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Hello Margaret, Have you come across the GIMSON Stairmate? It has two rubber tank-tracks which form the base of a battery operated stair-climber trolley - which will transport a wheelchair-user up and down stairs. They require someone else to operate the stair-climber on behalf of the wheelchair-user but do have the advantage of demounting into two (quite heavy) sections that can be transported from separate sites for use. The battery needs periodic charging up and if I remember rightly the cost is around stlg2,000 but that is several years ago from when I worked in further education. Alternatively, there is the Mobility 2000 wheelchair which has six small wheels on each side and according to the brochure I have in front of me will climb stairs. The advantage of this is that the wheelchair-user themselves remains in control. I haven't seen one of these in operation but the idea looks good. Another advantage is that it looks to be reasonably compact. Further details: contact Mobility 2000 (Telford) Ltd., on 01952/290180. Alternatively fax on 01952/290752. Hope this is helpful. Dave Swindells, School of Education, University of Huddersfield %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%