Chrissy’s Campaign in Lambeth
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In this blog Lambeth resident, Chrissy, tells us about her campaign to improve the walking, wheeling and cycling infrastructure in Lambeth and what you can do to help. The junction…
READ MORE My Cycle, My Mobility Aid: Darren and his cargo cycle
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Darren is a learning disability nurse and a councillor from Shipley, in West Yorkshire. He lives with his partner and two children, who were an important part of his becoming…
READ MORE My Cycle, My Mobility Aid: Alistair and his tricycle
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The World Health Organisation officially recognises tricycles as mobility aids and lists them amongst the mobility equipment that Disabled people might use. Wheels for Wellbeing are campaigning for this approach…
READ MORE Meet our Two New Campaigns & Policy Officers: Kate and Ben
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We are delighted to have recruited two wonderful new Campaigns and Policy Officers to join our Campaigns and Policy team! Kate and Ben joined WfW this month as experienced Disabled…
READ MORE From Mountain Bike to Recumbent Trike: George’s Cycling Journey.
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In this blog George tells us about his lifelong love of cycling, both before and after he had a stroke aged thirty-six, and how important his recumbent trike and volunteering…
READ MORE My E-bike My Mobility Aid – Janet’s Story
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In this blog Janet tells us in her own words about her journey to seeing herself as a Disabled cyclist and her e-bike as a mobility aid. “Since I can…
READ MORE Autism and Learning to Cycle
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Marie Bassford (pictured below wearing helmet and sunglasses) is a researcher at De Monfort University in Leicester. She is currently working with Wheels for Wellbeing on a research project exploring…
READ MORE Our Tandem E-Cycle, Our Mobility Aid
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In this blog Kate from Derby tells us in her own words about how a tandem e-cycle is the essential mobility aid in her family and the barriers they face…
READ MORE ANGELA AND PETER – Tandem Cycling Update
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We have now cycled the equivalent of once round the world on our two tandems! Since my earlier article on the WFW website we have continued our tandem travels, with…
READ MORE Bikes for People with Dwarfism
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A two-wheeled standard bike is the most commonly available cycle, but it can’t meet everybody’s needs – people don’t come as ‘one size fits all’. As a result, cycle designers…
READ MORE MISSION (E-trikes) ACCOMPLISHED!
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A couple of weeks ago, Debbie, our Wheels4Me co-ordinator, and Heidi, one of our Campaigns and Policy Officers, made a daytrip to the National Archives at Kew to collect two…
READ MORE Graham’s Story, – an update
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We recently got some lovely news from Graham, who was diagnosed with cancer in his hip a year ago. The cancer initially left Graham with limited mobility, and he was…
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