Scope in the media (2012)

January 2012

• Boundaries tumble to team effort

Nuts and bolts are not usually found in a cricketer's kit. But they are an essential part of a new batch of modified cricket equipment specially made for people with disabilities. For the past two months, Bunnings Caroline Springs, TADVIC and Burnside Retirement Village have been hard at work developing cricket gear for people supported by Scope in the north and west region. Melton Leader, 3 Jan 2012, Page 8, General News.

• Sensor technology to clamp down on disabled parking rogues

Abuse of disabled parking bays could become a thing of the past, thanks to new technology that can catch able-bodied drivers who hog the spaces. Scope said a growing number of people were misusing disabled parking bays. ''It is always a cause of frustration for people we support,'' Scope Business Enterprise General Manager Tom Baxter said. The Age, 29 December 2011, Page 3, General News. Read full story.