Shopmobility Celebrates £9,000 Lotto Funding Boost

Shopmobility in Market Harborough has been awarded £9,000 from the National Lottery Community Fund.

It will help the charity continue to provide mobility scooters and other equipment to over 100 people who benefit from the scheme and who otherwise would struggle to maintain their independence.

Left-right Will Targett (Trustee), Sandra Clegg (Trustee), Mark Woodbridge (Volunteer), Amanda Ball (Scheme Co-ordinator), George Brodie (Chair of Trustees) and Sally Jones (Trustee).

The funding boost has been welcomed by Shopmobility, based at Roman Way Community Centre, which has seen its finances hit by the pandemic.

Amanda Ball, the scheme co-ordinator, spoke to Hfm

The charity is appealing for donations of used mobility aids, including mobility scooters, wheelchairs and 3 and 4-wheeled walkers,

It services them, and if necessary repairs them, before adding them to its fleet, or sells them at affordable prices, either direct to members, via Facebook or Ebay.

Shopmobility Market Harborough can be contacted on 0116 305 2343, or by e-mail: info@harboroughshopmobility.org.

It is open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9.30 a.m.-3.00 p.m.