An international West Midlands wheelchair athlete who designs and manufactures gripping aids for people with disabilities is hoping to expand his company’s global reach after winning the opportunity to pitch his unique products to a host of investors next month in Rio, Brazil. UK record-holder Rob Smith, who founded Birmingham-based Active Hands Ltd, will present … Read more
Active Hands have won the opportunity to go to Rio, during the Paralympics, to pitch our products to business leaders. This exciting opportunity came through a competition run by UKTI and the Innovation Forum and only five businesses were selected to go! The judges were looking for the “5 most innovative companies from the UK who offer … Read more
As I have mentioned in the past, the main aim of The Active Hands Company is to improve disabled people’s lives by offering products that enable users to overcome potential barriers and gain independence. We ship our products all over the world, catering to people with a vast range of disabilities and conditions, and there’s … Read more
Here at Active Hands, our aim has always been to improve people’s quality of life and encourage independence. We’ve done this by creating products that remove disability related barriers, giving the user access to equipment, apparatus and tools that they may have struggled with otherwise. We like to think that by offering these unique gadgets … Read more
2016: New Year, New Me So here we are: 2016. With the holidays firmly in the rear view mirror, the last of the Christmas chocolates having been polished off long ago and the inevitable January slump now out of the way, it’s time to concentrate on the year ahead. So let’s take a look at … Read more
Rehacare is Europe’s biggest Independent Living show and for the first time Active Hands had a stand there. We exhibited as part of the British Pavilion and it was encouraging to see many other amazing products that our country has to offer. It was a good opportunity for us to showcase our products to companies, therapists, … Read more
We would like to announce that Active Hands have got through to the final stage of the Inclusive Technology Prize competition. Getting this far means that we get guidance and advice, along with financial support, towards developing two new products: a gripping aid for those with limb differences and a fine motor skills aid. The Inclusive … Read more
At Active Hands we like to listen to our customers and their recommendations for improvements or new products. Two particular ideas that you have suggested have struck a cord with us and we are working on making them happen. We have received many requests for a gripping aid that helps with fine motor skills covering … Read more
Véronique Boucher is a 19-year-old Canadian, who has an ambition to make the Canadian Para-Rowing team for the 2016 Paralympics. I asked her some questions about her journey so far. Véronique, tell us a bit about yourself… My name is Véronique Boucher; I am currently 19 years old. From a young age I have enjoyed … Read more
Hello, I’m Gareth and this is my shambolic attempt at a blog all to do with my life as a disabled or ‘differently abled’ person! I’ve never actually understood people who use that expression, “I’m not disabled, I’m differently abled!” Are you? Really? Surely if you were ‘differently abled’ then instead of walking you’d be … Read more
