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This section is where you can find mobility aids to assist with impaired mobility, from walking sticks and crutches to wheelchairs, walkers and mobility scooters.
A walker (sometimes called a Zimmer frame or rollator) comes in many different styles now, with a range of accessories including shopping bags, seats, even a caddy, so that you can carry items safely around the house.

Our wheelchair section has a useful guide to selection, with an overview of the different types of wheelchair, rigid frame or folding, self propelling or carer assisted. There are power chairs and power packs which convert a manual chair into a powered one when required. We also have a section dedicated to the more unusual, special function wheelchairs.

You can read about the NHS Wheelchair Service and voucher scheme here

If you are considering a mobility scooter, check out our guide to the lightweight and heavy duty, three wheeled, four wheeled, even five wheel scooters!

These are the products you can find in the mobility aids section:

Manual wheelchairs – folding and rigid frame, self-propelled and carer assist or transport chairs

Manual wheelchair Components – looking at the options available in various different elements that make up a manual wheelchair.

Powered chairs for indoor and outdoor use, including wheelchair power packs to convert a manual chair into a powerchair for easier self propelling or carer assistance; stair climbing wheelchair; or powered trike for adventurous journeys.

Powerchair Components – looking at the options available in various different elements that make up a powered wheelchair.

Special function chairs including manual chairs with lever propulsion, powered and manual chairs with tilt in space, elevating seats, stair climbing, reclining backrest and other unusual features.

Mobility scooters – three, four and five wheel scooters for town and country journeys

Wheelchair accessories – including cushions, padding, scales

Walking aids from sticks and crutches to walking frames and rollators

Product rental – long and short term hire of mobility and other daily living aids

Liam Virgo pictured standing behind an empty wheelchair

Liam Virgo: From Bedridden to 120 Towns 0 comments

Liam Virgo’s story of rehabilitation following FND Liam Virgo got in touch with Independent Living recently, wanting to share his story of a 10 year rehabilitation process following development of [...]

Amputee Sam Gostelow with his current prosthetic

Amputees feel unprepared 0 comments

Majority of UK amputees feel unprepared and unheard in their first prosthetic limb decisions, new research finds The majority of lower-limb amputees in the UK say they were not properly [...]

Uplivin glide 2-in 1, as Rollator and transport wheelchair

Uplivin Glide 2-in-1 from Able2 0 comments

Able2 exclusive distributor for Uplivin Glide 2-in-1 The latest addition to Able2’s range is a clever hybrid-combo rollator and transport wheelchair from Uplivin: two mobility aids in one. Comfortable and [...]

Saljol rollators now available from TRP 0 comments

Premium mobility with style: Saljol rollators now available from TRP The Ramp People (TRP) has expanded its mobility offering with a new range of premium rollators from German manufacturer Saljol, [...]

Dean Brook, scooter user and part of safer mobility campaign

Safer Mobility Campaign 2 comments

Safer Mobility Campaign calls for government action Despite being legally used by people with disabilities and mobility issues, mobility scooters are often seen as a nuisance or even a menace [...]

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Mobility equipment, energy efficiency, and total costs of ownership A powered mobility aid is only as good as its batteries – but people often don’t give much consideration to this [...]

SCI Travel Confidence Project 2 comments

Motability funding for SIA travel project SIA (Spinal Injuries Association) has been awarded a grant of £800,000 from the Motability Foundation to fund their ‘SCI Travel Confidence Project’. The two-year [...]

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Special function wheelchairs are some of the more unusual chairs that have been developed with features to suit users with particular needs that are not met by the standard range [...]

Walking Aids 2 comments

From walking frames and wheeled rollators to sticks and crutches, a round up of walking aids for anyone who is a little unsteady or needs some support. Click the links [...]

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