Star to Help Customise Children’s Wheelchairs

Boyzone singer and professional motorsport driver, Shane Lynch, has announced a partnership with charity, Caudwell Children, to help customise children’s wheelchairs.

The ‘Dream Wheelz’ project is a collaboration between the charity and Shane’s customisation company, Prestige Wrap & Customs.  The venture will help to add personality to children’s wheelchairs with individual paintwork and customised seating.

Wheelchairs with Personality

Shane comments: “I’ve wanted to do something like this for ages.  A kid’s wheelchair is so important to them so it is essential that it looks and feels cool.  The guys at Prestige Wrap spend all day working on luxury cars; it will be great to add some of that flair to something as important as a wheelchair.”

Caudwell Children, based in Staffordshire, provides equipment, treatment and therapies for sick and disabled children across the UK.  Each year they provide hundreds of state-of-the-art powered wheelchairs for children up to the age of 18.

Charity Chief Executive, Trudi Beswick, said: “For a young disabled person their wheelchair is an extension of their personality, it goes everywhere with them.

“This wonderful project gives kids the chance to add some real street cred to their wheelchair and helps them express their own personality to everyone they meet.  We are really grateful to Shane and the team at Prestige Wrap for supporting our work and coming up with this great idea.”