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Brynn Tudor
Sep 10, 06 - 4:50 PM |
Mobility Advice Line - An introduction
Mobility Advice Line (MAL for short) started life in 1994 at the home of Andy Whyment. Andy was an ex-ex policeman. He became a wheelchair user and found it quite difficult to gather information on all aspects of motoring, access, adaptations etc, so he decided to set up MAL. Andy sadly passed away in 1996, and his wife carried MAL on for a short while. Mrs Whyment found it difficult to keep the charity going so at the end of 1996 MAL was brought into it’s present home at West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre. Bringing MAL here meant that we had the resources at hand thanks to the Information Service on Disability. At the beginning of 1998 a full time worker (also a wheelchair user) started working here, however he found it very difficult in travelling to Selly Oak, particularly in winter months, so unfortunately he had to leave us. We then were took on board by another wheelchair user who was already running another charity and MAL survived again for a while until recently when it was found to be too much work running two charities. In August 2005 Mobility Advice Line survived again when Brynn Tudor accepted the offer to run it when he was asked. Brynn was involved with Disability Access Charter (the charity that Mobility Advice Line was part of). Brynn along with David, Janet and James kept Mobility Advice Line kept Mobility Advice Line alive once again. Unfortunately Janet had to leave us early 2006 due to work commitments with her day job. We have since been joined by Mr Stephen Mark Barchan B.Mus (Hons) Pgcert, Mr Niall Tomlinson B.Sc and Mr Lee Carter. Mr C M Launchbury who will be our accountant also will join us. Brynn has a long history with charity work and wishes to see Mobility Advice Line growing stronger and for us all to see M.A.L celebrate its next milestone of 20 years. September 2006 sees us celebrating our Tenth Anniversary. Mobility Advice Line is committed to providing help to Disabled people. Our aims are to help alleviate the suffering and distress of people with disabilities, their families, friends and carers. This can be advice, signposting or just simply someone to chat to. What ever the question is Mobility Advice Line will try and help you with it and if they can’t they will know someone who may. We receive calls on all range of questions from: Welfare Benefits, Blue Badge Scheme, Motability Allowance, Wheelchair and Electric Scooter hire, home adaptations, driving schools for the Disabled. We also sell RADAR Keys (Keys for Disabled Public Toilets. Also we take calls on tax for those who are in receipt of Disability Living Allowance. g their home converted to wheelchair friendly. The area we cover is West Midlands but we do take calls from other areas such as The South of England (Bournemouth), London (Surrey) and others due to Mobility Advice Line being the nearest organisation and the only organisation that offers this type of free service. Our main telephonist/advisor is Mrs V Lee who has been with Mobility Advice Line for eight years and is helped by Mr Brynn Tudor who is ex Citizens Advice Bureau trained. We hold events such as Sponsored Wheelchair ride, sponsored walk, Car Boot Sale and a 1920's Speakeasy evening. The first of these is on Saturday 16th September and will be our Sponsored Wheelchair Ride and walk. We do require more volunteers to become trustees and comittee members. If you would like further information on us or our events or if you would like to become involved in Mobility Advice Line please get in touch with Brynn Tudor on: 0121 414 1415 or by emailing him: brynn@mobility-advice.org.uk. Thanks. Brynn 
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