My life has changed dramatically over the past few months. After suffering a number of strokes, I suddenly became disabled.

It is only when you find yourself in such a situation that you realise how quickly and imperceptibly life as a disabled person becomes a much more expensive affair, whilst your income plummets.

Just think about everyday life: following a special diet is more expensive, co-payments for medication pile up, and there are countless other extra expenses. But what really shocked me was the lack of affordable, simple assistive devices.

The nightmare of the medical supplies shop

If you become physically disabled, you soon find yourself needing small aids to help you remain independent. Something as trivial as opening a door, unscrewing a cap or simply opening a tin: it doesn’t always come naturally anymore.

When I started looking for solutions, I was utterly shocked. The simplest assistive devices — items that are clearly made from materials costing just a few pence — easily cost several euros or more in the average healthcare shop. That simply felt unfair.

Why Harry’s Handy Tools exists

People with health challenges or disabilities are often already struggling financially. It cannot and must not be the case that huge profits are made at the expense of this group on essential tools for everyday life.

That’s why Harry’s Handy Tools was created!

My mission is clear: I no longer want to ‘rip people off’ for these kinds of aids. I make and offer these clever little aids at actual cost price, without seeking any profit.

Harry’s Handy Tools produces a wide range of small aids ‘in-house’ using, amongst other things, 3D printers, which are offered at absolute cost price.

And so a special can opener no longer needs to cost tens of euros more, but merely a sum that can be expressed in cents.

To be able to continue making all this happen AND to set up a foundation for this purpose? Is this fundraising