FOUNDERS BACKGROUND

Wheelchair Football Equipment has been founded by W G (Bill) Lupton. Bill’s ambition is to ensure Wheelchair Football is played by as many impaired persons as possible, World Wide, and is proud to be the founder sponsor of The Wheelchair Football Association (The WFA).

A main objective of Wheelchair Football Equipment is to help create the game of Wheelchair Football, using both manually propelled wheelchairs and powerchairs, at local authority leisure centres, in conjunction with The WFA, The FA, football clubs and charities, supported by local authority social services.

One of The WFA’s objectives is to provide/procure play equipment to their required standards. Wheelchair Football Equipment go to great lengths to ensure that the B(Ball)-Chairs and attachments are manufactured to these standards. They also negotiate with wheelchair manufacturers to obtain the correct chairs at bulk purchase prices, on behalf of clubs/teams.

The play devices are NHS registered accessories, so that players with NHS chairs can fit the device without infringements to the conditions of the chair loan agreement.

At his time of life Bill has no wish to retire and has no need or desire to ‘profit’ from the sale of disabled football play devices and therefore any / all profit generated by WFE will be re-invested in expanding the game.

The play devices have Worldwide Patent cover. Bill has offered to donate the English patent rights to The WFA, also acting as general secretary/treasurer of The FA (free of salary), to implement the games development plan, supported by The FA and its human resources.

The WFA rules approval is by The FA, who supports the games development and encouraged Bill to sponsor the WFA and to include Powerchair Football.