The centre combines a Shopmobility service and an information centre. The Caring and Disability Information Centre provides information about many aspects of caring and Disability. The Shopmobility Scooters may be hired by anyone who needs assistance to be independently mobile in the town centre. Members of the service are both young and older people. Their mobility difficulty may be short term or longer term.
Training is given to all users.
Go back to top Cost of Hiring The annual registration fee for members is 5. Thereafter members pay 1.50 to use an electric scooter or power chair for the day. Manual chairs are 50p for the day. Alternatively visitors or occasional users are not required to become members but may pay 2.50 per use for electric equipment or 1.50 for manual equipment. The Centre is operated by one manager and 8 volunteers.