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Council steps in to keep Shopmobility mobile

09/07/08

Bracknell Forest Council is helping local residents to stay mobile by offering a £25,000 grant to enable Bracknell Shopmobility scheme to continue running this year.

The current funding for the scheme, provided by a grant from the Big Lottery, three years ago, will end this August. So the Council decided to help out and ensure that the residents in the borough can continue to enjoy the town centre.

The Bracknell Shopmobility scheme has been operating for the last four years, and provides a mobility services to local residents and visitors who would otherwise not be able to access the town centre easily. The charity operates from a shop unit in The Crossway, provided by Bracknell Regeneration Partnership.

Bracknell Forest Councillor Mrs Jacqui Ryder, and Chairman of Bracknell Shopmobility, said: “Bracknell Shopmobility is a great asset to the town centre and provides a fantastic service and a lifeline for people with mobility problems who wish to get around the town centre.

“The Bracknell Forest Council grant will safeguard the scheme in the town for the foreseeable future and allow its staff and volunteers to continue to offer the high quality service that it has been doing so well for the last four years.”

Bracknell Shopmobility has enabled almost 5,000 trips in the last year for residents who would not be able to visit the town centre otherwise.