Thank you Companies, Organisations and Individuals

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Thank you
Companies, Organisations and Individuals
On behalf of all beneficiaries, Motability would like to thank everyone who supported us in
2011/12. In particular we wish to acknowledge the support of:
3R Restoration
Acorn Vehicle Solutions
Adaptacar Ltd
Adapted Vehicle Hire Limited
Ai Claims Solutions
Ainsley Harriott
Alan Carr
Alan Hudson Ltd
Alan Tomlinson
Allen & Overy LLP
Allianz Cornhill Insurance plc
Allied Vehicles Ltd
Asda
Atlas Conversions
Aviagen Turkeys Ltd
BAA Glasgow
Bank of England
BCA
Belron UK Limited t/a Autoglass®
Big Publishing
Bistro Pierre
Bob Dylan
Bombay Bicycle Club
Bournemouth and West Hampshire
Water Plc
Boyes Turner LLP
Brian Turner
British Polythene Industries PLC
BTO
Bury Council
Car Controls Ltd
Cast
Celtic Charity Fund
Charles Hurst Group
Chase & Status
Chris Addison
Citroën UK Ltd
City Motor Services (Cardiff)
Clark & Partners Limited
Club Company, The
Coldplay
Constables Limited
Copart
Cowal Mobility Aids Ltd
David Guetta
David Nicholls Mobility
Disabled Care & Mobility
Down Hall Country House Hotel
Duran Duran
DWF LLP
Elap Mobility
Electrocomponents plc
Elvis Costello
Emeli Sandé
EMI
Enterprise Rent-a-Car
epyx Ltd
Europcar Group UK Limited
Evander Glazing and Locks
Finance Mitsubishi
First Group plc
Fleet Air Arm Museum, The
Fleet Auction Group, The
Ford Retail
George Michael
Ghostpoet
Gino D'Acampo
GM Coachwork
Go Express Couriers
Hannah's Homemades
Haven Holidays
haysmacintyre
Holiday Inn, Liverpool
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC
International Sport Management Limited
James May
Jedward
Jim Doran Hand Controls
JLS
John Lewis
John Swire & Sons Limited
John Torrode
Kaiser Chiefs
Kasabian
Katherine Jenkins
Ken Dodd
Kevin Woodford
Kewal Mobility Ltd
Kwik Fit Fleet
Land Securities
Lawrence Graham LLP
Lee Westwood
Lewis Reed (WAV) Limited
Liverpool Football Club
M & J Irving
Manheim Europe
McCain Foods (GB) Ltd
McElmeel Mobility Group
McFly
Michael Flatley
Mitchells Garage (Lowestoft) Ltd
Motability Operations
Mystery Jets
Next Plc
Nissan Motor (GB) Ltd
Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Npower
N-tec UK
Paul Merton
Paul Starr
Pennon Group Plc
Phil Vickery
Phillip Chapman Car Care
PING
PL Mobility
Powerleague
Premier Farnell plc
Prudential PLC
Quality Repair Centres
RAC
Raymond Blanc
Rebecca Ferguson
Relaxation Centre, The
Renaissance Investigation
& Surveillance Company Ltd
Renault UK
Rexam Plc
RG Investigations
RSA
Sarah Millican
SEAT UK
Sellafield Ltd
Shell UK Ltd
Shepherd Group Ltd
Sherwood Compliance Services Ltd
Signet Jewelers Limited
SMA Vehicle Remarketing
Standard Life
Steering Developments Ltd
Stereophonics
Sting
Sunningdale Golf Club
Taylors of Harrogate
Techmobility Sussex
The Ascott Limited
The Grand, Bristol
The Green Man Hotel
The Wombats
Thomas Davis & Co (London) Ltd
Tom Aikens
Tom's Kitchen, Chelsea
Torquay Squadron
Two Door Cinema Club
Vauxhall Motors
Volkswagen UK
Waitrose
Warwickshire Golf & Country Club
Wilkin & Sons Limited
Wookey Hole Caves and Papermill
WPP 2005 Ltd
York Racecourse
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Thank you
Trusts and Foundations
Motability would like to acknowledge the support of the following Trusts and Foundations
that have made our work possible in 2011/12:
1989 Willan Charitable Trust
Alice Ellen Cooper Dean Charitable
Foundation
The Anson Charitable Trust
The Benham Charitable Settlement
C B and H H Taylor 1984 Trust
Charles S French Charitable Trust
CHK Charities Limited
Sheffield Church Burgesses Trust
The Constance Travis Charitable Trust
Coventry Church (Municipal) Charities
Cruden Foundation Limited
De Haan Charitable Trust
The De La Rue Charitable Trust
Duke of Northumberland's Charity
E F Bulmer Benevolent Fund
Eveson Charitable Trust
Fryerning Foundation
G M Morrison Charitable Trust
Garfield Weston Foundation
Hospital Saturday Fund Charitable Trust
Huntingdon Freemen’s Trust
James Weir Foundation
Jean S Innes Charitable Trust
John James Bristol Foundation
Keith & Joan Mindelsohn Charitable Trust
Kilcreggan Trust
Leng Charitable Trust
Liebenrood Charitable Trust
Geoff's Ludford Charitable Trust
MacDonald-Buchanan Charitable Trust
Maud Elkington Charitable Trust
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Miss Marion Broughton’s Charitable Trust
Mr and Mrs J A Pye's Charitable Settlement
Paul Bassham Charitable Trust
The Pennycress Trust
Peter Harrison Foundation
PF Charitable Trust
Ponton House Trust
Provincial/Walsh Trust For Bolton
R H S Spurgin Charitable Trust
R W Mann Trust
Raymond and Blanche Lawson
Charitable Trust
Reuben Foundation
Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys
Sir Edward Lewis Foundation
The Sir James Miller Edinburgh Trust
Sir William Boreman’s Foundation
St Austell Brewery Charitable Trust
The St Michaels and All Saints Charity
Starkie Bence Charitable Trust
Strathclyde Police Benevolent Fund
Tansley Charity Trust
The Alan Baillie Charitable Trust
The Alison Hillman Charitable Trust
Appletree Trust
The Ardwick Trust
The B V MacAndrew Trust
The Ballinger Charitable Trust
The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation
The Bhai Kaka Trust
The Calleva Foundation
The Camelia Trust
The Carrington Charitable Trust
The Christopher Laing Foundation
The Cornwell Charitable Trust
The Coutts Charitable Trust
The Crerar Hotels Trust
The Edward & Dorothy Cadbury Trust
The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust
The Fitton Trust
The Gurney Charitable Trust
The Hamilton Wallace Trust
The Hedley Denton Charitable Trust
The Helianthus Charitable Trust
The Hoover Foundation
The Hudson Foundation
Hugh & Mary Miller Bequest
The Hugh Fraser Foundation
The Hull & East Riding Charitable Trust
The Ian Fleming Charitable Trust
The James Beattie Charitable Trust
The James Wise Charitable Trust
The Jane Hodge Foundation
The John Coates Charitable Trust
The Joicey Trust
The Joseph & Annie Cattle Trust
The Julius Silman Charitable Trust
The Lake House Charitable Foundation
The Lord Cozens-Hardy Trust
The Lynn Foundation
The M Foundation
The Madeley Trust
The Margaret Gladys Grimes
Charitable Trust
The Martin Connell Charitable Trust
The Michael & Anna Wix Charitable Trust
Mulberry Trust
The Multithon Trust
The N & P Hartley Memorial Trust
The Nancie Massey Charitable Trust
The Nicky and Eileen Barber
Charitable Trust
The Norman Family Charitable Trust
The Northampton Queen’s Institute Relief
in Sickness Fund
The Oldhurst Trust
The Patricia & Donald Shepherd
Charitable Trust
The Paravicini Dyer Charitable Trust
The Pharsalia Charitable Trust
The Pixiella Trust
The Privy Purse Charitable Trust
The Proven Family Trust
The Reginald and Ena Hill Foundation
The Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust
The Rofeh Trust
The Rose Adeane Trust
The Rothley Trust
The Roy Tucker Charitable Settlement
The Royal British Legion Scotland
Women’s Section
The Sheffield Town Trust
The Sherling Charitable Trust
Miss D B Simpson Charitable Trust
Sir William Coxen Trust Fund
The Souter Charitable Trust
The Spear Charitable Trust
The Steinberg Family Charitable Trust
The Sweet Pea Charitable Trust
The Thomas Edward Clarke Trust
The Thomas Farr Charity
The Valentine Charitable Trust
The Vassiliou Charitable Trusts
The Verdon-Smith Family Charitable Trust
The Weinstein Foundation
The Zochonis Charitable Trust
Tillotson Bradbery Charitable Trust
W L Pratt Charitable Trust
The Sheffield and District Hospital Services
Charitable Fund
William Grant & Sons Ltd
case for support
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For the past 35 years,
Motability has provided
freedom and independence
to disabled people across
the UK.
