Isabelle Clement MBE

There are three mobility aids shown - a recumbent e-trike with one rider, an in-line tandem mobility scooter with two riders, and an invented robot dog based on a Boston Dynamics walking robot combined with a powerchair, with one rider.

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Screenshot of the first slide. At the top in white text on an orange background is written "Mobility Justice: How new mobility aid regulations can provide equal mobility rights for all" Underneath is a graphic showing diverse people with different mobility aids. From left to right: An older adult sitting on a mobility scooter checking a phone, a toddler and older child are being towed in a cycle-type trailer behind the mobility scooter, a smiling person using a powerchair with a pram clipped to the front, a child using a manual wheelchair with power attachment, a person using a mobility scooter accompanying a child who is walking, a child using a powerchair, a couple riding an in-line tandem mobility scooter and a person using a manual wheelchair with an e-assist handcycle attachment Underneath in black text is Wheels for Wellbeing Campaigns and Policy Team and the Wheels for Wellbeing logo.

For those of you who were unable to attend any of our webinars to discuss the DfT consultation and mobility aids regulations, a recording on one of the events is now available.

You can view it here: youtu.be/dLozcGxZOAM

#MobilityJustice

photo of a white man with white hair and a beard and wearing dark glasses on a bright yellow tricycle. He is wearing a dark jacket, blue shirt and beige trousers. He is on tarmac and in the background there is a small patch of grass, and a person in a pink top and cap cycling. Around the edge are advertising slogans.

Whether you’ve never cycled before or are looking for a supportive environment to ride more, our inclusive cycling sessions are here for you! At Wheels for Wellbeing, we help Disabled people of all ages and with any type of impairment experience the joy of cycling.

Fantastic achievement! 👏🏼👏🏼🥳
#ThePowerOfCycling

Campaigning for inclusive cycling, Wheels for Wellbeing Wheels for Wellbeing is an award-winning charity supporting disabled people of all ages and abilities to enjoy the benefits of cycling.

To find out about mobility aids laws in the UK, there are loads of explainer resources available on our Every Journey, Everyone campaign page, too.

wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/our-campaign...

#MobilityJustice #MobilityMatters #MobilityDevicesConsultation

A table with top line device max permitted powered speed (mph) and below it two columns, e-cycle and class 3 invalid carriage. Left column is route type, from top footpath/footway, bridleway, cycle track, cycle lane, bus lane., carriageway. Table shows with road speed limit and prohibition signs that e-cycles are not allowed on footpaths or footways, but can go up to 15.5mph powered on bridleways, cycle tracks, cycle lanes, bus lanes and on road carriageways. Class 3 "invalid carriages" (mobility scooters and powerchairs) are allowed at 4mph on footpaths and footways, but still only at 4mph on bridleways, and only 4mph if allowed at all on cycle tracks, cycle lanes and bus lanes. Class 3 "invalid carriages" are allowed to go at up to 8mph on road carriageways.

How slow can you go!

Did you know that powered mobility aid users are only allowed to go up to 4mph on traffic-free cycle routes?

Find out more about weird restrictions and grey areas in UK mobility aid laws in our detailed resources!

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Graphic titled “class 3 “invalid carriage requirements vs cycle requirements” has a powerchair user and mobility scooter user to the left, and a tricycle rider to the right. The people are surrounded by a range of the requirements each device and user has to meet to legally use the device in public spaces. Around the powerchair and mobility scooter user, orange bubbles with arrows say: 8mph max speed, 4mph restrictor switch, rear view mirror, horn, Disabled users only, DVLA registration, 1 person only, no trailers allowed, fixed front and rear lights, speedometer, age 14 plus, brakes, reflectors, amber beacon (on 60mph+ dual carriageways), indicators and hazard warning lights. Around the tricyclists, blue bubbles with arrows say: lights and reflectors at night only, 15.5mph max powered speed, brakes, anyone, any age (e-assist 14 plus), multi-person and trailers allowed. The Wheels for Wellbeing logo is in the bottom left corner.

