Meath Local Sports Partnership in association with Meath County Council are providing two Beach Wheelchairs for public use at Bettystown Beach. The Beach Wheelchairs will assist people with a physical disability and those with reduced mobility in accessing the beach and water. The two chairs – the Terra Wheels beach wheelchair is a durable wheelchair and is easily propelled by an attendant using the push handle; the Hippocampe is a beach friendly wheelchair allowing users to go into the water and swim while the chair floats.
The beach wheelchairs are available daily from 11am- 7pm in two-hour timeslots from the Beach Wardens hut, beside the Civic Centre.
Meath LSP have developed a registration platform to allow users to pre-book the wheelchairs – this will be managed on a daily basis by the beach wardens. Pre-booking is essential, see the booking page
Testing the registration page and durability of the chairs were a pupil and parent from Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh Laytown, representatives from the Adult Day Service Resilience Healthcare; also in attendance were , Dara McGowan, Director of Services, Meath County Council; the Beach Wardens and Meath LSP Sports Inclusion Disability Officer Terry Donegan.
For more information, please contact the Sports Inclusion Disability Officer Terry Donegan on 0469067887 or email tdonegan@meathcoco.ie