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Shopmobility has wheeled into Llanelli after 12 years of trying. The store with an initial eight scooters opened at 16 Cowell Street on Monday. Shopmobility is a scheme which hires manual wheelchairs, powered wheelchairs and powered scooters to members of the public of all ages with limited mobility to shop and to visit leisure and commercial facilities within town centres. Carmarthenshire Council have guaranteed £30,000 for each of the first three years thanks to the support of a Welsh Government transport grant. Llanelli Company, LTC, is delivering the Llanelli operation. County head of transport and engineering Stephen Piliner said: “The Council has provided financial support to enable the scheme to get off the ground. We have supported a similar scheme in Carmarthen and it has encouraged a whole new range of shoppers and visitors to the town.”

Shopmobility has wheeled into Llanelli after 12 years of trying. The store, with an initial eight scooters, opened at 16 Cowell Street on Monday, April 2. Shopmobility is a scheme which hires manual wheelchairs, powered wheelchairs and powered scooters to members of the public of all ages with limited mobility to shop and to visit leisure and commercial facilities within town centres. Carmarthenshire Council have guaranteed £30,000 for each of the first three years thanks to the support of a Welsh Government transport grant. Llanelli Company, LTC, is delivering the Llanelli operation. County head of transport and engineering Stephen Piliner said: “The Council has provided financial support to enable the scheme to get off the ground. We have supported a similar scheme in Carmarthen and it has encouraged a whole new range of shoppers and visitors to the town.”

It's planned to get Shopmobility’s wheels moving soon in Llanelli. After 10 years of trying, Llanelli Shopmobility opens up at 16 Cowell Street on April 2. Shopmobility is a scheme which hires manual wheelchairs, powered wheelchairs and powered scooters to members of the public of all ages with limited mobility to shop and to visit leisure and commercial facilities within town centres. Carmarthenshire Council have guaranteed £30,000 for each of the first three years thanks to the support of a Welsh Government transport grant. Chairman of Llanelli Shopmobility Roy Coslett said: “I have been involved for more than a decade and accede it has been a long time coming and is a service that desperately needed in Llanelli. “We have the benefit of having a Llanelli company, LTC , helping to deliver the Llanelli operation which will be a tremendous advantage because of their knowledge of mobility issues in Llanelli. “Other authorities and organisations have pledged to support us now th...

A new shopmobility scheme is opening in Carmarthen later this month. The service will operate from Unit 14 in St Catherine’s Walk from June onwards, with a launch planned for the end of May. There will be two open days later this month – on Monday, March 21, and Thursday, March 24, from 10am to 4pm on both days. Organisers are now looking to recruit two part time project workers to staff the unit but will staff with volunteers for the first two open days. Carmarthenshire County Council has supported the scheme and contributed towards the cost. Transport executive board member Cllr Philip Hughes said: “Shopmobility is an excellent scheme which will provide a very valuable service for shoppers with limited mobility. “The county council is pleased to have been able to support this and look forward to it opening.”