Kings Lynn business owner says it's 'an honour' to partner with Parkinson’s UK

EA Mobility to collaborate with the charity to ensure people living with the disease get the best support.

“My dad - a big thing for him was please don’t put me in a care home,” I meet Kevin Carvell in King's Lynn, where he runs his business. His father became paralysed from a spinal cord tumour in 1996 at 47 years old, and the family struggled to find the necessary support.

“We adapted my parents' property over a period of years, so we were able to give him all the care and support and equipment and the accessibility in his own home. He was wheelchair user and once you’re in a wheelchair basically everything can be a boundary.”

And that’s what inspired EA Mobility, “One of our biggest missions is to keep people in their own environment, it’s their home, some people have lived there for 40 plus years, and to take them away from that would be very sad. So to be able to create facilities in their own homes is very rewarding.”

Bathroom modification, Image EA Mobility

Since 2018 the company has specialised in making homes more accessible for those with disabilities and the elderly, by providing and installing adapted bathrooms, wet rooms, walk-in baths, ramps, and other home modifications.

“My understanding and my experience of this is not one disability is the same,” Kevins says, “So we study the client and understand their needs and then make a recommendation, we will tailor the solution around what they need.”

The family run company (Kevin’s two sons work with him) has now partnered with the charity Parkinson’s UK to help improve the lives of people living with the condition, which he describes as a 'great honour'.

Sue Mills from the charity says, “We're proud to collaborate with EA Mobility, whose consistently high ratings as a Which? Trusted Trader for over seven years demonstrates their excellence. Their customer centric approach ensures people living with Parkinson’s receive the best support and tailored solutions at every stage of the process.”

Sue Mills receiving a cheque from Kevin in July

Kevin’s a big supporter of the charity, having recently done some fundraising, and is donating 10 per cent of every purchase made by people living with the disease to Parkinson's UK. The company will also be visiting support groups to share advice about home adaptation options.

He goes on to tell me that his personal experience has been invaluable, “From a learning perspective it’s taught me a lot. It gives me the greatest satisfaction to be able to make a difference to somebody’s life. And that’s the company’s ethos, if someone wants to work here if they’re not passionate about making a difference - if they’re just in it for their pay cheque - then they are the wrong person to come on this journey with us.”

Last year the team did more than 600 conversions nationwide, and they hope to continue to share their ‘expertise and kindness’.

“As a result of my father being paraplegic and the care that involved - it’s taken me on an amazing journey in helping others. It’s very rewarding, it’s very fulfilling and I enjoy the outcomes, it’s all about people isn’t it.”