British Red Cross

The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global network of volunteers, responding to natural disasters, conflicts and individual emergencies. We enable vulnerable people at home and overseas to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their own communities. And when the crisis is over, we help people to recover and move on with their lives. 

 The Mobility Aids service operate a “Hub & Spoke” model, which sees a central warehouse (hub) which manages and delivers equipment to surrounding outlets (spokes) to achieve delivery of the service locally to our customers. Losing your mobility through illness or injury can be very difficult and distressing. The Red Cross make a huge difference to people’s lives by providing short-term use of wheelchairs (75,000 each year in the UK) or toilet aids. This helps people to maintain their independence and quality of life when they are discharged from hospital or after an injury. It means that someone can take a relative on holiday or just out for the day. Equipment can be collected from our network of ‘spokes’, based in Red Cross premises, hospitals or medical centres, or we can arrange for delivery/collection. We have also developed mobile ‘pop-up’ teams so that we can respond to changing needs