Don't miss out on the headlines from Sunshine Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. Kobie Clarke, 21, was the first to take a dip in the indoor heated pool yesterday using the hoist.

ACCESS to Gympie’s Memorial Pool has been made a lot easier with the installation of a new pool access hoist and pool wheelchair. The new hoist enables a person with any disability to access the pool ...

YOUNG learners with physical challenges will now have the joy of easily getting in and out of their school’s indoor pool, owing to a life-changing donation. The Merryvale School for Specialised ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Community News. Followed categories will be added to My News. A transfer hoist now makes it easier for people with a disability to use the existing pool hoist and ...

Water safety lessons for people with disabilities just got a whole lot easier after the installation of a new pool hoist at Toukley Aquatic Centre. Centre manager Peggy Richmond said the hoist would ...

"I was so excited to see it there and it has been brilliant to keep people mobile, especially the elderly,” Ms Lucarbie said. Ms Lucarbie has auto-immune arthritis and she has torn ligaments in her ...

In short: A teenager who requires a hoist to enter a pool has been unable to swim at her local aquatic centre for more than 16 months due to the lift being broken. The teenager's mother says people ...

A mother has spoken of her frustration after the main pool has become inaccessible to her disabled daughter. Jean Burgon, 81, from Ainsworth has been attending weekly ladies only sessions at Castle ...

THE South West Sports Centre has made a splash with the purchase of a mobile hoist to help people access the centre's pools. The hoist was purchased using part of a $30,000 grant from the Community ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Jess Tabart I feel that we have failed people living with a disability in our community. I completely ...

SIGN UP: Masterton disability spokesman Peter Knighton presented his chair hoist petition to Masterton District Council administration support person Kylie Tobin on Monday. PHOTO/LYNDA FERINGA ...