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Driving Mobility is delighted to announce that they will be formally launching a new PWMS Retailers’ Training Scheme, supported by the Department of Transport (DfT), at an event being held at an event in London in June 2023.

It is with great sadness that we have to report that Wessex DriveAbility, with its main centre in Southampton and outreach centres at Salisbury, Basingstoke and Ferndown, will cease operations on 31st March 2023. This closure is primarily due to the prevailing economic conditions.

Driving Mobility, the national charity that provides specialist driving and mobility assessment centres, will be exhibiting at Kidz to Adultz Middle to help young disabled people get mobile.

Occupational Therapists from Driving Mobility, the national charity which coordinates driving assessment centres with the Department for Transport, will be offering ‘express’ on-stand CPD seminars at the OT Show. (Stand L30 NEC, 23rd and 24th November 2022).

Supported by The Department for Transport, Driving Mobility, the national charity that provides specialist driving assessment centres, will be offering expert guidance for all young drivers and passengers at Kidz-to-Adultz-North.

Based in Glasgow and helping to keep disabled people mobile, DriveAbility Scotland is the latest driving assessment centre to open as part of the national Driving Mobility charity network.

In conjunction with Kent Police, a fitness to drive scheme to help keep drivers safely on the road has been launched by South East DriveAbility (SED), part of NHS Kent Community Health Foundation Trust and national charity Driving Mobility.

Earlier in the year DMUK was granted a small amount of lottery funding to carry out a research project looking into disabled people’s preparedness to switch to electric vehicles (EVs). They are seeking the views of disabled motorists regarding their knowledge of EVs and EV charging infrastructure.

In this month’s ‘Driving Mobility Centre of the Month’ we take a look at the William Merritt Centre in Leeds

Derby DrivAbility will be hosting a free mobility event for healthcare professionals, Approved Driving Instructors and the general public on 14th June 2022.  They will be offering the opportunity for visitors to explore specialist equipment for driving, wheelchair loading and passenger safety.