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CTV News
12-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Mobility assistance golf carts available at Regina's Lakeview Par 3 course
Those with mobility issues can now rent special golf carts at Regina's Lakeview Par 3 course that the city hopes will help more people get out on the links this season. Two mobility assistance carts are now available at the course. According to the city, the carts have an adjustable seat that allows a person to raise the chair into a semi-standing position. 'Free for those who require consistent use of a seated mobility device,' the city said in a post to social media. Golfers wanting more information or wanting to use the carts can contact the city for more information, the post said.
BBC News
12-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Devon's Freetrike disability charity reaches 50,000km milestone
A rehab cycling service has covered more than 50,000km (31,000 miles) with its clients - more than the circumference of the Earth. Freetrike, based in Exminster, launched in 2010 and uses specially adapted electric trikes to take people with mobility issues out on Devon's traffic-free trails like the Exe Estuary Tom Pales said the group had helped people who had suffered strokes, head injuries and respiratory disorders, as well as those who are normally who have used the service said it had been "life-changing" for them. Chris Hennessy, who suffered a head injury after a motorbike accident, said he had been going out with Freetrike for three years. "Because of my brain injury, I don't have a centre of balance; I don't need a centre of balance on a tricycle," he said."[Freetrike] allows so many people who are disabled, who can't walk, freedom to ride all over Devon. I love it, it's brilliant."Colin Cousins, who had a stroke which affected his eyesight and his short-term memory, added that it was a way of getting "out and about"."It's good, you get out in the sunshine, enjoying yourself," he Pales said he wanted to get to the stage where they were doing 50,000km a year with their clients. "We have worked with hundreds of people over the years, getting people out on to trails with one-to-one support," he added.
