15/06/2005
Funding announced for Shopmobility umbrella group
The Department for Regional Development has announced funding for a new umbrella group for schemes which assist shoppers with mobility problems.
Confirming the funding for Shopmobility NI, Regional Development Minister Shaun Woodward said it would encourage and support the ten existing Shopmobility schemes and help efforts to establish additional schemes in areas not already covered.
Mr Woodward said: “Over the last ten years, Shopmobility schemes have improved the quality of life for hundreds if not thousands of people with restricted mobility, by helping them carry out everyday tasks which most of us take for granted.
“The funding the Department is making available will provide a forum for those schemes which already exist, from Belfast to Newry and from Omagh to Carrickfergus, to share information, exchange news and views and arrange training.”
The Minister said the funding would also help encourage the development of the Shopmobility network into parts of Northern Ireland where schemes do not already operate.
The official launch of Shopmobility NI took place at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, on Tuesday.
The schemes currently provide manual and powered wheelchairs and powered scooters to members of the public who have limited mobility to shop and use leisure and commercial facilities.
(MB/SP)
Confirming the funding for Shopmobility NI, Regional Development Minister Shaun Woodward said it would encourage and support the ten existing Shopmobility schemes and help efforts to establish additional schemes in areas not already covered.
Mr Woodward said: “Over the last ten years, Shopmobility schemes have improved the quality of life for hundreds if not thousands of people with restricted mobility, by helping them carry out everyday tasks which most of us take for granted.
“The funding the Department is making available will provide a forum for those schemes which already exist, from Belfast to Newry and from Omagh to Carrickfergus, to share information, exchange news and views and arrange training.”
The Minister said the funding would also help encourage the development of the Shopmobility network into parts of Northern Ireland where schemes do not already operate.
The official launch of Shopmobility NI took place at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, on Tuesday.
The schemes currently provide manual and powered wheelchairs and powered scooters to members of the public who have limited mobility to shop and use leisure and commercial facilities.
(MB/SP)
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