Under consideration PE2177: Support and fund mobility services

Background information

Mobility services are vital for access to shops, services and community life. Without secure financial support, they face closure—putting equality, mobility and inclusion at risk.

Shopmobility Aberdeen has provided essential services since 1992, supporting disabled people, older adults, and those with temporary mobility challenges. They offer mobility scooters, wheelchairs, a wheelchair-accessible car, and volunteer companions to help people live independently and access their communities. The charity also provides long-term equipment loans for those recovering from injury or surgery. Currently, Aberdeen City Council provides vital support, but this funding alone is insufficient to guarantee the service’s future. Shopmobility Aberdeen is the only organisation offering long-term equipment loans in the North East and the only scheme north of Glasgow to hire out their wheelchair-accessible car.

The charity receives the majority of its funding from Aberdeen City Council.