in England to enable disabled youngsters to take to the air.
It has teamed up with children’s charity Variety in a bid to fund a specialist hoist which would allow children to get safely in and out of the cock pit.
The equipment would be specialist-made and cost around £9,000
It’s hoped the charity will fund some of that and the rest be met through fundraising.
Charlotte Walker, the Regional Development Director for Variety, spoke to Hfm: