Drive Ability North West

Drive Ability North West We can help you with assisted driving, accessibility and independent living.

Drive Ability North West would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!🎄🎉🎅🏽Please note that we ...
24/12/2025

Drive Ability North West would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!🎄🎉🎅🏽

Please note that we are now officially out of office and stepping into Christmas! 🎶✨🙌🏼🥳

Our telephone lines will reopen as usual on 2nd January 2026‼️ Please email or leave a voicemail for any queries over the festive period and we will reply as soon as possible.

See you next year!! 👋🏼💗

🥳✨Thank you all for helping us reach our 2025 goal of 400 followers💗!! ✨🥳And hello to our new followers 👋🏼 Wishing every...
23/12/2025

🥳✨Thank you all for helping us reach our 2025 goal of 400 followers💗!! ✨🥳

And hello to our new followers 👋🏼

Wishing everyone a happy festive period!🎅🎄🎉

🎄 Our Christmas wish is 400 followers 🎄🤩 We are only 7 away!! Please help us by sharing our page and achieve our Christm...
18/12/2025

🎄 Our Christmas wish is 400 followers 🎄

🤩 We are only 7 away!! Please help us by sharing our page and achieve our Christmas wish 🤩

Need support getting back on the road after a ? 🚘 We can help ✅For free driving support and assessment: 📲 0300 300 1100...
17/12/2025

Need support getting back on the road after a ? 🚘

We can help ✅

For free driving support and assessment:

📲 0300 300 1100
💻 www.bridgewater.nhs.uk/drive

Feel older age may be affecting your driving? 🚗We can help you drive safely, maintaining your independence as a driver o...
13/12/2025

Feel older age may be affecting your driving? 🚗

We can help you drive safely, maintaining your independence as a driver or passenger 💙

For free driving support and assessment:

📲 0300 300 1100
💻 www.bridgewater.nhs.uk/drive

Today we had to give in to the naughty elves ransom request to release our beloved DANW bear! 💗 The office wasn’t the sa...
11/12/2025

Today we had to give in to the naughty elves ransom request to release our beloved DANW bear! 💗 The office wasn’t the same without him.

The elves are happily eating our chocolates, the bear is free and they have even decided to let him join the victory party as a gesture of goodwill! 🥰🥳

The naughty elves are committed to their bear-napping! 🐻 They have even stolen one of our mobility scooters as their get...
10/12/2025

The naughty elves are committed to their bear-napping! 🐻 They have even stolen one of our mobility scooters as their getaway vehicle now! 😱😱

Last week was International Day of Persons with Disabilities 🌍 (3rd December 2025) and this month is UK Disability Histo...
10/12/2025

Last week was International Day of Persons with Disabilities 🌍 (3rd December 2025) and this month is UK Disability History Month which both aim to promote inclusion and accessibility for all. ✅

🚗 Driving can be more challenging with a disability but there are a range of driving aids and adaptations to overcome these difficulties! 🙌

Having a disability shouldn’t exclude you from driving. Our friendly team of Occupational Therapists and Approved Driving Instructors are here to support your independence and help you to identify safe and comfortable driving solutions. 😊

If you or someone you know has a disability and may benefit from an adaptation assessment, get in touch with us on 0300 300 1100 📞

Post credit to our OT Student, Izzy.

The naughty elves have started at DANW! We regret to inform you that DANW’s emotional support bear has been bear-napped!...
09/12/2025

The naughty elves have started at DANW!

We regret to inform you that DANW’s emotional support bear has been bear-napped!! 😱😱 The demands for his return are steep: 🍫chocolate and an office filled with festive cheer!!! 🥳🎄🎅🏼

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✨ ⭐ Monday Motivation! ⭐ ✨ 👋🏼 Meet our client who recently attended Drive Ability North West wishing to explore if there...
08/12/2025

✨ ⭐ Monday Motivation! ⭐ ✨

👋🏼 Meet our client who recently attended Drive Ability North West wishing to explore if there was a safe and feasible solution to allow him to get his provisional licence and start learning to drive. 🤔 🚘

Our client has impairment in three limbs but we were able to identify a high tech solution to get him on the road to getting his provisional licence! ✅ 🙌🏼 🪪

He used a four-way joystick 🕹️ and was very happy with the identified solution! 😃

If you’re a provisional licence holder and wondering if there is a driving solution for you, get in touch for assessment and advice! 📞

☎️ 0300 300 1100

Some of the Drive Ability North West crew enjoying a Christmas get together yesterday in Manchester!🎅🏼🎄🥳We even found ou...
07/12/2025

Some of the Drive Ability North West crew enjoying a Christmas get together yesterday in Manchester!🎅🏼🎄🥳

We even found our next new wheels for the fleet. What do you think?! 👀 🩷

We help hundreds of children with disabilities get out and about with free car seat and harness assessments 💙Contact us ...
06/12/2025

We help hundreds of children with disabilities get out and about with free car seat and harness assessments 💙

Contact us at:

📲 0300 300 1100
💻 http://bridgewater.nhs.uk/drive

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193 Newton Road
Merseyside
WA92HJ

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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We are a Driving Mobility accredited regional driving assessment service, which is operated by Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and supported by the Department for Transport (DfT). The service is one of only 4 NHS operated driving assessment centres in the UK and has been in operation for over 26 years, being previously known as Wrightington Mobility Centre, and based at Wrightington hospital.

Our main centre is based in Haydock, Merseyside, although we also operate outreach services within the Liverpool and Lancashire area, which enables us to see our clients in areas closer to their own homes.

The North West Driving Assessment Service team consists of 6 Occupational Therapists, 3 Approved Driving Instructors and 2 Administrators. We undertake assessments and provide advice on all aspects of driving, vehicle adaptations, vehicle access and loading and stowage of mobility equipment in a vehicle. Assessments and advice with regards to motorised mobility scooter suitability are also available at our centre.

The service also undertake assessments and provide advice for specialist car seats and harnesses for disabled children. We are also the North West providers for the Bugzi service which is owned and operated by Meru charity.