Powerchair football is a competitive team sport for people with physical disabilities who use powerchairs for their mobility. The rules are similar to outdoor football with a few modifications. Players include people with quadriplegia, neuromuscular conditions, cerebral palsy, head injury, spinal cord injury and other disabilities.

We are proud to be sponsors of New Zealand Powerchair Football Inc and enjoy following along on their journey and watching them play! How the players control their chairs is just awesome – it’s a fast-paced game that puts players through their paces. Allied Medical has been an avid supporter since 2012.

The Altus Resource Trust works with organisations in the Pacific Islands that provide services for children and adults with disabilities. They have physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech-language therapists, wheelchair technicians and nurses involved in training field workers and health professionals in these organisations when they don’t have the skill base required to work effectively. The Pacific Islands have low populations and specialist services such as therapists who work with people with disabilities are limited.

Equipment such as wheelchairs and walkers are rarely available unless donated items have been provided. Allied Medical donates equipment to the Altus Resource Trust along with other assistive technology businesses from New Zealand and Australia.