£17,000 For Wheelchair Baskwetball

Event raises £17,000 at Olympic Park corporate wheelchair basketball game.

GB Get Ready!

The BT GB Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) squad is heading to Finland for the 2015 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby European Championship, which take place from 13-20 September.

The top eight teams from Europe will be taking part in the tournament. The top two teams will secure their places at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

 

Wheelchairs For Scotland

World-leading wheelchair technology now available in Scotland.

Wheelchairs For Basketball

The London Titans, one of the country's leading wheelchair basketball teams, will be able to help more players experience the sport, thanks to the support of a charity.

Wheelchair For Racer

A Scottish wheelchair racer has become the first person in the UK to be supplied with a new ‘every day’ carbon fibre wheelchair.

 

 

Charity Fund Powerchair

A pensioner from Great Abington and who lives with severely restricted mobility, has regained independence thanks to a life-changing, state-of-the-art Balder powered wheelchair donated by several local and military charities.

 

Powerchair Teen Call Up

A 17- year- old from Hertfordshire has been selected for the England powerchair football squad following several years of success in the sport.

World Wheelchair!

A father and Having a disabled daughter have travelled the country with the help of an off-road wheelchair and ‘can do’ attitude.

 

Disabled Driving

Disabled motorists and their families can look forward to a new year of worry-free motoring thanks to the Motability Scheme, with new cars and prices available in 2015.

Communnity Buys Powerchair

Leisha Lamberth from Telscombe near Brighton, has received a life-changing electric wheelchair thanks to the fundraising efforts of Telscombe Mayor and Councillor Wayne Botting and the local community.

Award For Disabled Coach

Paul Jenkins - coach of the Invictus Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby team and South Wales Pirates - has been rewarded for his career as a Wheelchair Rugby Coach.

Christmas Heat!

Travel site finds Bangkok most-searched airport for travellers with New York a close second 

Best In Mobility

Following on from the success of the S-Ergo Series in 2013, Karma Mobility has once again swept the board at the 2014 Taiwan Excellence Awards with its revolutionary VIP Series winning the prestigious Gold Award for Precision Instruments & Medical Equipment.

Product Improves Lives For Wheelchair Users!

Cutting edge mobility equipment set to improve the lives of wheelchair users and their carers.

Paralympian To Get MBE In Wheelchair Dress

British Polio Fellowship Ambassador Anne Wafula-Strike, has teamed up with celebrity dress designer Izzy Camilleri, a specialist in disability fashion, to create a dress fit to meet The Queen.

 

Accessible Leisure Centre

Over recent years, New Forest District Council has invested heavily to ensure all its leisure centres and swimming pools are fully accessible and meet the 2010 Equality Act guidelines.  As part of this ongoing programme, the Council has purchased five BluOne pool lifts from Dolphin Mobility, one of the UK's leading supplier and installers of independent living solutions.

Search For Future Paralympians

The University of Wolverhampton’s Walsall Campus played host to SMILE earlier this month.  Over 200 young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND) from the Black Country attended the talent-spotting sports event.

Car Allows Disabled Lecturer To Continue

Frank Adams, 50 from Holmfirth near Huddersfield who lives with severely restricted mobility, has continued to campaign and educate academic and non-academics locally about disability, thanks to a drive-from-wheelchair car.

Changing Face Of Travel

Since 1970 our holiday habits have changed dramatically; getting away was seen as a luxury, and globetrotting has long been seen as the pastime of the young and responsibility-free. But, interestingly, new research  reveals mature travellers - that is, over the age of 55 - are currently the most likely to go on holiday every year (47%), and are 3 times more adventurous in their choice of destination than 35 years ago.

The research also shows that, whilst we are spending more than ever on our holidays, £32 billion in 2012 compared to £382 million in 1970, the relative cost of long-haul travel has actually reduced. With new exotic destinations being added to the nations loved ‘package holidays’, it is not surprising how many of us are travelling to new corners of the world; 8 million visits were made abroad 35 years ago compared to 56 million in 2012.

New ‘package holidays’ introduced in the 70’s encouraged travel to Europe, claiming on average 84% of visits from UK residents going abroad over the past 35 years. And the trend is set to continue with new and more adventurous destinations becoming popular, and one in ten of people surveyed thinking we will be holidaying in space in 35 years' time!

Where do  you travel in your wheelchair?

#AgathaChristie's #Poirot In A Wheelchair

Agatha Christie's Poirot: Curtain: Poirot's Last Case (video) | presscentre

Will you be watching the last, ever, Poirot tonight?

Poirot and Hastings come full circle at Styles- where they first solved a crime together. Now wheelchair bound, there is still one case for Poirot to solve. Who is the serial killer X?

10 Facts About Agatha Christie's Most Famous Detectivea