How to use your British Red Cross transit wheelchair

This video guide will help you get started using your wheelchair.

It includes information on how to:
- open and set up your wheelchair
- use your wheelchair safely
- turn your wheelchair, and go up and down kerbs
- fold your wheelchair when you are not using it
- put your wheelchair in a car or van
- clean your wheelchair

For more information on the British Red Cross mobility aid loan service visit: www.redcross.org.uk/get-help/borrow-a-wheelchair
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