A rescue service for the disabled world

Skiggle – a rescue service for the disabled world

The only charity of its kind in the UK to specifically help when you urgently need access to disability care products and equipment.

Providing vital – potentially lifesaving – help and support to people with all kinds of disabilities, and their families and carers, Skiggle has amassed a membership of more than 7,500 across the UK and is continually growing.

The Skiggle SOS emergency alert service sees a community come together around-the-clock to answer urgent calls for help from people all over the country. You could be away from home and realise you’ve forgotten a crucial piece of equipment that would be almost impossible to get hold of at short notice. What would you do if you need, or caring for someone who needs, a feeding tube or catheter, or a slide board to get in and out of bed? These aren’t things you can pick up in a supermarket but contact Skiggle and someone could be geographically close enough to help you out in an emergency.

The Skiggle Marketplace regularly helps people find a wide range of disability and special needs care products and equipment. The safe, fully regulated platform offers a place for people to rehome unopened, surplus items like feed, incontinence pads, and clinical dressings, to larger mobility and bathing aids. In recent months, listings on Skiggle’s Marketplace have almost doubled as more people become aware of the charity and that perfectly safe, sealed items can be rehomed and not thrown away as too often instructed. In times of stock shortages or supply chain delays, the Skiggle Marketplace is one of the only places where people can source vital supplies, and crucially, avoid traumatic hospital stays.

If you’re interested in finding out more and using the charity’s services, you can register for free to become part of a thriving network of like-minded people. Skiggle is the safety net you need to give you peace of mind to live your fullest, happiest life. With Skiggle, life always comes before any disability.

Brian Chenier MBE, BSO Prosthetics at Blesma, added: “As with all great ideas it is often the simplest that have the most impact. I have seen myself the distress caused when a member realises that they have left a vital piece of kit at home. Having the Skiggle network to reach out to for immediate support is great”

Find out more: https://www.skiggle.co.uk