TO DATE WE HAVE RAISED OVER £1.5 MILLION & DONATED 437 POWERED WHEELCHAIRS
- Helsby Golf Club Powered Wheelchair Appeal -
WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR
WHAT WE DO
Each year thousands of children are born with disabilities that severely affect their mobility, causing very real limits on their quality of life. This can be dramatically improved by the use of modern and sophisticated powered wheelchairs, giving the freedom and mobility to gain a degree of independence. Unfortunately, the state does not offer most children the type of chair that they really need, and the cost is often out of the reach of their families.
Helsby Golf Club Powered Wheelchair Appeal exists solely to raise funds for this cause. The club’s efforts on this front have been led since 1982 by the late Bert Dyson – awarded an MBE for his services to children – and are referred to in the late Peter Alliss’s autobiography: “Over the years there has been tremendous support from a number of golf clubs up and down the UK and in Ireland … but one is very special. It’s Helsby Golf Club in Cheshire.”
Contact PWA Secretary Penny Ainsworth via email at poweredwheelchairappeal@gmail.com
JOIN US FOR THE 43rd POWERED WHEELCHAIR BERT DYSON CLASSIC
Thursday 11th June 2026
We are delighted to invite you to the 43rd annual Powered Wheelchair Bert Dyson Classic at Helsby Golf Club on 11 June 2026.
It will be a great fundraising day with golf, catering in the clubhouse, raffle, and auction. The highlight though, will undoubtedly be the presentation of wheelchairs to local deserving youngsters. This event is open to members and non members so why not join us for what promises to be a fantastic day, raising funds to help transform lives?
For more information or to book your place, please contact either Viv Nagle on 07818 558556 or Penny Ainsworth on poweredwheelchairappeal@gmail.com or tel 01928 723817
If you are a new member at Helsby and would like further information on the charity, please contact one of the following committee members - Steve Cunniffe, Barbara Prince, Penny Ainsworth, Viv Nagle, Sheila Fenwick, Karen Fozard, Alex Walters, Kathryn Hoather, Roddy Snedden and Howard Pay.
We are very grateful to our many Supporters whose continued generosity has enabled us to help so many children with varying degrees of disability by providing them with state-of-the-art Powered Wheelchairs which improve their quality of life and give them independence.
THANK YOU!
43rd Bert Dyson Classic
Thursday 11th June 2026