Mobility Roadshow to close after 34 years
The Mobility Roadshow, which has been providing opportunities for disabled and older people to find out about driving and other mobility options since 1983, is to close.
The decision has been taken by the Board of the Charity, Mobility Choice, which has run the event since 1998, in the light of falling exhibitor numbers over recent years. In particular, the growth of the Motability One Big Day and other events, which many of the Mobility Roadshow exhibitors can attend free of charge, has had a significant impact on the viability of the Mobility Roadshow.
Ann Frye, chair of Mobility Choice commented: "Over the years, many thousands of disabled and older people have benefitted from the Mobility Roadshow, in particular from the ability to test drive a wide range of adapted vehicles in a safe off road environment. For many this has been the starting point on the road to independent mobility.
We are immensely sad that we have to close the event. We still believe that there are many disabled and older people, outside the remit of Motability, who need the unique opportunity we offered to find out if they are able to begin driving.
We are in discussion with Driving Mobility, the charity representing the UK's mobility centres, and with Disability Driving Instructors, about opportunities for them to organise local events under our "Get Going Live!" banner which focusses on driving opportunities for young and newly disabled people.
We would like to say that we are enormously grateful to Motability for their generous sponsorship of the Mobility Roadshow and Get Going Live! events over the years, both in terms of financial support and the provision of vehicles for adapted test drives."
More details will be available in due course from Driving Mobility on https://www.drivingmobility.org.uk/.
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