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We’ve been promoting ourselves quite a bit recently by visiting some of the hotspots around the area, this week we popped along to Ormskirk’s famous Thursday market and give out a lot of information regarding www.bmsupplies.co.uk, mobility scooters and of course the North West mobility shop itself – which is now open on Saturdays.
While we were there we were able to see some of the amenities available to the disabled and elderly while the market is on and I thought it may be worth mentioning about the West Lancashire shop mobility program in our blog.
West Lancashire Shopmobility exists to enhance the lives of people that have mobility problems by providing various items of mobility equipment such as wheelchairs, scooters, & walking aids to almost anyone who lives in or visits the North West & the West Lancashire area, whose mobility is impaired by illness, injury, or frailty, enabling them to access the shops, medical & public facilities of Southport, Ormskirk & Skelmersdale town centres.
Shop Mobility also hires out their equipment (apart from scooters) for use on UK and foreign holidays.
Almost anyone who finds it difficult to walk around Ormskirk & Skelmersdale town centres can use Shopmobility, and there will always be a member of staff or a volunteer on hand to welcome you and to give full instruction on how to use the mobility equipment of your choice. There are practice areas where you can familiarize yourself with your selected piece of equipment.
West Lancashire Shopmobility has two offices and they are in the market town of Ormskirk and also at the Concourse Shopping Centre in Skelmersdale. Each area has a wide variety of shops and supermarkets, the shopmobility stores are very handily situated in or near the town centres.
In Ormskirk there is a small indoor market on Moorgate that is open every day except Sunday and the outdoor market is usually held on a Thursday. Ormskirk also has all the usual shops you would expect in a town of this size, It has branches of Boots, Dixons, Superdrug, WH Smith, Bon Marche, Holland and Barrett, Burton, Dorothy Perkins and Argos. It has four supermarkets- Tesco Metro, Morrison’s, Aldi and Marks and Spencer (Food Only).
The area also has an excellent selection of places to eat and drink. The Concourse Shopping centre houses a small indoor market, a selection of places to eat and drink and has a variety of supermarkets, such as Aldi, Farm Foods and Iceland. There are a variety of fashion and shoe stores such as Bon Marche and Peacocks. It also has branches of Superdrug, Home and Bargain, Wilkinson’s and Boots. Asda is a short walk or drive from the Concourse.
West Lancashire Shopmobility is open Monday to Saturday from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Shopmobility Ormskirk: 01695 57005
Shopmobility Skelmersdale: 01695 550066
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