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Chester charitable trusts fund new wheelchair lift for high school chesterstandard.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chesterstandard.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
STUDENTS with physical disabilities at a Chester school now have access to the full range of learning opportunities thanks to the generosity of two local charitable trusts. When Christleton High School’s first wheelchair user enrolled in 2019, the design of the 1970s buildings in the older parts of the school made it impossible for him to access the first floor and join his classmates in any art or modern languages classes. Alerted to the challenge, two of Chester’s leading charitable trusts donated the £25,000 to design and install a wheelchair lift linking ground and upper floors. The project also included the provision of a physiotherapy and disabled toilet facility complete with a hoist and other specialist equipment. ....