Unique Mobility welcomes charity cyclists after 300 mile fundraising ride

Local Plymouth Mobility Retailer welcomes charity cyclists after 300 mile fundraising ride Monday 24th June, saw a team of 3 cyclists complete their gruelling 300 mile, 3 day bike ride in support of The Make Way Foundation and Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.
The ride started at The Shooting Star Hospice in Guildford on Saturday morning and ended at local mobility retailer Unique Mobility’s Plymouth Showroom in Estover, yesterday afternoon.
Matthew Bryant, Trustee and founder of the foundation, along with two friends Neil and David, completed the bike ride in memory of Matthew’s 9-year-old son Toby who sadly passed away on 26th May from complications due to his medical condition. Matthew’s wife and Toby’s mum Fleur, also a Make Way Foundation Trustee and Founder, was in the support vehicle and was there to greet the cyclists at the end of their ride along with Unique Mobility staff.
Vicky Blundell and Lee Johns from Unique Mobility joined forces with the cyclists for the last 10 miles, having met Matthew, Neil and David at The Hunting Lodge just outside Ivybridge and completed the last section of the route together.
The Make Way Foundation, founded in 2023, aims to fund wheelchairs for children who need them. Matthew and Fleur’s son Toby, required a wheelchair due to his medical condition and was quoted over a year’s wait to receive one on the NHS. The family were in a position to fund one privately but realised that many children are left without access to the equipment they need which is a huge barrier to being able to access school, social activities and sport that no-one should be excluded from. As a result, they set up the charity to provide funding for children to access wheelchairs when they otherwise wouldn’t be able to.
Unique Mobility have worked with the Make Way Foundation since they began last year and supplied the very first wheelchair funded by the charity. Dude, the recipient of that wheelchair, and Archie who received a wheelchair through the charity a few weeks ago, also joined the welcome party along with their families. It was fantastic to see the two boys along with their siblings playing together and racing Fleur who is also a wheelchair user.
Unique Mobility supply all types of mobility equipment from their three branches in Launceston, Exeter and the recently refurbished Plymouth Showroom, and cover the whole of the South West. In addition to walking aids, wheelchairs, mobility scooters and rise recline chairs and beds, the Unique Mobility team are able to assess for, prescribe, adapt and supply complex rehabilitation equipment including active wheelchairs and powerchairs along with specialist seating and special controls.
Unique Mobility feel privileged to have played a small part in supporting the charity with the bike ride and look forward to continuing to work with the charity in their efforts to fund wheelchairs for children. It is hugely important to both Matthew and Fleur to turn Toby’s legacy into a positive force for good in supporting other children and their families. Anyone who would like to support the fundraising can donate here:
www.justgiving.com/crowdfundi...
www.makewayfoundation.org
www.uniquemobility.co.uk
Facebook: @themakewayfoundation @uniquemobility