Sterling hails Motability
EMINENT JEWISH peer Lord Sterling has described setting up Motability, the government-subsidised charity providing vehicles to people with disabilities, as “one of the most significant things I have ever done”.
The charity, which makes specially adapted cars or scooters and powered wheelchairs available, was founded 40 years ago this week.
The scheme currently has over 600,000 vehicles on the road and has provided 4.5 million vehicles to date.
Lord Sterling said: “Motability has helped millions of disabled people to maintain their ability to get to work or college, attend a medical
Lord Sterling appointment, meet up with friends and enjoy the freedom and independence that so many people take for granted.” The 82-year-old, who chairs the charity, is the former executive chairman of P&O. and organised the Queen’s Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2002.
In 2010 he was appointed a two-star admiral in the Royal Navy, making him the highest-ranking Jewish officer in the armed forces’ history. He is the current president of the Association of Jewish ExServicemen and Women. The peer said Motability had “changed millions of people’s lives. You or I may take getting into the car for granted but I have had the pleasure of seeing the difference it has made to people over the years.”