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WHILL - FREEDOM, REDEFINED Designed and developed by leading talents from the Japanese car industry, WHILL is a pioneering new powerchair from TGA with incredible all-directional four-wheel-drive. If you have limited walking abilities, never again will you struggle to manoeuvre around your home, at work or outdoors. There is no other powerchair like it, there is only one WHILL. Effortless manoeuvrability - All-directional 'omni' front wheels that encompass 24 rollers that rotate sideways which means the wheels don’t need to pivot. Class leading accessibility - Drive over 3’’ high obstacles such as kerbs and safely tackle 10 degree slopes with stability and control. Pioneering performance - powerful 4WD system and batteries, large rear wheels, and multi-terrain capabilities for up to 12 miles. Tailor-made comfort - advanced postural support for user weighing up to 220lb. Impressive ergonomics - effortless steering and controls Precision and quality - top specific

Eddie Porter, aged 89 and retired farmer from Great Eccleston, has purchased a funky new TGA mobility scooter so he can continue selling ‘Pilling Potatoes’ to raise money for a Ugandan orphanage. Eddie was originally from County Tyrone in Ireland and before retirement was successful in several careers including dairy farming, building and biscuit making. He met his wife Margaret when he managed a farm in Out Rawcliffe and since retiring they have both kept busy with various activities including selling potatoes. The Porters are friends with a bishop called Patrick from Africa who has visited their church several times. Patrick built and manages a Ugandan orphanage which depends on donations from supporters such as Eddie and Margaret. Due to walking difficulties Eddie needed a way to continue selling his potatoes around the village which led to purchase of a   TGA Ibex   mobility scooter. Eddie can now continue delivering his 3lb and 5lb bags of Pilling potatoes to all Great

In this video Liam Braddell introduces the key features and benefits of the latest Rotoflex 200 Mk 2 Bed from Theraposture. Tel: 0800 834654 http://bit.ly/2zJRQGH NEW! ROTOFLEX 200 MARK 2 BED Representing a break-through in assistive technology, the enhanced Rotoflex 200 Mark 2 incorporates modular seat depth allowing four different choices plus the new option of an electrically height adjustable foot section – both a world’s first in turning bed systems. These advantages are only available on Theraposture’s Rotoflex which continues to be the most advanced and established solution on the market. Through 25 years of patented development, the electrically operated Rotoflex has been refined so that it provides the safest and most ergonomic method to get in and out of bed. It will power-assist a user from a recumbent to a fully upright seated position at the side of the bed. With vertical lift in this seated position users can achieve more controlled sit-to-stand transfers –