A terrifying experience
It was frightening to read the story about the brick thrown through the window of a Linwood home, missing a young girl by inches (Express, September 3).
It was no wonder that the people inside got a “terrible fright”.
I couldn’t comment on the case in question, but it seems many people are so bored that the best thing they can think of doing is to cause trouble for others.
Is it really the case that there is just not enough for so many people to do that is worthwhile or better fun than annoying others? No is the stark answer to that. But what is clear is that for so many people the joy of a good book or a game of tennis, for example, is alien – and that is both sad and disappointing.
Margaret Campbell Paisley
Whatawaste
Thousands of pounds are being wasted in Scotland as electric wheelchairs, costing up to £3,500 are being dumped and scrapped by the NHS because nobody is available to fix them.
It has been claimed that on just one day in April, 35 wheelchairs were taken to the scrapyard despite being manufactured in 2015 and 2016.
The British Polio Fellowship believes this is a total waste of money and resources.
This is especially so, as it has been stated that many of the wheelchair faults are minor, such as needing a new arm rest pad or a new battery.
For the 120,000 people with Post Polio Syndrome (PPS) and some 13,000,000 living with a disability and for all the charities and carers supporting them, this waste of perfectly good wheelchairs is extremely frustrating.
The British Polio Fellowship is no stranger to wheelchair manufacturing with our creation of a compact, lightweight electric wheelchair, to give those with PPS and other neurological conditions the best chance of a comfortable, independent life.
We would therefore happily take these wheelchairs off their hands, to be repaired and used for what they were intended, rather than throwing them wastefully on the scrapheap.
The British Polio Fellowship is committed to campaigning for change.
Call 0800 043 1935 or visit www. britishpolio.org.uk David Mitchell National Chairman, The British Polio Fellowship