How the Motability Scheme works
Motability enables disabled people to lease a car, scooter or
powered wheelchair using their government-funded mobility
allowance.
The following allowances can be used:
• Higher Rate Mobility Component of Disability Living
Allowance (HRMC DLA)
• Enhanced Rate of the Mobility Component of Personal
Independence Payment (ERMC PIP)
• War Pensioners’ Mobility Supplement (WPMS)
Motability is a registered charity, founded
in 1977 and incorporated by Royal Charter.
Motability has enabled over three million
disabled people to become mobile by
exchanging their mobility allowance to lease
a new car, scooter or powered wheelchair.
• Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP)
Charitable Grants from Motability
If a standard production car does not meet the mobility needs
of an individual, Motability can provide charitable grants to
those who require a complex solution to suit their individual
needs and who are unable to meet the cost this requires.
For many disabled people being mobile can be
life-changing. Access to suitable transport means they
can do the simple things that many people take for
granted, like dropping their children to school, getting
to the supermarket and attending essential doctor or
hospital appointments. Being mobile can also empower
them to pursue work or education and to participate in
hobbies and pastimes in their local communities.
Examples of these are:
Here, in our case for support, you will find more information
about: how Motability works; how vital our charitable
grants fund is; and how we are raising funds to meet the
need of charitable grants. Most importantly, we would like
to share some stories which show first-hand how important
the work of Motability is.
Our ability to make charitable grants is dependent upon
voluntary income. To ensure we make the best use of our
supporters donations, all beneficiaries of a grant are
means-tested so we only help the most disadvantaged people,
and we only provide the least expensive suitable solution so
we can help as many people as possible. Last year we made
3,193 charitable grants to disabled people across the UK.
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Beneficiary stories
• Car adaptations (such as wheelchair hoists or infra-red
controls)
• Vehicle Advance Payments (often for larger, more
expensive vehicles)
• Driving lessons for 16-24 year olds, ensuring young disabled
people have access to driving tuition in specially adapted cars.
Here you can read some stories from people we have
helped in the last year:
Amber-Rose
Four year old Amber-Rose is happy and outgoing – she loves her
dollies and having tea parties with them. She has central apnea,
global development delay and has seizures; conditions which
affect her breathing and mobility. She also has low muscle tone
and hypermobility so her family need to travel with a lot of extra
equipment including an adapted pushchair and oxygen.
Amber-Rose lives with her mum, dad and brother. Her mum
Nicola explains “Before we found out about Motability we had
a car but we could not fit the whole family and Amber-Rose’s
equipment in. Also, the car was low down and my back was
constantly strained from lifting her in and out”. Nicola found out
about Motability from her key worker and they approached us
for a charitable grant towards a suitable car that could
accommodate the family’s needs.
Nicola says “The help from Motability has made such a difference
to our lives. I can fit Amber-Rose’s equipment in the car and the
higher seating has made lifting her in and out of the vehicle much
easier. Most importantly, we can travel together as a family.”
Lesley
Lesley is a 32 year old learning support assistant at a technology
college. She lives with her husband Craig and their three year old
daughter. Lesley has Lupus and Sjorgen’s Syndrome – an auto-immune
disease that causes restricted movement in her limbs.
Lesley describes herself as a positive, bouncy person. She has been
living with Lupus since she was 15 years old but it was only when
she had her daughter three years ago that her condition worsened
significantly. She says “Having my daughter caused my condition
to deteriorate. It was devastating as we had been trying to have a
baby for seven years and all the things we had hoped to do with
her are now more difficult”. Lesley and Craig, who is also disabled,
applied to Motability for help to get a car big enough to accommodate
Lesley’s scooter, Craig’s wheelchair and a hoist to lift the scooter in
and out. Lesley says “Our Motability car has been a lifeline. Without
the car I would not be able to get out to do the shopping or take my
daughter out.
