--- title: Wheelchair Alliance Board --- [Skip to Content](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/wheelchair-alliance-board#body) [Donate](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/wheelchair-alliance-donate?hsLang=en) [![Wheelchair Alliance Logo](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Wheelchair%20Alliance%20Logo%20Landscape-1.webp?width=750&height=227&name=Wheelchair%20Alliance%20Logo%20Landscape-1.webp "Wheelchair Alliance Logo")](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk?hsLang=en) [Become a Member](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/wheelchair-alliance-wheelchair-users-membership-sign-up?hsLang=en) [![Wheelchair Alliance Logo](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Wheelchair%20Alliance%20Logo%20Landscape-1.webp?width=750&height=227&name=Wheelchair%20Alliance%20Logo%20Landscape-1.webp "Wheelchair Alliance Logo")](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk?hsLang=en) Menu - [HOME](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk?hsLang=en) - THE ALLIANCE - [THE WHEELCHAIR COLLECTIVE](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/wheelchaircollective?hsLang=en) - [SUPPORTERS](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/wheelchair-alliance-partners?hsLang=en) - [ABOUT US](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/wheelchair-alliance-about-us?hsLang=en) - [REPORTS](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/wheelchair-alliance-reports?hsLang=en) - [ALL-PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/all-partyparliamentarygroup?hsLang=en) - [INNOVATION SIG](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/innovation-special-interest-group?hsLang=en) - [CONTACT](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/wheelchair-alliance-contact?hsLang=en) - [ACADEMY](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/academy?hsLang=en) - [NEWS](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/blog?hsLang=en) - [Become a Member](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/wheelchair-alliance-wheelchair-users-membership-sign-up?hsLang=en) - [Donate](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/wheelchair-alliance-donate?hsLang=en) Who's Who ## At the Wheelchair Alliance ## Meet Our Patrons ![Nick in the Rock Climber on difficult terrain](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Snowdon%20Stills_1.112.2.jpg?width=1000&height=563&name=Snowdon%20Stills_1.112.2.jpg) Meet ## Nick Wilson Wheelchair adventurer Nick, who became the first person with disabilities to [reach the highest accessible point of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon)](https://thiis.co.uk/rock-mobility-supports-disabled-adventurer-with-rockclimber-mobility-device/) on a newly developed all-terrain powerchair, [RockClimber](https://rockmobility.co.uk/), without any physical support or assistance aides, has signed up for the honorary role to help the Alliance in its mission to make real change in wheelchair provision. Having spent 14 years in the Army before he was forced to retire due to prolapsed discs in his spine, Nick has forged a new life raising awareness of the impact that accessibility, loneliness and suicide has on people with disabilities. He does this by sharing his own experiences through his various social media channels. [View more about Nick](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/blog/wheelchair-alliance-announces-new-patron?hsLang=en) ![Lord Hunt](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Lord%20Hunt.jpeg?width=3108&height=2072&name=Lord%20Hunt.jpeg) Meet ## Lord Philip Hunt Lord Hunt, a Member of the General Medical Council from 2008 to 2024 and President of the Royal Society for Public Health from 2010 and 2018, has signed up for the honorary role to help the Alliance in its drive to improve the lives of wheelchair users across the UK. Having previously served in a number of ministerial positions including Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, Minister of State at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and as a minister in the Department of Health, Lord Hunt was the first chief executive of the NHS Confederation from 1996 to 1997 and director of the National Association of Health Authorities and Trusts since its formation in 1990. In 1993 he was awarded an OBE for services to the NHS. [View more about Lord Hunt](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/blog/wheelchair-alliance-announces-rt-honourable-lord-hunt-as-its-newest-patron?hsLang=en) ![Photo of Mo Belal](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Wheelchair%20Alliance_Mo%20Belal_Portrait.jpg?width=2066&height=1922&name=Wheelchair%20Alliance_Mo%20Belal_Portrait.jpg) Meet ## Mr Mo Belal Mr Belal has signed up for the honorary role to use both his clinical expertise and lived experience as a wheelchair user in supporting the Alliance in its mission to champion better access and higher quality services for wheelchair users. For the past 28 years, he has worked in the medical profession, with the last 14 years spent working at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham performing reconstructive surgery for patients with urological conditions, including spina bifida and spinal cord injury. He is also a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and is the current vice president for education for the British Association of Urological Surgeons. [View more about Mr Mo Belal](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/blog/wheelchair-alliances-newest-patron-brings-clinical-expertise-and-lived-experience-to-drive-forward-change?hsLang=en) A Message from our CEO Our dedicated team at the Wheelchair Alliance are committed to deliver our mission and to provide wheelchair users across the UK  with the basic rights of mobility, independence and inclusion. ![img-nick-goldup](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/img-nick-goldup.jpg?width=303&height=303&name=img-nick-goldup.jpg) **Nick Goldup** CEO, The Wheelchair Alliance - [Home](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/home) - [Wheelchair Users](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/wheelchair-alliance-wheelchair-users) - [Commissioners & Providers](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/wheelchair-service-commissioners-providers) - [The Alliance](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/wheelchair-alliance-about-us) - [Wheelchair Charter](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/wheelchair-alliance-charter) - [Reports](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/wheelchair-alliance-reports) - [FAQ's](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/wheelchair-alliance-main-faq) - [Supporters](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/wheelchair-alliance-partners) - [News](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/blog) - [Contact Us](https://www.wheelchair-alliance.co.uk/wheelchair-alliance-contact) [![Share on facebook](https://7528309.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/7528309/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mV0_d-web-default-modules_hubspot/img/facebook-color.png?width=24&name=facebook-color.png)](https://www.facebook.com/WheelchairAlliance) [![Share on linkedin](https://7528302.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/7528302/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mV0_d-web-default-modules_hubspot/img/linkedin-color.png?width=24&name=linkedin-color.png)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/wheelchair-alliance/) **Wheelchair Alliance Community Interest Company | Registered number: 13761260** In November 2021, the Wheelchair Alliance became a Community Interest Company. This is a special type of company which exists to benefit a specific community, namely the community of wheelchair users in England. We took this important step so that we could look for sponsors to help us achieve what we have set out to do in our strategy. All the  Board Members of the Wheelchair Alliance volunteer their time, however we do have to fund things such as your website, some administrative support and project work which gathers evidence helping us lobby for change. There are no shareholders in the company, and should there be any profit it is ploughed back into making a difference for the wheelchair community on a national level. All rights reserved. Disclaimer:  *To support wheelchair users in finding the information they are looking for, The Wheelchair Alliance will at times provide links to websites that we believe may be of interest. The Wheelchair Alliance does not endorse any particular organisation, service or product that may be advertised on third party websites. The Wheelchair Alliance assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions in the content of these third party websites.* *Address:  167-169 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5PF* *email: admin@wheelchair-alliance.co.uk* [Privacy Policy |](https://144566510.hs-sites-eu1.com/wheelchair-alliance-privacy-policy?hsLang=en)[Our Policies](https://144566510.hs-sites-eu1.com/wheelchair-alliance-our-policies?hsLang=en) ♥ Made with Care for the Wheelchair Alliance