Terry Courts, 60 from St. Austell, Cornwall, is a retired taxi driver, pub landlord and previous Guinness World Record holding darts player, who has regained independence on a new type of TGA Breeze Max mobility scooter.…

09.10.13

PRESS STATEMENT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE MOBILITY ROADSHOW: ONWARDS FROM 30 YEARS OF SUCCESS

After celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Mobility Roadshow at Telford in June, Mobility Choice, the Charity responsible for its organisation, has announced a major review of its activities. This is to ensure that it continues to meet the needs of…

What a busy week we have had in Raeden Court. The staff here worked their socks off to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of MBHA and boy did they do themselves proud. For a start my diet flew out the window and my Diabetic nurse wont be pleased but it was so worth it.

It is a pity the festivities were not better supported by residents and their families but those of us who made it had a ball. It was a great excuse for us residents to catch up with the other and for me personally being the…

Despite living with Parkinson’s, Janet Murray, 68 and a retired nurse from North East Scotland, continues to volunteer at The Buckie and District Fishing Heritage Centre thanks to the revolutionary new TGA Minimo mobility scooter.…

I have been a carer for most of my life. I was born into a household in crisis. On the day I was born, Father was recovering in hospital from TB, my eldest brother of 2 fighting for his life with TB Meningitis. Father recovered, but we had to move home as our lovely cottage in the Quantock village of Holford, Somerset had to be fumigated. 

Despite living with Multiple Sclerosis, Brenda Escreet, 66 from Lancashire continues to attend numerous music festivals and gigs, support several charities and have ‘biking’ freedom outdoors thanks to her TGA Supersport mobility scooter.…

By Nicholas Terry

An app. entitled ‘BlindSquare’, allows visually impaired users to roam freely without the fear of getting lost.  The app. (currently available on mobile devices) extracts information about the users surroundings from ‘Foursquare’ and ‘Open streetMap’ (both of which use GPS technology); it will then gather the most relevant information…

TGA, the UK’s leading mobility scooter specialist based in Suffolk, continues to demonstrate impressive growth during these tough economic times and has subsequently simultaneously appointed six extra recruits.

TGA is a family-run,…

What Is It?

Freerider is a company that manufacture mobility scooters, in particular The Luggie Mobility Scooter, which is designed specifically to be quickly packed away and stored whilst on the move. It is supposedly ideal for travel purposes and can be taken on-board any form of transport with ease.

The…

Andi Peach, 40 from Poole in Dorset, has just reached the milestone of driving 3,000 miles in less than two years on his funky TGA Vita mobility scooter which helped him rebuild his life following a massive stroke in 2008.…

James Pagram who has Multiple Sclerosis (MS), has successfully completed his 101-mile, four-day, South Downs challenge on a TGA Breeze mobility scooter, which has raised over £7,000 for the MS Society.…

Ricability is now Rica (Research Institute for Consumer Affairs) and we have changed our website to have a cleaner look that's easier to get around.

 It has useful content for older and disabled people particularly on mobility.

With funding from Motability, we've been able to make major improvements to our Car search and…

TGA, the UK’s leading mobility specialist, will be supporting James Pagram who has Multiple Sclerosis (MS), as he attempts to drive a TGA Breeze mobility scooter 101 miles along the South Downs Way, between 9-12th August to raise funds for the MS Society.…

Martin Radford, 30 from Kidderminster who lives with Cerebral Palsy and other life limiting conditions, has been able to maintain his independence and continue with his Eddie Stobart hobby thanks to a customised ‘Harley Davidson’ TGA mobility scooter.…

2 days and counting..! Here's the Drive-From-Wheelchair vehicles we have for you to test-drive at Get Going Live! on Saturday...Sirus Automotive's 'I-Can' VW Caddy, and Wrightington Mobility Centre's Chrysler Voyager and Mercedes Vito.



For the full list of …

A new NHS pilot project will send Giraff robots into the homes of people with dementia in the Western Isles to prolong independent living.

By Mette Nielsen

The NHS Western Isles is just about ready to send in robots to the homes of people with dementia, who live in remote areas.

The specific robot is called Giraff and is…

Reasons to come to Get Going Live! 2013: 

You’ll get to drive a range of standard production cars with ‎#adaptations, including ‎#drive-from-‎#wheelchair models, on a circuit at ‎#Donington Park that includes the historic Heritage Loop, which was once part of the…

Saturday 13 July at Donington Park – and it’s free!

All the help you need to get into the driving seat

If you are a young person with a disability and over 14 years you are probably dreaming about learning to drive – and even more exciting, getting your first car.  But where do you…

TGA, the UK’s leading mobility specialist, will be supporting James Pagram who has Multiple Sclerosis (MS), as he attempts to drive a TGA Breeze mobility scooter 101 miles along the South Downs Way, between 9-12th August to raise funds for the MS Society.…

TGA FAST TRACKS 'HARLEY DAVIDSON' TGA MOBILITY SCOOTER SO AWARD WINNING ARCHITECT WITH MS CAN HOLIDAY WITH FAMILY

Douglas Forrest from Aberdeenshire, is an award winning architect and founder of a leading and established Architectural Practice who lives with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and has regained his independence, thanks to a ‘Harley Davidson’ style…