18/04/2007 - Shopmobility to present cheque to Mayor's charities

Shopmobility, the service which offers the free use of wheelchairs and mobility scooters in the borough’s town centres, are to present a cheque for £700 towards the Mayor of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council’s Charity Appeal.

PHOTOCALL: Councillor John Hawkins, Mayor of Welwyn Hatfield, will be presented with a “big cheque” by Shopmobility’s volunteers and customers at the Howard Centre, Welwyn Garden City at 11am on Wednesday 25 April.

The donation will go towards Councillor John Hawkins’ charities, the local branches of Macmillan Cancer Support and the Alzheimer’s Society.

Although Shopmobility is a free service, people who borrow the wheelchairs and scooters expressed a wish to make a donation to the service as a gesture of thanks. To accommodate this, a donation box was installed at each of the Shopmobility units where people could leave a cash donation at their discretion. During the past year Shopmobility have raised £700 towards the Mayor’s Charity Appeal.

Councillor Hawkins said: “I would like to extend my thanks to Shopmobility for their donation towards my Mayor’s Charity Appeal. They provide an excellent charitable service in their own right, and to donate to others’ charities is splendid and should be applauded.”

Karen Stevens, Coordinator for Shopmobility said: “I would like to thank my team of volunteers for their dedication in providing a friendly, professional and efficient service for all our customers at Welwyn Hatfield Shopmobility. I would also like to thank our customers who have generously donated £700 to the Mayor’s Charity Appeal, in recognition of the service they receive.”

For all enquiries regarding the services provided by Shopmobility please contact the Shopmobility units on 01707 262731 for the Hatfield Town Centre unit or 01707 336688 for the Welwyn Garden City unit.