Disabled students in Bucks were among the first to take part in a £10,000 inclusive climb project this week, which will enable more disabled people from around the county to try the sport.

The Climb, based at Chiltern Pools Leisure Centre, in Amersham, received funding to buy new accessible equipment with additional training provided by the British Mountaineering Council and the English Federation of Disability Sport for the new sessions.

Students from Amersham & Wycombe College, which has campuses in Amersham, Flackwell Heath and High Wycombe, have been taking part in classes for around five weeks.

They took part in their final session at the project’s launch on Wednesday (April 26), which bosses hope will “inspire more people and groups to get involved”.

They added that the funding would support a new inclusive climbing session to be delivered every week.

The leisure centre, managed by Better, will also invite disability groups from the area to try out the new equipment and the climbing wall.

Stephen Tucker, The Climb Centre supervisor at Chiltern Pools Leisure Centre, said: “All the staff are extremely proud we are able to offer these new climbing sessions to our local community.

“One of our core values is community engagement and making sport more accessible to our local communities we operate in, to help get more people, more active, more often.”

Joanne Rowbottom, from the British Mountaineering Council, said: “We are really excited to be working together with Better on this project.

“Climbing is a great sport to promote independence and develop confidence.

“We want people to try climbing and understand it really is accessible for everyone.”