Motability

Motability is a national charity set up at the initiative of the Government, with all party support, in 1977 and incorporated by Royal Charter. Our objective is to help disabled people with their personal mobility. Since the first cars were delivered in 1978, we have provided over four million cars, scooters and powered wheelchairs. Today, over 630,000 disabled people and their families enjoy the benefits that the Motability Scheme offers.Our areas of responsibility include:• We direct and oversee the Motability Scheme which includes the Car Scheme and the Powered Wheelchair and Scooter Scheme;• We provide Grants towards the cost of complex solutions including heavily adapted cars and Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles;The Scheme is operated for Motability on a contract basis by Motability Operations Group, a not-for-profit private company owned by the major banks: Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland.