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INTRODUCTION
The Wheelchair Users Club was established
in May 2002. Since 2015, it has been registered with the
Regional Court in Hradec Králové as Klub vozíčkářů
Trutnov – Bukovinka, z.s. (“Wheelchair Users Club”)
The target group of the club is not only wheelchair
users, but also people with other physical or mental
disabilities. We also welcome cooperation with other
interest groups and organizations that have a positive
attitude to the disability issue.
Since 2003, the Wheelchair Users Club has been based in
Trutnov. The club has its own premises in the building
of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church at 146 Úpická Street,
with completely barrier-free environment.
Practical activities include visits to cultural and
other hobby events, educational lectures, trips to the
surroundings, handicrafts, as well as informal meetings
of the club members and their family and friends. The
wheelchair users also invite guests that have various
interests and professions. Suggestions for activities
are based on the wishes of the members, and are carried
out according to them, with regard to current
possibilities.
The aim of the club is to strive for the integration of
people with disabilities into society. With a little
help, everyday grappling with unpleasant obstacles is
not insurmountable for wheelchair users. We hope that
our activity will contribute to greater contact between
disabled and healthy people, and expand possibilities
for wheelchair users to spend their free time actively
and in an interesting way. Therefore, the club plays a
social and educational role in social rehabilitation.
We welcome new members - not only wheelchair users, but
also people with physical disabilities who do not use a
wheelchair. The club also provides an opportunity for
active relaxation for people who take care of the sick.
There is also a call for volunteers who want to
participate in the Wheelchair Users Club activities, or
assist the disabled.
Mgr. Ivan Adamec, Mayor of the City of Trutnov, also
expressed his support of our activity:
“Unfortunately, the sad truth is that not all members of
our society enjoy the same living conditions. By that I
mean mainly disabled fellow citizens. The level of human
society can also be measured by the way in which it is
able to compensate for their life handicap. I believe
that although the situation in the Czech Republic a
since 1989, we still have a long way to go in this
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