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Funding gives mobility to the disabled.

Disability Action Group (DAG) based in North Dorset has seen its fleet of mobility scooters extended this month with the help of Signpost Residents Community Fund.

The community fund, run by Signpost residents, awarded DAG a massive £1,195.00 to purchase a new mobility scooter that will [...]]]>

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9th December 2008

Funding gives mobility to the disabled.

Disability Action Group (DAG) based in North Dorset has seen its fleet of mobility scooters extended this month with the help of Signpost Residents Community Fund.

The community fund, run by Signpost residents, awarded DAG a massive £1,195.00 to purchase a new mobility scooter that will help up to 500 disabled people during its life-time.

Michael Underwood, Chair of Signpost Residents Community Fund presented the cheque to Alan Dunn of DAG.  Michael Underwood said, “It’s been a privilege to be able to award this funding to such a worthwhile cause.  Many of us take the independence mobility gives for granted and I know that this scooter will give those that use it a lifeline to society and independence.”

Applications to the Signpost Residents Community Fund are welcomed from groups working in all areas of the community. For details please contact The Resource Centre, Signpost House, Sunrise Business Park, Higher Shaftesbury Road, Blandford Forum, DT11 8SA.

Signpost residents forum presentation

Pictured; Left to right. Dianne Cooper, Signpost Resident Community Fund Committee Member and North Dorset Outreach Worker, David Siwek, Trustee of DAG, Holding the cheque Alan Dunn Chair of DAG and Michael Underwood, Chair of Signpost Resident Community Fund, Jerry Dalton, Director of Ensured Mobility, Geoffrey Miller, Evelyn Carter and Jon Davies, all committee members of Signpost Resident Community Fund.

Further info;
The Disability Action Group in North Dorset, is a group that provides electric wheelchairs and scooters on a short term loan basis to needy disabled persons. The provision of these vehicles really helps both the long and short term disabled people maintain their independence and assists them to integrate into society;  They provide a service that unfortunately is not provided by the NHS. We have often been told by our clients that “the loan of the vehicle has changed their lives”. The running of this service and fundraising is solely done by a dedicated group of volunteers, some of whom are disabled themselves.

E-mail, alan.dun@nddag.co.uk  or phone 0779 1232 461

The mobility scooter was purchased from Ensured Mobility.

About Signpost Housing Association

Signpost Housing Association, with its headquarters in Blandford Forum, Dorset, is part of Spectrum Housing Group (formed in July 2007 by the merger of Spinnaker and Signpost Housing Groups).

Signpost Housing Association has over 4500 homes in management across the South West of England.

Its services are provided via its head office in Blandford Forum and area offices in Exeter, North Dorset and Plymouth.

About Spectrum

Spectrum Housing Group was formed on the 1 July 2007
The Group comprises:

Medina Housing Association,

Signpost Housing Association

Signpost Care Partnerships

Signpost Services

Signpost Homes

Western Challenge Housing Association

The Spectrum Group owns and manages over 16,000 homes throughout the South, South West and Midlands

The Group’s mission is:
“To be recognised and respected for providing quality homes and housing services and we will do this by empowering people, supporting active communities and building better futures.”

The North Dorset Disability Action Group is to receive 2 Mobility Scooters from Gillingham Town Council. A formal Handover of the scooters will be made by Deputy Mayor Councillor Rupert Evill to The Disability Action Groups Chairperson Mrs Lorna Siwek at a fund raising [...]]]>

Gillingham Town Council
donates funds for Mobility Scooter

The North Dorset Disability Action Group is to receive 2 Mobility Scooters from Gillingham Town Council. A formal Handover of the scooters will be made by Deputy Mayor Councillor Rupert Evill to The Disability Action Groups Chairperson Mrs Lorna Siwek at a fund raising cream tea event on 24th August 2008 to be held at Sandways Farm, Bourton….

Further information can be obtained by clicking on the contact us link.

On Thursday the 3rd December the group made a collection at Tesco’s Blandford and raised £108 this was followed by a collection at Shaftesbury on the 5th which [...]]]> North Dorset Disability Action Group ( DAG) gets help from Santa
to launch the groups Public Appeal

On Thursday the 3rd December the group made a collection at Tesco’s Blandford and raised £108 this was followed by a collection at Shaftesbury on the 5th which raised £202 and Sturminster Newton on the 7th where £22 was raised.

Santa helps DAG

The group has asked the 5 town councils of North Dorset to Jointly fund the core costs of the group for the forthcoming year, the public appeal is to raise funds for new mobility scooters and equipment which are loaned free of charge to needy disabled persons.

Santa made an early appearance at the Shaftesbury collection and promptly gave a hand to the group by helping with the collecting, for many of the children it was the first appearance of Santa this year, who was greeted with cheers and smiles, The group treasurer Mary Siwek and Secretary Pat Withers tried without any success to persuade Santa to tell them the secret of how he managers to visit all the children in the world on Christmas Eve. Santa said he was pleased to help and enjoyed having a little ride on one of the mobility scooters.

Chairman Alan Dunn said he was delighted that Santa choose to help out with the collections explaining that due to the current financial climate, funding previously available to small charities was very much reduced, so a greater emphasis had to be put on local fund raising. since starting the mobility loan scheme in 2001 the group have helped an estimated 475 disabled persons become mobile and independent by loaning them a piece of equipment.

This will enable people who have Blue Badge to plan journeys in the UK more easily and book direct assistance in advance.

The map has been expanded to [...]]]> There is now a on-line map of parking facilities for Blue Badge holders it now includes a rail map feature, with accessibility information for more than 2,000 train stations.

This will enable people who have Blue Badge to plan journeys in the UK more easily and book direct assistance in advance.

The map has been expanded to feature accessibility information for more than 160 major football stadiums. This should help Blue Badge holders, their friends and family have a better experience at the game, whether home or away!

Find out more about the mapping service on the Directgov Blue Badge Map page