To be legal for use in public spaces, powered wheelchairs, mobility scooters and other powered aids that can go above 4mph must meet class 3 requirements, or be registered and licensed as motor vehicles.

Campaigning for inclusive cycling, Wheels for Wellbeing Wheels for Wellbeing is an award-winning charity supporting disabled people of all ages and abilities to enjoy the benefits of cycling.

The webinars will take place as follows:

Monday 2nd February 1pm - 2pm
Tuesday 3rd February 12pm - 1pm
Thursday 12th February 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Please visit this page to register your place: wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/our-campaign...

#MobilityJustice #EveryJourneyEveryone

Graphic titled "mobility aid regulations are out of date. Disabled people need future-proofed laws that enable us to choose the mobility aids that work best for us." There are three mobility aids shown - a recumbent e-trike with one rider, an in-line tandem mobility scooter with two riders, and an invented robot dog based on a Boston Dynamics walking robot combined with a powerchair, with one rider. The people using these devices are saying: "My e-trike is my mobility aid" "Our tandem mobility scooter is our mobility aid" "My robo-dog is my mobility aid". A man standing on the left is holding a scroll which reads "Ye olde invalid carriage regulations 1988" and saying "Er..."

To help with your responses to the DfT’s consultation on powered mobility aids, we are hosting a series of free webinars to discuss mobility aid regulations and how we can ensure Disabled people have the same journey-making choices as non-disabled people

a collage of photos of a diverse group of people on cycles frames a textbox reading, "In 2025, we helped over 40 people get a chance to loan a cycle for FREE. Is this your year?". They include 5 photos of smiling men and women on sporty looking semi-recumbent cycles, a man and a young woman on two different types of handcycle clipped to wheelchairs and an older lady laughing next to a small, blue upright, electric tricycle.

This Jan, whether you've made a resolution to be more active, regain some independence or spend quality time with family and friends, #Wheels4Me is here for you! Access non-standard cycles free of charge, with loans up to a month and wrap around support!

Get in touch today!

Drawing of a busy terraced street has pavement-parked cars down both sides. A long cane user is trying to get down the left pavement. A driver in a pavement-parked SUV on double yellow lines is shouting "I need to park here! You can squeeze through or go on the road!" A powerchair user is driving down the road, while an adult and child on a side-by-side tandem are cycling towards us. A driver coming up the road is shouting "Get off the road! You'll get yourselves killed!" A child on a small bike is riding down the right hand pavement, while a driver in a pavement-parked van shouts "Get off the pavement! You're a danger to pedestrians!"

It's great to see action starting against dangerous pavement parking. Now we need: A clear definition of what "unreasonable obstruction" means; Effective ways to enforce against obstructive and dangerous parking; Enforcement against pavements being broken by heavy vehicles.
Read more: bit.ly/4jsWbRa

Technology has moved on. The law hasn’t. This consultation is an important chance to make sure the rules work for people who use powered mobility devices.

Critically, we also need the public to support actions that enable older people to live great lives without having to drive for when they fail the eye tests. So the public need to get onboard with no pavement parking, pedestrian priority, denser housing, fewer out-of-town shopping centres, etc etc

Current mobility aid laws are a nightmare in the UK. The DfT have launched a consultation with the aim of modernising & clarifying the law so Disabled people benefit from market innovation like anyone else. The team at @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk is here to help you respond to the consultation.
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@wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk has worked hard to inform proposals that could support Disabled people benefit from innovation in new mobility aids & lead to lower prices for our vital mobility equipment 🤞🤞.

