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How Andrew Cassell Foundation got started and how you can support us on the journey.
Fairwinds Art Exhibition raises more than £4000 for Foundation.
Supporters of the Andrew Cassell Foundation inspired by the late John Garlick raised over £4,400 over the weekend at an Art Show featuring nine of the Island’s artists. Held at the Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club, paintings were available for auction and general sale.
Resuming activity after lockdown
Andrew Cassell Foundation are raring to go as public health restrictions lift to permit organised sport. Thursday was the first…
History of the Foundation
Andy Cassell established the Andrew Cassell Foundation when he returned from the Atlanta Paralympics in 1996, having won a Gold…
Read sailor & volunteer profiles
Getting disabled people sailing is what we do. Read some sailor and volunteer profiles and if you think sailing might be your thing – see how to get involved.
Jazz Turner: Case Study
Jazz is a 25 year old wheelchair user who, as a little girl, set her sights on becoming a ballet dancer until a cruel turn of fate rendered her almost unable to walk. Were it not for a simple gesture by a friend, this determined…
Ian Wyllie: Case Study
As a young naval cadet with a passion for sailing, Ian Wyllie’s life was heading for a career at sea. Like many of us with a clear vision of where we want to end up, the thought of a spanner being thrown into the works…
Sailing with Eddie
Eddie has sailed with the Andrew Cassell Foundation for 3 years., He is an increasingly serious sailor, is completely blind and has a major hearing impairment. Somehow he manages to fit in full time work.
Sailing Trilleen Supporting @acfsailing
Solo round Britain with Sailing Trilleen
Ian Wyllie is sailing Solo Round Britain to promote the Andrew Cassell Foundation. Ian’s partner in this sail, Trilleen is a Vancouver 27 which fittingly is on her own rehabilitation…
Eyes on the prize – rehabilitation comes first
A post from the inimitable Pip Hare made me realise that, overall I’m doing extraordinary well in relation to the end goal: getting rehabilitation optimised.
Plastic Surgery on Trilleen
Today on Trilleen I am working in the heads to prepare for the Round Britain sail. I’m very fortunate because essentially the whole forward part of the boat is designated to liveability to shower and toilet and that sort of facility, which makes this small boat much more usable for me