Beach Wheelchairs at Portobello

We had a great day out at the beach in Portobello using the beach wheelchairs..

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The beach wheelchairs are a free service staffed by volunteers. You need to phone in advance to book them. There is a mobile hoist to assist with transfers into the beach wheelchairs. They have a selection of different types and sizes of chairs depending on your needs which you can check out online before booking. The pupils had a great time getting up close to the sea and the sand in a way that they couldn't in their regular wheelchairs. The beach wheelchairs can even go into the water up to a few centimetres so we splashed and raced each other along the shore. It was an exciting and new sensory experience for the pupils and lots of fun for the staff too. Our school bus was able to park close up to the wheelchair hut and there was easy ramped access to the beach.