Motability grants £1m to provide specialist buggies and wheelchairs for disabled children
Disabled children’s charity Newlife has received a £1m grant from Motability to provide disabled and terminally ill children across the UK with life-changing specialist buggies and wheelchairs.
The grant will be received over three years – with the aim of helping 280 children and young people with mobility issues.
The funding from Motability comes from its new portfolio of grant programmes. This is specifically set up for other charities and organisations that support the transport needs of disabled people.
Over three financial years ending in March 2025, Motability will award a total of £50 million in funding to charities and organisations across the UK that can help fill gaps in existing transport services for disabled people.
Recently, the disabled motoring charity helped to fund the UK’s first National Centre for Accessible Transport (NCAT), a £20 million project at Coventry University’s National Transport Design Centre (NTDC).
Providing disabled children with specialist buggies, wheelchairs and powered wheelchairs will help to improve their health and mobility. The children will be able to safely and comfortably visit and explore new places, attend vital medical appointments, and go to school using their new equipment.
Stephen Morgan, Newlife Director of Operations said: “It’s fantastic news that Motability has supported Newlife to receive this hugely significant grant.
“The funds will enable us to change the lives of hundreds of disabled and terminally ill children who will receive the vital wheelchairs and buggies.”
Last year, Newlife launched a Christmas appeal called Give the Gift of Play, to help fund its play therapy equipment for children with disabilities and terminal illnesses.
