Are you a wheelchair user, carer, or family member of a wheelchair user? Would you like to help shape better services?

Our Community Health Engagement Officer (CHEO), Emily, chairs a quarterly service user engagement and improvement board meeting for service users, their relatives and carers, stakeholders, external professionals and organisations and anyone in the wider community who has an interest in the local NHS wheelchair and repair service. 

🗓️  Wednesday 7th October 12pm – 1pm
📍  Online via Teams 

Supporting our Communities

We are pleased to share the good news that we have proudly donated a wheelchair to Wetwheels Hamble CIC to help with transferring passengers on and off the Wetwheels boat, who may struggle with their mobility and accessing the boat.

Community Engagement: Accessible Boating Trip with Wetwheels Hamble and Wetwheels Solent

For many wheelchair users, access to the sea and the freedom, excitement, and wellbeing it brings, can feel out of reach. Wetwheels Hamble and Wetwheels Solent have changed all that, offering fully accessible powerboat experiences designed so that people of all ages and abilities can enjoy the water safely, confidently, and without barriers.

We are pleased to display our new feedback posters in both our Hampshire and Isle of Wight service centres, with a QR code option, as well as options to provide feedback via our website, WhatsApp, telephone, email and in person or by writing to us with our full postal address displayed. We are pleased to offer various channels to provide your feedback, allowing for inclusivity and accessibility for all. These posters were co-designed with service users who attend the Ross Care wheelchair service user forum in Hampshire and Isle of Wight. A big thank you to those who took part and helped us to provide new feedback posters to all wheelchair users, relatives, carers and professionals who visit our service.

NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight is running a survey to understand the experiences of wheelchair users who are currently using services.

What will the survey do?

• Gather insights on wheelchair users' experiences.
• The findings from this survey will help inform the commissioning of services as we begin the procurement process for wheelchair services in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight later this year.

Provide an opportunity to be involved further to help shape the service in the short and longer term.

Veterans Outreach Support are inviting spouses, carers, and parents of veterans to join their Family Focus Feedback Session.

📅 Wednesday 24th June
🕙 11:00 – 15:00
📍 The Riverside Centre, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QR

New Forest Carers Friends is offering a FREE Relaxation Day for carers and former carers on Saturday 18 April 2026, 10am–4pm, at The Trinity Church, Hazel Farm Road, West Totton.

The day includes a range of wellbeing activities, lunch and refreshments, plus information and advice from local organisations.