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The South West Herts Narrow boat Project is a local charity based at Hunton Bridge which maintains a narrow boat and base to provide access to the canals for youth and community groups, especially those who could not otherwise afford it.   In a spirit of mutual support we often give free trips in return for work done for the project.

One such group is Stopgap a year long specialist programme for young people in Hertfordshire aged 16-25 with Asperger's syndrome or social and communication difficulties. In 2009 they gave our project a day of their time, during which they cleaned up our base and repainted our boundary fence.

I was one of the crew that took them on a day trip where they were taught to work the locks and steer the boat. We agreed that we should look towards other supportive projects.

Angi

Pictures of Stopgap members.

Stopgap on the web - opens in a new window.

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