I thoroughly enjoyed networking at the SEND family fun day yesterday hosted and organised by Southampton Parent Carer Forum held at Oasis Academy Mayfield school, for families across Southampton to attend.

It was a great day. With almost 1500 people through the door! Lots of activities for children from messy/sensory play, free fruit, biscuits and squash inside (free tea/coffee for the grown ups) including VR experience, crazy creatures, face painting and much more to riding a unicorn, inflatable laser tag and meet the ambulance and police service outsi

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.

The West Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight Wheelchair and Repair Service is committed to supporting the health, wellbeing, and social inclusion of wheelchair users across our communities.

Welcome to your local Wheelchair Service newsletter. We hope you find the information in this newsletter useful. If you have any suggestions about the content in this newsletter, please email us at hants.iow.wcs@rosscare.co.uk

Southampton Parent Carer Forum invites you to their SEND Family Fun Day!

🗓️ Tuesday 31st March - 10am - 2pm
📍Oasis Academy Mayfield, Ashley Crescent, SO19 9NA (free parking)

Bouncy castles, face painters, unicorn bubbled and lots more for Children and Young People, plus a range of Local offer Service providers for advice, ideas and support for Parent Carers. Refreshments for all (drinks, fruit, biscuits and ice cream are all free, there will also be a food fan with food for sale).

Wheelchair Referrer Training to improve competency and confidence when completing referrals to the Wheelchair Service. The course is aimed at all therapy-based referrers, such as Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapist Assistants, and Physiotherapy Assistants. 

Upcoming Dates:

🗓️ 9 March 2026 from 9.30 - 4pm
🗓️ 16 March 2026 from 9.30 - 4pm

We would like to take the opportunity to wish our service users, and the wider community, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2026! The West Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight Wheelchair and Repair Service will still be operating an out-of-hours service for emergency repairs only over the Christmas period. If an emergency repair is needed, please call 0333 003 8071. Usual office hours will resume from 8am on 29^th Dec 2025 and 2^nd January 2026

Join us Friday 21st November from 10am – 2pm at the Unpaid Carers Support Southampton carers marketplace to celebrate Carers Rights Day!

This is a one-day training course to improve competency and confidence when completing referrals to the Wheelchair Service. The course is aimed at all therapy-based referrers, such as Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapist Assistants, and Physiotherapy Assistants.

Come along to our working group. The first session will be on Wednesday, September 17th, 2025, on MS Teams from 11 am to 12:30 pm, and then every third Wednesday of the month.