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.

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

Wheel Fest 2025 was a joint effort between Peter Hull MBE, Ross Care and Solent University to bring inclusive wheelchair sport and activities to the city of Southampton, to encourage and enable people with a disability/impairment to enjoy a range of wheelchair sports and activities...

Our Community Health and Engagement Officers from our Hampshire and Surrey Wheelchair Services, Emily Galton and Alex Gournay, recently represented Ross Care at the Kidz to Adultz South exhibition in Farnborough on 1st May...

Feedback from our recent Wheelchair Referrer training day hosted by two of our clinicians, Kerry Schumann and Chantal Flax-Mashonga. The training was open to external healthcare professionals who often refer service users into the NHS Wheelchair Service...

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.

Pick from the following dates: Tuesday 17 June or Tuesday 1 July 2025