Motability has been there throughout my disability and when my
condition worsened they have been there to make sure I get the car
that most suits my needs. It allows me to keep my independence.”
Zoe
Zoe, 17, is currently studying science at college and plans to
go to university. Zoe has cerebral palsy which limits her ability
to walk.
She applied to Motability for help with driving lessons in an
automatic car with hand controls, and Motability funded
40 lessons in a specially adapted car with a trained driving
instructor. Zoe has been a Motability customer for a number
of years. As a child her parents drove her around, but now
she is 17 she hopes learning to drive will enable her to move
forward with her education, enjoy days out with her friends
and give her greater independence.
Margaret
Margaret is four and lives with her mum, dad and sisters.
She loves swimming and going to the park. Margaret has
spina bifida and hydrocephalus so she finds it very difficult
to walk and uses a walking frame. She also needs to travel
with a lot of specialist mobility equipment. Before the family
discovered Motability they had a small vehicle and there
wasn’t enough space for the family to travel together with
all of Margaret’s equipment.
Margaret’s mum Sarah explains “We used to have an old car
that was always breaking down. It became so expensive to
run and I was always worried on every journey – especially if
I had Margaret in the car. Since we got our first Motability car
life has been brilliant. We finally have a car that is reliable
and I know that every time I put the key in the ignition it is
going to start. I can’t tell you what a relief that is. It is larger
so I can fit in all the equipment Margaret needs without
stress, and we are able to go out as a family in one vehicle.
We are very grateful to Motability for their help.”
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How we raise money
Motability raises money in a variety of ways: from individuals who fundraise for us, donations from
charitable trusts and foundations, corporate support and from our trading activity.
Individual giving
Corporate fundraising
Individual supporters play an important role in our fundraising and
we are grateful for their on-going generosity which comes from
a range of activities including; sponsored events or challenges,
raffles and appeals. Our most committed supporters make regular
monthly gifts to us and some donors choose to remember us
in their will or make a gift in remembrance of a loved one.
In a tough economic climate Motability’s corporate
supporters remain committed to supporting our charitable
aims and objectives.
• In 2011/12, we raised over £1.67 million from raffles,
appeals, regular gifts and subsequent gift aid claimed.
In 2011/12, we raised £234,000 through employee fundraising,
corporate donations and events.
Some important contributions were:
• A national events programme which raised over £90,000.
• Corporate partner RSA committed over £90,000 in donations
and employee fundraising.
Trusts and Foundations
We are extremely grateful to Trusts and Foundations who
continue to provide substantial support to Motability.
• In 2011/12, we received 140 gifts from grant-making
organisations, ranging from £50 to £20,000. These individual
gifts provided a total of £243,000 to help disabled people.
• Asda donated £20,000 from their scheme which fines
non-disabled drivers who park in disabled bays in their
car parks.
• Almost £25,000 was raised from companies supporting
our Christmas Appeal.
Trading
Motability carries out trading activities to generate income
including commission earned from our affinity Home, Pet
and Travel Insurance products and seasonal product sales
at Christmas, Easter and Valentines.
Haven Holidays continued to offer special holiday discounts
to our customers, generating commission to Motability of
over £40,000.
• In 2011/12, we raised £241,000.
How we raised and spent our charitable grants fund in 2011/12
Income
Expenditure
Voluntary Income
Adaptations and
Advance Payments
Trading Income
Driving Lessons
Investment Income
£’000
£’000
Voluntary Income
2,126
Adaptations and Advance Payments
Trading Income
1,391
Driving Lessons
Investment Income
Total incoming resources
22
3,539
This is extracted from Motability’s Annual Accounts 2011/2012
1,393
510
Total value of charitable grants
to disabled people
1,903
This is extracted from Motability’s Annual Accounts 2011/2012
If you would like to learn more about Motability, please contact our Supporter Care team
on 0845 166 8786 or email fundraising@motability.co.uk or visit our website: motability.co.uk
If you are from a grant-making organisation, please contact
Gary Taylor on 01279 632065 or garyt@motability.co.uk
Motability Fundraising Warwick House, Roydon Road, Harlow, Essex CM19 5PX
Registered Charity: 299745 | All images © Motability
Our thanks go to RSA for
their generous donation
which enabled us to
produce this brochure.