Following a successful summer trial, Edinburgh Airport have purchased wheelAIR cooling backrest cushions from Edinburgh-based mobility dealer FastAid Products for customers with wheelchairs to use whilst in the airport.

Working with…

Scottish healthcare start-up wheelAIR were key supporters of what have been described as the UK’s first ever Adaptive Highland Games. Adaptive events took place at the largest ever Mey Highland and Cultural Games in the very north of Scotland, in John O'Groats on Saturday 4^th August.

This marks a…

I would like to share with you a mobility scooters company that has produced some amazing guides for owners and people thinking about buying a mobility scooter. 

Below is a list of all the articles they have and at the bottom, I have put the link to the page where you can find all these and more articles and guides.

Mobility Scooter…

Glasgow based healthcare start-up, wheelAIR, have secured the model, athlete and influencer Samanta Bullock as their second official brand ambassador.

Originally from Brazil, Samanta has had a glittering career as a former Paralympic tennis player, a successful model and style icon as well as a key representative for many disability inclusion…

Hi all,

The bespoken team is a little short staffed this week with holidays and so on so we will not be sending out a bulletin on Friday the 20th of July.

All bespoken members can still post content, ask questions and support one another and engage with bespoken during this time. The bulletin will return on Friday the 27th of July.

Thank you

The bespoken Team

Remap, the charity that provides bespoke equipment for disabled people, celebrated some amazing new inventions at its annual awards last week. Here are some examples:

Rupert has invented a system to  help a virtually bind man see again, using a camera, screen and virtual reality headset! 

A rollater was adapted for an amputee by 3D printing special parts and…

A Blackwood customer living in supported accommodation in Edinburgh, proves that there is always hope no matter what we have been through.

In a recent conversation with Helen Pain, the 62-year-old Edinburgh native told me her unusual story.

‘My brother and I were brought up in children’s homes and separated for 40 years, so I asked Jeremy Kyle to find…

A charity fundraising dinner was held last night in Edinburgh to honour the late Gordon Aikman on Global MND Awareness Day. The Event also included a silent auction which raised £46,786 for the charity MND Scotland.

Gordon’s legacy

Gordon Aikman led a successful career as a political researcher and campaigner before being…

  Scottish-born innovation offers a “cool” and comfortable solution for wheelchair users while travelling at Edinburgh Airport

Edinburgh, Scotland - June 5, 2018 - OmniServ, the UK’s leading airline and airport assistance services provider, is rolling out a trial of the innovative wheelAIR® cooling backrest cushion at…

The award-winning cooling backrest cushion start-up, wheelAIR®, are seeking outgoing manual wheelchair users to join their exclusive wheelAIR PRO community.

The benefits of becoming a wheelAIR PRO include the chance to buy a significantly reduced limited edition wheelAIR, as well as access to the wheelAIR PRO online community. wheelAIR…

Glasgow based healthcare start-up wheelAIR are supporting patients of Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit.  

wheelAIR are offering each member of the Glasgow Inter-Spinal Games team the opportunity to use their innovative, self-cooling backrest cushion. This is so the…

This year's FREE Mobility Scooter Safe Driving day at the TGA showroom in Sudbury, Suffolk on Thursday 19th April between 11am and 3pm will be bigger and better than ever!

This fun event will offer the following:

• FREE safe driving tips and advice

• FREE health check for all mobility scooters

• FREE safe driving certificate

• FREE test drives…

ONE of the country’s top wheelchair basketball stars is to judge the Blackwood Design Awards which aims to find the best new innovations to help people with disabilities.

Robyn Love, from Ayr, represented the British team at the 2016…

TGA, a proven specialist in quality mobility scooters, has forged a new relationship with the charity Parkinson’s UK, which means the charity’s members can now purchase a TGA mobility scooter at a reduced price. 

Parkinson’s UK is the…

At Kidz-to-Adultz-Middle, TGA Mobility will be exhibiting for the first time with examples from its quality wheelchair, wheelchair powerpack and powerchair range – ideal for teenagers and young adults with restricted mobility.…

In this video you can watch TGA's blogger Beth trialling the TGA WHILL powerchair. In this blog she takes the WHILL personal electric vehicle on the bus. She finds that getting up the ramp is easy, as is the cornering, and Beth has a really positive experience.

You can…

In Beth's latest blog she takes the TGA WHILL powerchair out to a family meal to celebrate her brother's birthday, and gets to try out the WHILL's moveable seat feature.

You can read Beth's…

Etac R82, the UK’s leading specialist in Scandinavian-inspired assistive equipment for disabled children and adults, will be offering invaluable product demonstrations and CPD-accredited seminars at Kidz-to-Adultz-Middle.

Thursday 15th March 2018, 9.30am – 4.30pm, Ericsson Exhibition Hall, Ricoh Arena, Coventry CV6 6GE. Stand D1. Free entry and parking.…

Last year at NAIDEX, the disability equipment show in Birmingham, Fiona, Founder of Blue Badge Style, spoke about the importance of style when understanding the needs of someone with a disability. It never ceases to amaze that medical professionals don't see this as a critical factor in a person's well being! This is very much the manifesto and raison d'etre of Blue Badge Style - 'style and disability are not mutually exclusive'. Faced with no control over…

Etac R82, the highly respected specialist manufacturer and supplier of assistive equipment for disabled individuals, is delighted to introduce its new pioneering dynamic stander for children – the R82 Meerkat.

R82 is a Danish brand of high quality, ergonomic products that…