Where to donate Mobility Scooter (used)

daska

Another vote here for shopmobility BUT they don't exist in every town so another option would be to contact somewhere like HomeStart and ask if they have a disabled parent who would benefit (bringing up kids when disabled incurs lots of additional costs which aren't acknowledged via benefits)

jellytastic

I agree that it shouldnt necessarily go to an old person, lots of young people are disabled and cant afford to buy a scooter. Homestart would be a good contact, shopmobility would help everyone.
What a kind person you are x

stinkybeard

Shop Mobility told me that they can't take it to use as they have maintenance contracts for New scooters only.

They said they can take it to sell, but as they would have to service before they can sell it (though the scooter has been regularly serviced) they might not make their money back as typically they only get £100 - £150 for second hand scooters.

Would Selly Oak really be interested? Would they be able to collect it?

kessik

There is a Royal British Legion in Neath. If you contact them they might be able to liaise with Selly Oak for you.

RAGSTORICHES

The Red Cross loan wheelchairs and mobility aids to people, they might be glad of it.It is nice of you to donate the item.

s_gunn

Hi stinkybeard!

I hope you don't think i'm cheeky but i'm searching for a mobility scooter for my mother in law at less than around £100 - £120 at the moment and having no luck. If you live anywhere in the north east of england, she would be extremely grateful for the freedom and I am perfectly happy to pay towards any charity that you see fit. It's a long shot I know and I wouldn't normally reply to a post like this so please accept my apology if i've offended you or any MSE rules. :A

Thanks,
Shelagh.

s_gunn

Ok, i've just noticed that you're near neath so not in the north east!! I'll let you know though that mobility scooters are selling for anything between £200-600 on ebay and you can also make a donation of the profit through ebay to chosen charities i believe.

stinkybeard

Hi All,

Thank you for the replies and suggestions. don't worry s_gunn, would have happily considered this if you were local.

I think I will try Royal british Legion and Red Cross tomorrow. Problem is these charities are so worried about getting sued they don't want anything that could potentially come back to bite them on the bum, it's a real shame because they are turning away some cracking kit.

I'll let you know how it turns out!

Thanks again, SB

stinkybeard

You would not believe how difficult it is to get rid of a mobility scooter (unless you freecycle it and it'd be gone in seconds).

Red Cross = No on health and safety grounds
Royal British Legion = No on health and safety grounds

Trying disabledgear.com and also Brighter Future Workshop in Lancashire.

voteguido

stinkybeard wrote: »

You would not believe how difficult it is to get rid of a mobility scooter (unless you freecycle it and it'd be gone in seconds).

Red Cross = No on health and safety grounds
Royal British Legion = No on health and safety grounds

Trying disabledgear.com and also Brighter Future Workshop in Lancashire.

And BLESMA are an excellent organisation and quite can-do about gratefully accepting donations: http://www.blesma.org/contact-blesma.html

Brighter Future Workshop (http://www.bfworkshop.co.uk/Contact-Us.aspx) are a hard working and successful charity which recycle mobility equipment. They have qualified staff (so stupid quotations of Health & Safety not a problem there) who check and repair items training disabled people in the process, and then sell on eBay to fund the charity.

DisabledGear.com a FREE, clear & user-friendly free-ads website that puts buyers and sellers in direct contact for 2nd hand disability & mobility equipment.

Main thing is not to throw these items away. If you are not worried about getting any money back you can donate on all three above. If you want to sell, then use DisabledGear.com or check out any of the Disability Charity websites own forums where there are usually a For Sale / Wanted thread which are also free to use.