Aspire Canterbury
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Aspire Canterbury provide key services to the Canterbury disabled community. Aspire's region is the whole of Canterbury from Timaru to Kaikoura and inland to the mountains.
Aspire are the largest Canterbury provider of Total Mobility discount taxi cards for people with disabilities, we run a mobile van disability information and shop service to retirement homes.
We provide education events for children with disabilities who are leaving school; we have a social enterprise shop (at Braintree Centre) selling mobility aids, walkers and wheelchairs; we hire disability equipment at a very low charity rate to people who can’t afford to purchase; and a large portion of our work is running the disability information and advice service which is like the disability version of the Citizens Advice Bureau.