More than £11,000 has been handed to seven Isle of Wight charities in WightAID grants.

Among those to benefit are Wet Wheels, which supports more than 100 sailors with disabilities and gives them a chance to get on the water.

£1,500 will help pay for the charity's participation at a sailing event in Yarmouth, thanks to its specially adapted boat.

Chief executive Geoff Holt said: "We will be able to give 120 people some quality time on the water."

Also supporting disabled sailors, the Andrew Cassell Foundation will use its £500 grant to buy a recovery net.

It will make the foundation’s activities even safer, allowing for the easier rescue of anyone who goes overboard.

Matt Grier, of the foundation, said: "It can normally take five people to pull a wet person out of the sea but this device, developed with Island company SeaSafe, makes things a lot easier."

£3,000 went to Wight Ice Leisure, helping young Island-based ice skaters who need to travel to the mainland to train and compete.

Vectis Radio was given £2,599 for a new computer.

In Ryde's Haylands, the Phoenix Project got £2,940 for a new fully accessible entrance.

There was £500 for the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary's Focas Festival and £750 for St Catherine’s School in Ventnor, for a cross trainer for its sensory gym.

WightAID donors Richard and Marianne Atterbury were present at the cheque handovers at IFPL’s Calbourne headquarters.