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Beyond Boundaries Live 2008
 Director of Policy and Campaigns Helen Smith, and Information Officer Sally Roe investigate Beyond Boundaries Live 2008. |
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One more thing...
 Mobilise member Amanda J Hayward tells us about her experience with the public transport system in Barcelona. |
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Renault Trafic - review
 Mobilise member Mark Barber, returns to give his view on his van with room for the dogs – a Renault Trafic.
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Win a free holiday in Brittany!
 Mobilise has teamed up with I Need A Holiday Too to offer all of our members a chance to win a fantastic Rest and Relaxation holiday in Brittany, in a fully accessible luxury holiday apartment.
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Scrapheap Challenge update
 Time and place confirmed for ScrapHeap Challenge |
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The Mobilise Scrapheap Challenge team begin their month-long build!
 Mobilise is delighted to announce that a team of Mobilise members will be taking part in the 2008 Scrapheap Challenge series for Channel 4.
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Renault Kangoo - review
 Mobilise member, Mark Barber, gives us an insight to his adapted Renault Kangoo. |
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Five go wild at The Scotch Whisky Experience
 Mobilise Information Officer,Sally Roe, reports on a high-spirited trip to Edinburgh! |
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Remembering Ashwellthorpe Hall
 Ashwellthorpe Hall is currently on sale for just under three million pounds, making it one of the most expensive residential properties to come onto the market in Norfolk. In part one of a two-part article,
Information Offi cer Jim Rawlings looks back at the history of the Hall, which was previously owned by the Disabled Drivers` Association. |
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Holiday photos wanted!
Have you ever watched whales from your wheelchair, made friends with an elephant or seen the sun rise over the Serengeti? |
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Poetic Inspiration
 Oops! is a new collection of poetry written by Glenda Vibert about her experiences with Parkinson`s Disease. Read more about this fantastic book and find out how you can order your copy & support research into Parkinson`s and Motor Neurone Disease. |
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Oh, we do like to Wheel beside the seaside…
 It wasn`t that long ago that a trip to the beach was a pretty much impossible task for anyone with a mobility problem. Sand and rocks are two of the hardest surfaces to either walk on or push a wheelchair over but beaches have now become much more accessible with the growing number of all-terrain and beach wheelchairs available for hire. |
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Disabled people, flying light aircraft? Really?
 That is a question the BDFA hear quite a lot, and it sometimes takes a long time for the short answer to sink in: Yes!
Everyone has looked up from time to time, and seen lucky people whizzing overhead in light aircraft - and wondered what it must be like to do it themselves. It really is a fantastic, special experience, which most people will never share. |
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One more thing...
 This month`s guest columnist, Matt Parsons, gives us an insight into overcoming his disability to achieve his dream of becoming a musician |
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Stay a while in Scotland
 ‘Edinburgh`, said the writer Robert Louis Stevenson, ‘is what Paris ought to be`. This year`s Mobilise AGM is being held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on April 25th to 26th so here are a few ideas for other attractions while you`re visiting the bonnie land.
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Mobility Centres – The Lowdown
 Jim Rawlings visits the Newcastle Mobility Centre, and explains what they`re all about
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Learning to Drive Again
 Mobilise member John Franklin tells of his journey to become a driving instructor
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Drink-Driver on a Scooter
A disabled man has been prosecuted for drink-driving after riding his 3mph mobility scooter whilst four times over the limit. |
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One more thing.....
 Carrie - Ann Fleming talks us through the ups and downs of disabled travelling,
with a few tips thrown in...
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Smart fourtwo Passion
 Mobilise reader Fran Sparke takes us on a trip around London in the new Smart fourtwo Passion, with mixed results.
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“Feel the wind in your hair again...”
 This could be the tag line for Martin Conquest. Through designing and developing a trike that allows wheelchair users to get back to motorcycling, this company is bringing back a sense of independence to disabled people. Sophie Douglas visited the company to find out more.
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Marvellous Motorhomes
 Motorhoming is becoming more and more popular amongst the masses, and disabled people are taking part in the phenomenon with a vengeance.
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Car Review - Vauxhall Zafira
 Sophie Douglas visits an old favourite, the Vauxhall Zafira |
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Set Sail for Adventure
 If you are fed up with the dark and cold winter nights a solution is at hand. With the Jubilee Sailing Trust getting away on a sun-drenched sailing adventure has never been easier. You can experience the idyllic Canary or Caribbean islands aboard the only two fully accessible tall ships in the world.
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Creature Discomforts
 A new advertising campaign has been launched with the intention of changing attitudes towards disability. Leonard Cheshire Disability have worked with the team behind Wallace and Gromit to create ‘Creature Discomforts.` |
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Campaign News
 Helen Smith keeps you up-to date with our campaign work
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Brig-Ayd Controls
 Hand controls are vital to so many of our members;
Sophie Douglas visited Brig-Ayd Controls to learn more about the history of this inspirational company.
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Car Review-Ford Focus C-MAX
 Sophie Douglas takes the C-MAX out for a pootle to see how it handles. |
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Winter Getaways
 Winter seems to be well and truly entrenched now we`re into December in the UK, so no wonder many of us are thinking about booking a last-minute holiday for the winter. Here we bring you a selection of locations, varying from Christmas shopping, snowy wonderlands, to a bit of winter sunshine. |
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Religion, but not as we know it!
Jim Rawlings discovers that revivalism is alive and well at Goodwood |
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WheelieChix-Chic
 During the capital`s famous London fashion week, WheelieChix-Chic launched their first collection. With inspiration taken from elaborate Kimonos and 50s film stars the clothes were truly stunning and most importantly they were designed with wheelchair users and disabled people in mind. Helen Smith went to the launch at The Playroom in the West End to see the show. |
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Car Quest
 Buying a new car is never an easy thing to do. Mobilise member Jerry Wilson tells of his experiences.
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One more thing…
 Every month a guest columnist tackles some key issues facing the disabled community, this month, Ros Mulholland-Gullick tells how she regained her independence and self-respect by taking to the water…
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The Spirit Lives On
 This year Brooklands motor racing circuit is celebrating its centenary. In this, the second part of Jim Rawlings history of the circuit, we explore the exciting racing that took place on the track.
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Baywatch Results
 In late July members of Mobilise, the British Polio Fellowship and readers of Disability Now magazine took part in the fifth Baywatch survey looking at the abuse of accessible
parking bays. The results are depressing. Of more than 10,000 bays surveyed by more than 500 people, nearly all of them in supermarket carparks, more than 2,000 were occupied by a car not displaying a blue badge.
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