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By LORNA Moore
Beach Access North East has an established service offering beach wheelchairs at Whitley Bay, Newbiggin, Blyth and South Shields but no facility at Cullercoats or Tynemouth as yet.
We need to purchase all terrain beach wheelchairs for use at Cullercoats and Tynemouth these are expensive at £3100 each. Our charity supports and facilitates play and leisure activities and respite for disabled people of all ages and their families to enjoy the freedom that the beach provides by offering free loan of specialist equipment for use on rough terrain and sand. Our facilities currently run in Newbiggin, Blyth, Whitley Bay and South Shields. Funding is needed to purchase equipment such as beach wheelchairs and a hoist for each location. We have secured the support of the RNLI and Local Councils and Storage facilities are being provided. We believe that this facility is needed by wheelchair users in order to access areas that most of us take for granted, joining friends and family on the beach. Our volunteers are an amazing group of people including wheelchair users and people with other disabilities, coming together to support our cause.
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We have seen the use of our service and the act of volunteering, within our organisation, enhance and change peoples lives. We have attracted media attention and the use of our service is increasing rapidly. We are planning to organise events in the future, on the beaches so that families and friends of wheelchair users can gather together to celebrate the freedom and safety of the outdoors. One such event which was planned to happen in 2020 (but of course was postponed) is our GREAT NORTH WHEELCHAIR LINE UP, on the Links at Whitley Bay. We held this event in 2019 and it was a great success, attracting media attention. When it is possible to hold it again we hope to break the Guiness World Record.
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VolunteerThe objective of Beach Access North East, is to enable access to the beaches of the North East by offering free loan of all terrain wheelchairs, walking frames and mobi mat, to enable equal access for people of all ages and physical limitations. We have facilities at Whitley Bay, Blyth, and Newbiggin and we have specialist equipment available for free loan at all these venues. We also provide a service to schools and hospices, delivering the equipment to the organisation for use on trips to the coast. Our organisation involves wheelchair users and able bodied people alike, working together. We hold events throughout the year including a record attempt, a wheelchair accessible Halloween event, and a Christmas event on the beaches at Tynemouth and Whitley Bay. We are raising the profile of wheelchair users across the region and raising awareness of the difficulties faced. Our volunteers are an amazing group of people including wheelchair users and people with other disabilities, coming together to support our cause. We have seen the use of our service and the act of volunteering, within our organisation, enhance and change peoples lives. We have attracted media attention and the use of our service is increasing rapidly.
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