British Red Cross - Wheelchair Hire Service

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Need to hire a wheelchair? The British Red Cross provides wheelchair hire services across the UK. British Red Cross offer comfortable, safe, and reliable manual wheelchairs whether you’re looking for self-propelled or transit wheelchairs. The wheelchairs are suitable for anyone over the age of 5 and are available in a wide range of sizes, with fitted footrests as standard and free accessories such as leg elevators, cushions, and stump supports available to improve your comfort.
To hire a wheelchair, you will need to know: measurements of the wheelchair user at their widest point (usually hips and thighs) and add 1” / 2.5cm for comfort, weight of the wheelchair user, and accessories needed.
When your hire period has come to an end, please call BRC on 0300 456 1914 to extend your hire or email them at wheelchaircollections@redcross.org.uk with your preferred collection date to make arrangements for the wheelchair to be returned.
(Note this replaces the mobility equipment loans service available in Fleet up to July 2024. For other mobility aid loans/assistance please see the Hampshire Equipment Services directory entry).

About British Red Cross

The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever, and wherever they are. The charity is 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, the Red Cross organisations help people to recover and move on with their lives. In the UK the British Red Cross offer services such as wheelchair loans, refugee support, help at home after a stay in hospital, and information and resources to help with emergency/disaster situations.

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User Cost/Charge Information
Pricing: Wheelchair hire for £22 a week with variable delivery and collection options available at £25 if applicable. Free wheelchair accessories. Flexible hire periods (minimum hire period 1 week) at locations UK wide.