Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) is excited to announce a three-year partnership with Allied Mobility, Europe’s leading specialist in transport for people with limited mobility. The Allied Mobility Wheelchair Rugby: Fours and Allied Mobility WR5s leagues aim to promote inclusivity and expand the awareness of, and participation in, wheelchair rugby.
The three-year partnership represents a shared purpose to increasing participation and awareness, with the goal of enriching the lives of people with disabilities through sport. The partnership is set to begin today, 23 November 2023, just ahead of the Allied Mobility Wheelchair Rugby: Fours Premiership at Lilleshall from 25 to 26 November.
Allied Mobility is a market leader in transportation solutions for people with limited mobility. With over 40,000 wheelchair users and carers on its database, this new partnership will provide further opportunities to introduce wheelchair rugby to a wider audience.
Allied Mobility designs and manufactures its own unique range of wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAVs). It employs almost 700 people across the UK and produces around 8,000 vehicles annually. Their portfolio includes wheelchair accessible cars for family use, taxis, and minibuses for schools and care homes. In the United Kingdom, Allied Mobility provides more than half of all new wheelchair accessible cars, in collaboration with the Motability Scheme. Allied Mobility WAVs are also available in most European countries, through a network of specialised distribution partners.
The CEO of Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby, Jason Brisbane, expressed his excitement about the new sponsorship, saying, “This partnership is founded on a common goal of promoting awareness of, and participation in, wheelchair rugby. We’re thrilled to announce this partnership with Allied Mobility, uniting our shared goals and purpose of increasing accessibility and inclusivity for the disability community.”
Peter Facenna, managing director of Allied Mobility, commented: “We’re hugely excited to be working with GB Wheelchair Rugby. Sport provides a special opportunity for people to make friends, gain confidence, travel and find added purpose in their lives. It would be great if we can play a part in enabling even more wheelchair users to get involved in rugby, whether as players, coaches, volunteers or supporters.”
