Most things seem to come down to money in the end. Disabled shoppers who use the Lifestyles and Shopmobility service in Trowbridge are sadly facing the loss of the service because the charity which runs it cannot find the £20,000 a year to fund it.

It may sound like a lot of money, but the service provides more than 500 people in the town with a lease of life they would otherwise be denied. Surely, in the case of Shopmobility, the cost is almost irrelevant since the improvement in the quality of life for those 500 people cannot be bought.

The service gives the disabled and elderly in Trowbridge a chance of independence and an opportunity to get on with their day-to-day lives their own way something the rest of us probably take for granted. That independence, and the feeling of not being a burden on others, is surely priceless.

Perhaps the council has let them down, but the council has obligations to hundreds of charities and organisations and it would be unfair for them to favour one above the other.

As a charity, Lifestyles and Shopmobility are still reliant on donations and perhaps some of the responsibility lies with the community to come forward and help preserve this vital service.