Welcome to Fife Shopmobility
Shopmobility is a scheme to lend manual and powered wheelchairs and electric scooters to help gain access to Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy & Glenrothes shopping centres.
ALL SERVICES ARE FREE OF CHARGE
Benefit from our free lending of manual and powered wheelchairs and electric scooters
Our services
Each service can offer both 3-wheel and 4-wheel scooters.
The maximum capacities range from 22 stone (standard seat) to 35 stone (extra wide seat). All our equipment is regularly serviced by an independent contractor who regulates the speed of powered equipment for your health and safety. The scooters are all fitted with front baskets and either a box or bag on the rear allowing light shopping to be carried. The equipment is cleaned at regular intervals to maintain a good standard of hygiene.
Pre-booking, especially in the mornings, is advisable
Scooters are for local shopping use only and are not available for long-term hire/loan.
Both right-hand and left-hand controlled powerchairs are available at each service.
They are mostly 19 stone (standard 18” seat) however Glenrothes, Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy Mercat each have an extra large right-hand controlled power chair with a wider (22”) seat and 25 stone capacity. The chairs have a bag fitted to the rear to allow some shopping to be carried. Servicing and cleaning is carried out regularly to the same standard as scooters, ensuring a trouble-free shopping experience.
Pre-booking, especially in the mornings, is advisable
Powerchairs are for local shopping use only and are not available for long-term hire loan.
Each service carries a variety of manual wheelchairs with small wheels or large wheels with a self-propel facility.
Seat widths range from small (16”) to standard (18”) and then wide (22”). The majority of wheelchairs have an 18-stone capacity with wide chairs permitting 21 stone, however, Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy (Thistle Street) each have a 22” wide chair with 25 stone capacity. Manual wheelchairs are supplied with a cushion and a rear bag for light shopping. Pre-booking, especially in the mornings, is recommended.
Glenrothes, Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy (Thistle Street) also have a power-assisted wheelchair (powerpack).
This is basically a standard large wheelchair fitted with a battery and motor which allows the user’s companion or attendant to control the speed of the chair, taking the strain away from uphill pushing. Pre-booking, especially in mornings, is advisable for powerpack chairs.
Maintenance and cleaning is carried out regularly to the same standard as scooters.
Manual wheelchairs in this category are for local shopping use only and not available for long-term hire loan. (Please view Long Term Hire Chairs for this facility).
How does the Service work
If you have not used our services before, please register here. We will invite you in for some training.
Book online, over the phone or pop into one of our branches
Enjoy effortless mobility
Help Us Provide Mobility to those who need it most
By donating you can help our charity provide electric scooters and powered and manual equipment to people with mobility difficulties for use in the shopping malls and around the town centres.
Long Term Hire/Loan
Each service has a number of manual wheelchairs available for long-term hire. The chair can be kept for up to 4 weeks and then reviewed weekly to accommodate any extensions which are dependent on new advance bookings or service requirements. The chairs are generally small wheel or large wheel (with self propel facility) and range from 17” (18 stone) wide to 22” (21 stone) wide seats.
The chairs all have folding backs and removable footplates allowing easy transportation. These chairs can be taken anywhere a wheelchair can go and very often are taken abroad on holiday or even just overnight for an event or shopping out-with our own opening hours. The chairs must be uplifted and returned to the same outlet and if the person requiring the chair is not present with relevant ID then the person taking the chair away becomes the hirer and must produce 2 forms of ID, one photographic.
The chairs are not supplied with a cushion or bag. Maintenance and cleaning is carried out regularly to the same standard as scooters.
Please note that only designated manual wheelchairs are available for long-term hire and powered equipment is not included in this service.
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