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If you are a Motability customer you should read this…

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From 8 April 2013 Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16 to 64 with a health condition or disability. You may need an assessment to work out the level of help you get.

PIP is paid every 4 weeks. It’s tax free and can be paid if you’re in or out of work. It is made up of 2 components, daily living and mobility, whether you get 1 or both of these depends on how your condition affects you.

You may qualify for PIP if you are aged 16 to 64 and have difficulty with:

  • ‘activities of daily living’
  • mobility
  • terminal illness
  • daily living difficulties

Most people getting DLA won’t be affected until 2015 or later. You may be affected earlier if your condition changes, or you reach the end of your existing DLA award.

You can go to https://www.gov.uk/pip for more information and use the PIP checker to find out:

  • when your DLA will be affected
  • what happens to your DLA
  • when you can make a new claim for PIP

If you need advice on how to get the best from your PIP, simply call Clark & Partners.
They are a local company who can supply a vast range of daily living aids and mobility products.

To find your nearest showroom call us on 0800 783 3832 or go to www.clarkandpartners.co.uk for more details.

What’s up doc?

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Look out for Mark Shaw, Clark and Partners Operational Retail Manager, on tour through sheffield this Saturday (27th Oct) as part of the ‘Stand Up To Cancer’ campaign.

You won’t need to have seen this picture in order to spot him, he will be easy to recognise cruising down the high street on a mobility scooter in full bunny outfit!

He will be collecting donations on route from our Wellington Street store to help accelerate cancer research. So go take a look and pop a donation in the bucket.Find out more about the charity here:www.standuptocancer.org.uk

Clark & Partners at the Paralympics

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Paul & Nigel at the Paralympics

All photos taken by Nigel Smith

Clark and Partners Wheelchair and Seating Specialists Paul McGee and Nigel Smith went to down to the London Paralympics this weekend to witness the spectacle of the games. As many have said, the atmosphere around the Olympic Park was fantastic with so many people enjoying the feel-good-factor of the occasion.

They witnessed a lot of the events taking place over the weekend including 7-a-side Football, Javelin and Triple Jump. In addition to this they were able to view the pinnacle of wheelchair athleticism in the 100 and 200 metre finals. They were also proud to spot that 11 times gold medal winner Tanni Grey-Thompson was using a wheelchair from the range that Clark and Partners supply.

Paul and Nigel are wheelchair specialists who posess comprehensive knowledge and experience in their field. If you are looking for a wheelchair you can call 0800 7833 832 to book a free consultation. They will assess your specific requirements and advise on the best wheelchair configuration for you.

Spilling the beans on poverty

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This weekend Alastair Ronaldson joined a team of volunteers face painting and giving out ‘food box chilli’ at the Woodhouse Carnival.

Despite less than positive weather forecasts the atmosphere wasn’t dampened as kids queued for face painting and parents sampled a special recipe. Jubilee Food Bank provide short-term emergency food supplies to people in financial crisis. To publicise this they handed out chilli made from non-perishable food items that would typically be included in a food box. The Food Bank stall was extremely popular with visitors to the carnival and the team had a lot of fun making it happen.

Alastair will be producing lots of promotional material in the coming months to keep you informed of  fantastic offers and services from Clark and Partners. He is also developing our brand new website and online store, so browsing and ordering products from Clark and Partners will be easier than ever!

Golden Years Road Show 2012

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Clark & Partners will be proudly attending the Golden Years Road Show on Thursday 7th June at Bark Street in Bolton.

Our very own Ray Crehan will be holding our large exhibition stand, introducing some amazing new innovative products.

Come along and see what’s new.

Claim your FREE Money Voucher while you’re there!

A great day out!

 

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Travelite Winner Announced

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We would like to offer a massive congratulations to our competition winner Mrs Beardshaw from Chesterfield.

 

The competition was run at our new store inPeakVillage. Mrs Beardshaw was one of only a few people who correctly guessed the amount of key rings in the jar at 107! She was entered with the other correct answers into the prize draw and won.

Mrs Beardshaw is the lucky winner of the wonderful Travelite wheelchair, she was overjoyed when we called with the good news.

Linda, from our team, and I visited Mrs Beardshaw this week to present her prize. She was “Thrilled to bits” and joked that her friend who had also entered the competition at the same time would be very jealous as she wanted to win it!

The extremely light weight fold up wheelchair will come in handy for her holiday to Madeira later this year especially, as she found last year, there is no where to hire wheelchairs from in Madeira.

 

Following my visit to meet Mrs Beardshaw I am pleased she was our winner I happy that someone very deserving won.

 

Congratulations!

 

Thank you to everyone who took part and who has visited our new shop atPeakVillage. We appreciate your support and hope to see you again soon.

New Spring Feature!

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Our new shop at Peak Village is not the only new addition to the dales….introducing our new fabulous gardening aids. With Summer right around the corner, now is the perfect time to get your garden in shape so you can relax and enjoy the sun!

 

The attractive range includes the new ergonomic hand tools, specially shaped with comfy grip handles, they are strong yet light. They are designed to give more leverage with less wrist stress, allowing you to do the weeding with less effort.

