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 

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.

Are you a young person aged 18 – 25yrs and a wheelchair user? Do you know someone who is, and would be interested in sharing feedback? Tell us about your recent experience of Ross Care NHS Wheelchair & Repairs service in West Hampshire, Southampton & Isle of Wight!

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

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