Sirus design and manufacture a full range of wheelchair accessible cars offering mobility solutions for both drivers and passengers. Working closely with our customers to identify and create innovative products for a range of applications for over ten years, we understand the importance of freedom and independence as well as a selection of vehicle customisation options to suit your individual taste and style. Sirus’ new product launch for 2015 –our brand new wheelchair passenger up front solution is… Say goodbye to transfers at the roadside. With this conversion you can eliminate the risks… Our premium quality highest specification drive from wheelchair conversion ever gives you freedom and independence,… Our premium quality 'Up Front' conversion based on the Volkswagen Caddy Life enables the wheelchair… Our compact up-front passenger conversion, the Qubo UpFront enables the wheelchair user to travel up… Drive or be driven, the choice is yours.
The Sirus Switch, based on the Fiat…Can you help us get a new service off the ground?We are asking supporters if they are prepared to pledge a amount of £50.00 - £100 which will be collected in early December, The campaign will then go online in December to raiseAll pledges must be made through the link The deadline will be extended to 7th September 2016 from Fleur Perry at bit.ly/29BqdDeCastlepoint Shopmobility - Saturday serviceUnfortunately due to declining numbers of Saturday users at Castlepoint Shopmobility a decision was made in the early part of last year to close Saturdays making savings which could be used elsewhere where demand was greater. As a charity our resources are limited and it was with regret that we felt we had to made this decision to protect other services.Arrangements were put into place with Castlepoint Management to allow pre-booked equipment to be collected from the security office at the Management Suite on Aisle 8 on Saturdays. The office is open from 9.00am until late.
Castlepoint Shopping Centre keep 2 wheelchairs which can be loaned out on a first come, first served basis for visitors to the Centre. Sainsbury and Asda stores have scooters which can be used by their shoppers.We apologise to anyone who has been inconvenienced by this decision and we would urge people to book ahead to avoid disappointment.How you can make use of the SEDCAT community car schemes bit.ly/22oaDtRDo you need help using the internet to plan travel bit.ly/1PrekZGovernment crackdown on unattended roadworksUtility workers on A roads must work 7 days a week or remove the road works on Friday according to new legislation.Any job that takes 5 days or less must be done during the week.Motorway road works must be less than 10 miles long (someone should point out the M3 that has been going on for years)Read the full story at Disability Motoring UK bit.ly/1Yps1zY (picture source Disabled Motoring UK)Firefighters in Manchester rescue an elderly woman from floods in a wheelie bin. Read about the rescue in the Manchester Evening News bit.ly/1S3Mm6kCould the average person manage a day in a wheelchair?
Read about what happened when solicitor Raquel Siganporia challenged her colleagues to do it bit.ly/1UD2m0GSome more photos from our fundraising day at Castlepoint on 4th June with Dorset troopers.Fundraising at Castlepoint with the lovely Dorset Troopers (they're not as scary as they look!)The Troopers helped us raise a fantastic £554.27 owards our replacement bus. Thank you to all who took part.Do you enjoy Sedcat days out? Perhaps want to do some more trips or go a bit further Discover Dorset do lots of sightseeing tours from BournemouthCalling all Trekkies! Dorset Troopers beaming down to Castlepoint on Saturday 4th June between 11 to 3How 'assistive technology' can make life that little bit easier.From mobile phones you operate with head movements to self tyng shoelaces, here's some assistive technology that's available now bit.ly/1TGnF44Learning through life...Future Learn provides hundreds of free courses from top universities and specialist organisations on a whole range of topics.
Olive Oil Times article... Med diet reduces heart disease and stroke riskResearch published in the Olive Oil Times shows that a Mediterranean diet reduces risk of heart disease and stroke but that Western diet does not increase risk.New service for rural areas of Wimborne launching Saturday May 28th! Bookings being taken nowTaxi battles over wheelchair journeys in LondonEvery now and again SWT offers cheap day returns to London. During April there was an offer of a £15 return ticket for example. Trains, but not all stations, are accessible by wheel chair and getting to and from London should be reasonable but what happens when you get there?In theory you can use a bus and if you have a National Bus Pass the travel will be free. I use the bus every time I go to London now and find it the best way to get around but you have to get the hang of it and this can be a bit daunting. Every London bus route is ‘wheelchair accessible’, In theoryIn practise it is pretty much impossible to use a wheelchair on
London buses during the rush hour period.Good advice on getting around London can be found at the Transport for London site here. If you live in London you can even get advice from a mentor. Transport for London is trying hard. You can find accessible underground stations in advance and plan your journey before you set off. I do this as a matter of routine now, even planning bus links and journeys in advance when IGive us a call if you need help to do this.If you can afford the fare you might take a taxi. black cabs can take wheelchairs but most charge extra. Research by the Department of Transport shows that two out of every three wheelchair users are charged extra for a taxiSee the article ‘Mind the Gap’ by David Atkinson, CEO of Scope about disability transport in London.You might have heard of the newish taxi company called Uber (Uber’s London website) they are now active in six British cities. The London Black cabs launched a major
demonstration against Uber, completely blocking Whitehall in one protest.This isn’t an article in favour of Uber, for one thing most Uber drivers use a Toyota Prius which does not take a non collapsible wheelchair. Uber have introduced ‘Uberassist’. Uber assist is an app designed to help seniors and disabled people, including people with non folding wheelchairs. Uber’s best London drivers are being specially trained to help people with disabilities. User assist puts a disabled person directly in touch with one of these drivers. Reports about the training are good but I don’t know anyone who has used this service. If you are travelling to London and want to try Uberassist or get information from Transport for London the plan your journey and you are not sure about how to do it, give us a call and we’ll fix a time to help you at shopmobility Castlepoint.What should we eat to optimize good health as we get older? are pockets in Poole and Bournemouth near major roads where air pollution
drifts above acceptable levels. A friend of mine for example was going through the ‘stop smoking program’. The pharmacist at the medical centre who was checking his progress wouldn’t believe that he had stopped because the carbon monoxide in his blood was the same as a heavy smoker. It turned out this was because he was cycling alongside a busy road before the test. smell the scent of diesel fumes that is not unlike a barbecue smell in areas near to busy roads in the town. Particularly in cold still weather. pollution in cities is one of the leading risk factors to health. of Physicians and Paediatrics both say that it contributes to about 40 000 at the Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR) at Cambridge University looked into the effects of exercise in areas of high air pollution in London.Dr Marko Taino who led the research team found that the benefits of exercise such as walking and cycling always outweigh the negative effects of air pollution.
about 1% of the world’s cities are so polluted that exercise actually becomesA cyclist in Delhi, one of the most polluted cities in the world for example (10 times more polluted than London), would have to cycle for over 5 hours before the effects of pollution began to outweigh the effects of Woodcock, also from CEDAR warns that, “Whilst this research demonstrates the benefits of physical activity in spite of air quality, it is not an argument for inaction in combating air pollution.” on to argue that it supports investment in ‘active exercise’ in our towns and research cautions that their model does not take into account any physical condition or health problems a person may have. Check with your doctor if in doubt about fitness levels. personal note as an older person, I walk up to four miles to the supermarket along busy roads and catch a bus back. And sometimes cycle even further to the shops although I avoid the busy roads because I think they are too dangerous to