26 September 2012

Waveney MP Peter Aldous last week supported a Mobility Awareness Day in the Britton Shopping Centre in Lowestoft, hosted by Beactive Mobility, an East Anglian mobility retailer providing market-leading mobility scooters from TGA in Sudbury.

Beactive Mobility has four mobility showrooms across Norfolk and Suffolk with its most recent store opening in Norwich City Centre during June 2012. It provides a comprehensive range of aids for daily living including the highly popular TGA brand of mobility scooters. TGA mobility scooters such as the Breeze which won the BBC Top Gear Extreme Mobility Scooter Challenge earlier in the year and the cutting-edge Vita are continuing to deliver new-found independence to an increasing number of individuals with restricted mobility across the UK.

In addition, a substantial percentage of people are choosing the Motability scheme, which provides a leasing alternative to purchasing a scooter that was demonstrated at Beactive’s awareness day. The Motability scheme allows individuals to transfer part, or all, of their Disabled Living Allowance into the TGA mobility scooter of choice.

Mr Aldous joined Beactive’s Motability Manager, Shaun Green and TGA’s Area Sales Manager, Martyn Simpson to raise awareness about the scheme. A large number of local residents attended the event both to speak to Peter Aldous and to inquire more about their eligibility for Beactive Mobility.

Aldous commented:

“As MP for Waveney, I was delighted to attend Beactive’s Motability awareness event today in Lowestoft which was supported by its mobility scooter supplier – TGA. Motability is a fantastic leasing scheme, which helps to deliver independence to many individuals across the UK who require a mobility scooter. Events such as this are essential to providing information to local residents about the benefits associated with owning a reliable and safe mobility scooter.”

Beactive had a selection of award winning TGA mobility scooters on display that included the popular Eclipse car boot scooter, Breeze Midi 4 and the new, radical Vita Midi 4. The Vita Midi 4 represents a new genre in compact mobility scooter design, resembling a modern car or motorcycle rather than a traditional mobility product.

Martyn Simpson representing Beactive’s supplier, TGA Mobility, comments:

“Today has been a huge success for both Beactive and TGA in terms of communicating the many benefits associated with selecting a new TGA mobility scooter on the Motability scheme. We explained that 95% of Motability customers would recommend the scheme to others as it provides a new scooter every three years along with a complete support and servicing package. During our discussions with visitors today, we also listened to the mobility needs of many locals and reiterated the importance of only selecting quality, reliable products from a trusted specialist such as Beactive and TGA. It was a pleasure to meet Peter Aldous MP and on behalf of Beactive and TGA, we thank him for contributing to the event.”