Remap annual awards

Professor Fred Maillardet presented the annual Remap awards yesterday at an inspiring meeting in London. An exceptional year’s work by Remap’s 900 volunteers led to a challenging judging session, but finally seven exceptional projects were selected. These were:

• Aids to help a first time mum Jenny, with only one functional arm carry her baby and change its nappy
• Modifications to ride-on floor sweeper to help 57 year old man stay in work
• Adjustable wheelchair footrests for woman with MS
• Yacht modifications for three ex-servicemen competing in disabled sailing
• Mouth operated controls for sony e-reader for a woman with MS
• Cutlery holder for woman with post-polio syndrome
• Chair footrests for children at special school for those with hearing loss

In these and other projects by the charity, life changing equipment was made by volunteers, then presented free of charge to those disabled people for whom it was personally designed.