Mobility scooters 'help people take coach trips'
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Posted by Paul Craven

Money donated to Melton Shopmobility has allowed the charity to take members of its club out on coach trips around the country using mobility scooters such as those manufactured by Electromotion.

The Melton Times, which gave the grant to the body from its Ragdale Hall-sponsored Make It Happen fund, reported that a group of elderly and disabled people were now able to see more of the nation.

Coordinator of Shopmobility's Melton branch Sarah Kirk told the newspaper: "The club is really important to those with mobility difficulties."

With the £500 grant, the charity has planned future trips to the Ferrers Centre in Staunton Harold and Leicester's Abbey Park, following the group's recent journey to Easton Walled Gardens near Grantham.

"Many of these places would be inaccessible without the mobility scooter," Ms Kirk commented.

This comes after Renfrewshire Council gave Shopmobility Paisley and District - another branch of the charity - a grant to enable it to continue helping people in the area.

^2010-07-21

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