c/o Providence Chapel
Warehorne
Ashford
Kent
TN26 2JX

Helpline: 0800 559 3636
E-mail: mobility@rcht.cornwall.nhs.uk
Website: www.mobility-centres.org.uk

Description:
The Forum of Mobility Centres is a network of independent organisations who offer professional high quality information, advice and assessment to individuals whose condition may affect their ability to drive, access or egress a motor vehicle.

Aims/Activities:

• You can attend which ever centre is the most convenient for you.
• All centres offer advice and assessment to people who wish to begin, or return to driving following an illness, injury or accident.
• They also offer advice with regard to getting in and out of a vehicle and with regard to loading and transporting a wheelchair or a scooter in a motor vehicle.
• Some centres also offer assessment and advice with regard to wheelchair or scooter selection.
• Generally, advice is confined to cars rather than motorcycles or heavy goods vehicles.

Who do they offer advice and assessment to?

• Older people.
• People with a medical condition that impacts upon their ability to make appropriate decisions with regard to safe driving.
• People with a disability who think they may need special modifications to a motor vehicle in order to be able to control it safely.
• Carers who need to transport individuals with restricted mobility in a motor vehicle.

What do they offer?
Assessment and advice:

• On adaptations to overcome physical problems with vehicle control.
• With regard to your ability to drive safely.
• On wheelchair and scooter loading and transportation.
• On wheelchair selection (some centres).
• Regarding passenger/driver access to vehicles.
• On motorcycles or heavy goods vehicles (some centres).

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