Come and join us for fun, exercise and a challenge at the first ever Regain Cycling Festival at Thruxton Motor Racing Circuit in Andover, Hampshire on Saturday 16th September 2023! A Challenge for Everyone The Regain Cycling festival is fully inclusive – open to all ages and abilities and whatever type of bike/handbike/wheelchair with attachment … Read more
For many of us, travelling with a disability can simultaneously be one of the most liberating and daunting of undertakings. Whether driving a couple of hours for a city break or flying halfway across the world to embrace a different culture, a change of scenery and a break from normality can act as the perfect … Read more
Here at Active Hands, we endeavour to cater to every type of upper limb disability. Starting out primarily working with high level spinal injuries, our initial range of products focused solely on those of us with limited grip in one or both hands. However, disability comes in many forms, and some people are born with … Read more
Here at Active Hands we like to do our bit for the environment. We’ve recently upgraded some of our computers and old tech and donated the old ones to the Turing Trust. But that’s not all we do for our environment… You may have notice if you’ve ordered from us before that we often send … Read more
We had a lovely (sunny!) day at Kidz to Adultz South in Farnborough last week. It was busy as ever with lots of families & Occupational Therapists coming to try out our products, see what’s new, and attend CPD seminars. As a small business without a physical shop, exhibitions are a great opportunity for us … Read more
Active Hands are a firm favourite with Occupational Therapists in the UK, so when the opportunity came up to attend the AOTA conference in Kansas City we decided to give it a try! It was a great chance to meet both professional and student OTs and demonstrate our products to them. We were also able … Read more
After months of feeling the cold, many of us are thrilled to be feeling glimpses of summer warmth. Despite this, at Active Hands, we are already thinking ahead to next winter and how to help our customers keep warm when the cold weather returns, with some clever bespoke gloves. There is little worse than needing to … Read more
The world of disability has come a long way in the nearly two decades since I was injured. From battery-powered rear wheels to an arsenal of gripping aids. There is a much wider range of adaptations available to help those with limited hand function. This is especially pertinent to the newly injured as, at a … Read more
Naidex returns to the NEC (Birmingham, UK) on 22nd & 23rd March 2023. We’re excited to be back after an awesome (and very busy!) time last year! We’re bringing more of our fabulous team along – ready to help you find the solutions you’ve been looking for! Try out our products, old and new – … Read more
February is a tricky month. The ‘fresh start’ motivation of January is beginning to fade, the weather is still pretty cold for many of us and things can feel a little gloomy. So, we’ve decided to rebrand February as ‘Self-Care month’ in the office and see if we can all focus on finding a little … Read more