This is great news & I encourage as many people as can do so to respond to this consultation. Current legislation around the use of mobility aids is incredibly confusing & leaves Disabled people in fear of breaking the law or of having their vital mobility aid confiscated 😱

Drawing of a snowy scene with bike wheel and cog shaped snow falling across happy snow people riding six different wheeled mobility devices. From top left: Two snow people riding a tandem mobility scooter. The rear rider has tight fitting dark glasses; A snow person riding a sit-on e-scooter wearing a glamorous matching purple ball gown and fascinator, with a parasol; A snow person riding a recumbent tadpole trike, towing a child trailer with a small snow person inside; A snow person wearing punk clothes using a manual wheelchair and e-assist handcycle attachment; A snow person using a powerchair, smiling into a single-wheel pram clipped to the front of their chair; Two snow people in matching blue bobble hats and scarves riding a side-by-side tandem cycle and cuddling each other. Title reads "wishing everyone their ideal wheels in 2026" and has the Wheels for Wellbeing logo in the top right corner.

Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone their ideal wheels in 2026!

Saturday marked our last cycling session of the year before our staff (and trusty cycles) enjoy a well-deserved break.

We look forward to welcoming you back at the usual times from the week beginning
12/01/26

Sessions available to pre-book on the portal now!

Drawing of a snowy scene with bike wheel and cog shaped snow falling across happy snow people riding six different wheeled mobility devices. From top left: Two snow people riding a tandem mobility scooter. The rear rider has tight fitting dark glasses; A snow person riding a sit-on e-scooter wearing a glamorous matching purple ball gown and fascinator, with a parasol; A snow person riding a recumbent tadpole trike, towing a child trailer with a small snow person inside; A snow person wearing punk clothes using a manual wheelchair and e-assist handcycle attachment; A snow person using a powerchair, smiling into a single-wheel pram clipped to the front of their chair; Two snow people in matching blue bobble hats and scarves riding a side-by-side tandem cycle and cuddling each other. Title reads "wishing everyone their ideal wheels in 2026" and has the Wheels for Wellbeing logo in the top right corner.

There's no single mobility aid that works for everyone.

That's why we'll keep working to help make a world where all #Disabled people can use their ideal wheels to get around.

Wishing everyone their ideal wheels in 2026!

Fantastic! And so well deserved! 🎉🥳

A black and white wood cut drawing of Stephen Farffle in a handcycle.

This International Day of Persons with Disabilities we're celebrating the ever-increasing range of brilliant mobility aids available.

Thank you so much!! 🙏🏻

CYCLE SPOTLIGHT: Van Raam Easy Rider Compact

Did you read about Susie's Edinburgh experience with her Van Raam Compact last week?

The Easy Rider Compact is one of our most popular cycles.

It's December. You're panicking about buying things for people. Why not consider an alternative gift, by making a donation to support the work of @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk?

WfW works to ensure that everyone can access the benefits of cycling. Donate here: cafdonate.cafonline.org/11192#!/Dona...

Good question! Let's go for "Community".
Thank you so much!

A title reading 'A Trike Trip to Edinburgh' above a city scape of Edinburgh with the view of spires and stone buildings. In the lower foreground, a young woman gives a thumbs up on a maroon, semi-recumbent, Van Raam Compact tricycle. There are stickers of a train and a black taxi on the left hand side and the Wheels4Me Cycle Loan scheme logo in the bottom left

a notebook style background with tape at the top- writing reads, “My trip to Edinburgh Fringe Festival with my trike was one of the best things I ever done.” There is the same photo of Susie in a polaroid style photo frame below and the Wheels4Me Cycle Loan scheme logo in the top right corner.

notebook style background with tape at the top- writing reads, “A lot of people may have seen my journey of getting my own trike. I love it! It’s my mobility aid and my transport. I travelled from London Euston cycled there after working at the Croydon session. I have done so much with my trike even when I was part of the loan scheme.” There is the another photo of Susie on her maroon trike in a polaroid style photo frame below, this time with her arms crossed and wearing black leggings and the Wheels4Me Cycle Loan scheme logo in the top right corner.

Where would you go?

This Summer, one of our former loan recipients took herself on her first solo trike adventure on a trip up to Edinburgh with her Van Raam Easy Rider Compact.

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It's today! Don't miss it! Still time to sign up for this lunchtime online launch event 😊.

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