Josh Wintersgill crowned Great British Entrepreneur of the Year for the South West
Josh Wintersgill, the founder of ableMove has been crowned the first South West Great British Entrepreneur of the Year at the NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards. Josh, who also picked up the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy at 18 months old and has
Rental service coming soon
ALERT... Breaking News...!!! We are launching a new rental service for our easyTravelseat. You can pick it up for as little as £38.00 + p&p a week! Never before, have wheelchair users had the opportunity to rent such a product that provides so much value starting at £38.00 + p&p
easyTravelseat has been hotting up this summer
Since our latest blog back in June 2018, we have been extremely busy on all fronts - please see below for a snippet of everything we have been up to. Recent customer reviews Elise - from the South West of England“We are so pleased with our easyTravelseat. We used it
Insitu transfer seat allows wheelchair user to access a car
It’s been the busiest month for easyTravelseat to date. Lots of exciting developments, stories and journeys taking place, including the implementation of the Gelovations gel dimensional pad helping people up to grade 2 pressure sores. We now have an FAQ page live, Josh’s trip to Sweden who accessed a car
Wheelchair transfer review boarding an aircraft
We asked Claire Taggart, a GB Boccia Paralympian to write a personal review about her recent wheelchair transfer experience boarding an aircraft using the easyTravelseat when flying to a Boccia game in Zagreb, Croatia. Claire's version of event's Having arrived at my hotel at Heathrow, I received the
Naidex 2019, easy family of brands conference and customer feedback
Naidex A year on from 2018 when myself and Charlotte first visited Naidex 2018, it was a target to be exhibiting at the event in 2019 – after the successes of the UK Disabled Entrepreneurs Award 2018, the first action for us was to book a stand for 2019. We
From Able Move to easyTravelseat.com
Following on from the awards, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou invited me to his easyGroup HQ in London to initially discuss the potential for a brand license deal, covering Intellectual Property, the vision of Able Move and how we could foresee the easy® brand being used. Part of our discussion over the
Able Move Achieves Rating from Leading Magazine
[row] [col span__sm="12"] The UK’s favourite disability lifestyle publication, Able Magazine has awarded Able Move a 4 star rating for its Able Move product. Able Magazine reviews the best products in the marketplace in order to give disabled people a benchmark to look for as they purchase new disability specific
easyTravelseat is born!
The sky is no limit, wheelchair transfers with safety, dignity and comfort.
UK Disabled entrepreneur awards 2018
I had founded in February 2018, Able Move Ltd – my first leap into entrepreneurship… with a belief of making aviation more accessible for people with physical disabilities. Little did I know, seven months later Able Move would become not only a finalist but the winner of the UK Disabled
UK DISABLED ENTREPRENEUR AWARDS 2018
Read about Josh's experience of being a finalist and the overall winner of the UK Disabled Entrepreneur Awards 2018 ran by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and his Stelios Philanthropic Foundation in partnership with Leonard Cheshire.
Paralympian Claire Taggart Guest Blogs for ableMove
Claire Taggart, Paralympic Boccia sportswoman has found time in her demanding schedule to write a guest blog for us! It
Parallel tackles disability inclusion
We interviewed Andrew Douglass Founder of Parallel, ahead of the Windsor Virtual, taking place on Sunday 27th June 2021,
Air travel for wheelchair users
Improving the future of air travel for wheelchair users and broader accessibility and inclusion with Kate Hardwick. Air travel for
The importance of hydration for wheelchair users
The importance of hydration for wheelchair users and what good hydration looks like Hydration issues as a wheelchair user is
Powerchair football – improving greater access through a new partnership with G5 Sport Services
Powerchair football King and England captain, Chris Gordon discusses new partnership between G5 Sports Services and ableMove! Powerchair football is
Josh Wintersgill who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy shares his reaction to one of fifty photographs, in a unique, new online exhibition
Reflections in Colour, launched on 10 May 2021, is a series of pictures born of the friendship between a businessman
ableMove at Naidex 2021
The whole ableMove team have arrived back safely from Naidex 2021, exhausted but exhilarated. What an incredible week for everyone involved. With uncertainty around Covid, no one was sure what to expect from this year’s key disability event but the whole team agrees that it was a great success. It
ableMove featured on reviewmobility blog
Reviewmobility is the UK’s first mobility review platform allowing customers to leave their reviews on their experience with a mobility company so that others can read their first-hand experience and make sure the products and services they buy are from good and reputable companies. We are delighted to have been featured on
Paralympic shooter Ryan Cockbill tells us the benefits of using the ableSling as a disabled athlete
Ryan Cockbill is a British Paralympic shooter who has competed in two Paralympics and is right now on his way to Tokyo to compete at his third in the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Ryan is also the proud owner of the ableSling – a sit-in transfer sling for hoisting
5 top tips when flying as a wheelchair user
Flying as a wheelchair user can often feel like an overwhelming and very daunting experience - even for those with more experience, navigating a post Covid world of flying is going to be a challenge. ableMove Founder, Josh Wintersgill, with 27 years of flying experience as a wheelchair user and