Motability

Motability Foundation champions transport equity and independence for disabled people, founded to eliminate mobility barriers preventing full societal participation. Guided by values of inclusion, fairness, independence, and evidence-led innovation, it drives systemic change through targeted grants fostering personal mobility, social inclusion, and barrier-free journeys for work, education, healthcare, leisure, and daily life. Its philosophy prioritizes needs-led support maximizing fairness, cost-effectiveness, and reach, partnering with charities for practical solutions, research, and sector-wide advancements in accessible transport.

It funds disability support centered on physical disabilities and mobility impairments, enabling children and adults receiving disability benefits to access wheelchair-accessible vehicles, powered wheelchairs, scooters, specialist driving controls, and vehicle adaptations for medical equipment or complex mobility needs. Organizational grants back community transport services reducing isolation for disabled people, travel training initiatives building confidence and skills, wheelchair skills training for independence, accessible cycling programs promoting active lifestyles, research tackling travel barriers like inaccessible infrastructure, and innovations in transport policy and inclusive design. Supported interventions include urgent mobility aids, community-led transport schemes, peer support for navigating systems, and capacity building for nonprofits advancing equity, with emphasis on person-centred, preventative approaches preventing exclusion and empowering self-directed journeys.

Exclusions encompass non-mobility needs, general welfare, luxury items, or desired rather than essential aids; no support for non-disabled beneficiaries or unrelated health services. Priorities target disabled people facing greatest mobility barriers, including children with physical disabilities, adults with complex needs, and isolated individuals in underserved communities UK-wide. Distinctive as Europe's leading accessible transport specialist, it uniquely reinvests scheme profits into evidence-based, innovation-driven grants favoring grassroots charities with lived experience, specialized transport focus, and commitments to holistic independence over segregation.