SHOPMOBILITY in Stratford is really going places.
It came runner up out of 220 branches nationwide for the Tom Hillier Award for Shopmobility at the Driving Mobility UK awards. This is just three years after the branch was taken over by Active Mobility managing director Tracy Suther.
The vital service, which hires out scooters and wheelchairs to some 1,700 shoppers and visitors with mobility issues, had been run by Stratford District Council for 25 years.
When SDC revealed it could no longer financially support the service it decided to hand it over to a third party provider.
Councillors opted to transfer Shopmobility to Active Mobility, operating from two sites in the town – the existing Shopmobility office at Bridgeway car park and the existing Active Mobility office in Union Road.
The Driving Mobility UK awards were presented by Para Olympian Aled Sion Davies.
They recognise the hard work and dedication that goes into running a charity in these difficult times, to support people who are less mobile.
