Fulham Reach Boat Club has taught visually impaired Londoners how to row on the Thames in 10 weeks, opening up previously inaccessible blue spaces.
‘Row the Rhythm’ is a free weekly course organised by Fulham Reach Boat Club to ensure rowing is accessible to all.
The Hammersmith-based charity believes that rowing is beneficial both physically and mentally, and so offers courses to state schools for youth development and to prisoners to reduce crime.
Volunteer coach Ollie McChesney said: “I wanted to get involved because it is just the core part of what this club is all about: opening the sport up to everyone.
“My second motivation is that this is a challenge for myself, testing my coaching skills by having to communicate in a different way.
“I am really interested to see how I can take what I have learnt from this programme to my coaching with other rowers.”
The boat club has hosted visually impaired rowers every Tuesday from 25 February to 13 May.
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