These fantastic hand tools include – ergonomic trowel, trans planter, weeder and cultivator and can be bought separately or as part of a set.

 

 

Also for the budding gardener is the new Pro Light range, which compromises of fork, spade and grabber. Both the fork and spade are made from Pro Light carbon steel making them light and easy to carry, because the dirt you are digging is heavy enough!

The spade has a heat tempered carbon steel blade increasing it’s toughness making it easier to use on hard surfaces. The digging fork has square shard ‘English-Style’ tines making it ideal for turning and cultivating soil. They are both equipped with the new ergonomic ‘O Grip’ handle which again is designed to reduce the strain on the user and gives more leverage.

To accompany this range is the Garden Grabber, cleverly designed with its telescopic handles, it is the ultimate back saving clean up tool lifting almost anything without bending or straining.

To complete the set there is the folding kneeler and bench. A sturdy multi use garden aid which can be a portable seat or a padded kneeler, giving greatly improved comfort when working in the garden and when not in use it neatly folds away for storage.

All these products are available now in our Peak Village Store at Rowsley near Matlock.

 

They are great if you want to spruce up your own gardening tools and will also make ideal gifts for those other keen gardeners!

 

Make your dad the envy of his neighbours this fathers day with these amazing gardening aids.

 

Fantastic Weekend!

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A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who visited and supported the opening of our new shop at Peak Village this weekend. It was a huge success !

Our official opening day was Thursday 5th April and we had our opening party Saturday and Easter Sunday.

With the shop decorated in bunting and a bow and balloon for every scooter, it definitely had the wow factor, the only thing missing was the sun. That was ok because we had the Easter bunny on hand with sweets for the children, goodie bags for the adults and prizes draws for all to enter.

Our scooters were on show for all to see which looked great outside the shop, but it was obvious the scooter with all the attention was the fabulous Drive Sport Rider. With it’s retro style and Harley Davison grace it’s no wonder everyone wanted a photo on it.

Inside the shop the Shoe Emporium was definitely a show stopper, a full wall of shoes, every woman’s dream! With the new spring and summer styles available they are hard to resist. Not forgetting the men we also have a great range of mens shoes and slippers to save you extra shopping.

Peak Village is a great shopping centre set in the heart of the dales, surrounded by the great British countryside and is proving to be the ideal set for the new shop. The crowds of people who visited us this weekend were a variety of local people and visitors to the area who welcomed us and were pleased our services are now available here.

If you have not yet visited the Peak Village shop pop along, you’re still in time to enter the prize draws.

Once again thank you and we look forward to seeing you soon.

 

 

 

Stars in Their Eyes!

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Clark and Partners are proud to sponsor the local based charity Stars in Our Eyes. And following another very successful charity even the local newspaper printed the following.

The Stars in Our Eyes charity music road show rolled into town with another colourful fund-raising event at the weekend.
Acts include Cher, Lady GaGa, Neil Diamond and Freddie Mercury were all represented at the three-hour tribute show at Pastures Lodge, Mexborough, on Saturday night.
And the even raised more than £1,000.00 for wheelchair bound Chris Hanson, of Spotborough.
Colin Rufus, from the Conisbrough based charity which puts on weekly shows to help raise cash for worthy causes throughout the region, said “It was an absolutely fantastic night – another sell out of Stars In Our Eyes which raised a huge chunk towards Chris’s new wheelchair.”
Stars in Our eyes have raised more than £5000,000 for charity since they were formed nine years ago.
They now have a packed schedule of bookings and are sponsored by Sheffield-based mobility specialists, Clark and Partners, which is helping them to continue their charitable work.
Colin said: “Clark and Partners have been a huge help to us and have ensured that we can go on fundraising.”
He Added: “We’re always well received by audiences but when we’ve had a successful show like the one at Pastures Lodge on Saturday night, it makes all our efforts worthwhile.”

We offer our support to Stars in Our Eyes and our congratulations for their 9 year anniversary next week.

On Your Doorstep

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Clark and Partners have been established for over 50 years and are well known for mobility throughout the area. They have 7 shops which can be found at Hillsborough, Wellington Street Sheffield, Doncaster Centre, Huddersfield, Derby City Centre and Rotherham General Hospital. Our biggest and busiest shop is situated at our Head Office Orgreave near Handsworth.

The shop is open Monday to Friday 9am till 5 pm and Saturdays 9am-12.30pm. It’s located on Orgreave Way just off Retford Road at Handsworth and is very easy to find with lots of free parking.

The shop has a vast amount of products on display for sale direct to the public, including Scooters, Rise and Recline Chairs, Manual and Powered Wheelchairs, Bathing Equipment, Beds and even a working Stannah Stair lift. Situated at Head Office, with an extensive warehouse, stocks are high and readily available. The shop also features a newly extended shoe and slipper department for all your footwear needs.

The helpful and experienced staff are on hand with good advice and have a great deal of knowledge within the mobility field. There is a Specialist Wheelchair and access team also based at Orgreave, so everything you could ever need is right there.

Visit today at 1 Orgreave Way Sheffield S13 9LS or call 0114 229 3391, email orgreave@clarkandpartners.co.uk