The Wheelchair Alliance has called on Government to remove ‘ridiculous’ guidance that could see children needing driving licences for wheelchairs. Here, Nick Goldup, COO and chair of the Alliance explains more.

The Wheelchair Alliance is an organisation which represents the voices of wheelchair users and we have urged the Government to act now on an update to current guidance that would require disabled children to have driving licences and insurance for their powered wheelchairs.

My name is Archie and  I have been a wheelchair user for almost 3 years. Sport has always been a big part of my life so when I started using a wheelchair it was important for me to find ways to still be part of the sports I loved and to find sports where I'd be supported and understood when my health changed...

We're shining a spotlight on two of our colleagues... Theresa Hodges, Clinical Lead in Ashford and Nicky Parks, Customer Service Administrator in Gillingham.

Read on to learn more about Theresa and Nicky and their work at Kent and Medway Wheelchair Service.

Mae’n wych cael y cyfle drwy’r cylchlythyr hwn i drafod gwaith pwysig y Gynghrair Cadair Olwyn, felly diolch am roi o’ch amser i ddarllen hwn. Fy enw i yw Nick Goldup y Cadeirydd ac, ers mis Chwefror, Prif Swyddog Gweithredu’r Gynghrair.

Fy enw i yw Amber ac rwyf wedi bod gyda’r Gwasanaeth Cadair Olwyn ers dros 8 mlynedd. Cyn hynny roeddwn yn gweithio ym maes manwerthu ac nid oedd gennyf unrhyw syniad am gymhlethdodau'r gwasanaeth cadair olwyn na hyd yn oed yr offer. Felly, roedd y diwrnod cyntaf o weithio i'n gwasanaeth atgyweirio cymeradwy ar y pryd ym maes gwasanaeth cwsmeriaid yn ddiddorol.