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1991•Fifth International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled PersonsLoughborough University of TechnologySwedish Board of TransportRequires access

The Development, Aims and Functions of Banstead Mobility Centre

Morigue Cornwell

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Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for the Disabled is a charity operating on four different sites in the Southeast of England. Each one is concerned with a different aspect of disabled people’s lives. In 1976 the then Department of Health and Social Security ceased to issue three-wheeled invalid carriages to disabled drivers and introduced a cash mobility allowance. Subsequently, some residents within the Foundation began to experience practical problems in becoming mobile. To assist them the Mobility Center was developed. A walled vegetable garden was converted to include 200 meters of track which provided a safe off-road environment. In May 1982, assisted by a grant for the Department of Health and Social Security, the Mobility Center services were made available to any disabled or elderly people experiencing outdoor mobility problems.

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Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for the Disabled is a charity operating on four different sites in the Southeast of England. Each one is concerned with a different aspect of disabled people’s lives. In 1976 the then Department of Health and Social Security ceased to issue three-wheeled invalid carriages to disabled drivers and introduced a cash mobility allowance. Subsequently, some residents within the Foundation began to experience practical problems in becoming mobile. To assist them the Mobility Center was developed. A walled vegetable garden was converted to include 200 meters of track which provided a safe off-road environment. In May 1982, assisted by a grant for the Department of Health and Social Security, the Mobility Center services were made available to any disabled or elderly people experiencing outdoor mobility problems.

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Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for the Disabled is a charity operating on four different sites in the Southeast of England. Each one is concerned with a different aspect of disabled people’s lives. In 1976 the then Department of Health and Social Security ceased to issue three-wheeled invalid carriages to disabled drivers and introduced a cash mobility allowance. Subsequently, some residents within the Foundation began to experience practical problems in becoming mobile. To assist them the Mobility Center was developed. A walled vegetable garden was converted to include 200 meters of track which provided a safe off-road environment. In May 1982, assisted by a grant for the Department of Health and Social Security, the Mobility Center services were made available to any disabled or elderly people experiencing outdoor mobility problems.

Key concepts: Disabled people, Allowance (engineering), Foundation (evidence), Social security, Cash, Center (category theory), Business, Sociology

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