WORLD FIRST:
quadruple amputee Alex Lewis rows from Falmouth to Dover.

Alex Lewis Float Foundation | Alex rowing
Alex Lewis Float Foundation | Alex in bike on desert track
Alex Lewis Float Foundation | Alex on road in Ethiopia
Alex Lewis Float Foundation | Alex in TV Studio
Alex Lewis Float Foundation | Alex on beach with ship in background
Alex Lewis Float Foundation | Alex and team mate sat overlooking mountains
Alex Lewis Float Foundation | Alex in bike on mountainside
Alex Lewis Float Foundation | Alex and another man kayaking
Alex Lewis Float Foundation | Alex in front of stack of burned vehicles in Ukraine
350
miles of rowing,
649
miles of cycling,
28
speaking engagements,
30
days and wild camping nights

With the aid of groundbreaking assistive technology Alex Lewis will be travelling over land and sea from The Pig at Harlyn Bay to The Pig at Bridge Place.

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Our mission

The FLOAT Foundation (For the Love of Assistive Technology Foundation) is a collection of powerful initiatives carried out by Alex Lewis and the Alex Lewis Trust, designed to highlight the colossal cost of Assistive Technology (AT).

In 2013 Alex was told that he would need £4,000,000 of AT to support him in leading an independent life.

He set up FLOAT with the mission to help create a world where AT is accessible and affordable for all individuals.

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Alex Lewis Float Foundation | Alex and team mate sat overlooking mountains

Our mission

The FLOAT Foundation (For the Love of Assistive Technology Foundation) is a collection of powerful initiatives carried out by Alex Lewis and the Alex Lewis Trust, designed to highlight the colossal cost of Assistive Technology (AT).

In 2013 Alex was told that he would need £4,000,000 of AT to support him in leading an independent life.

He set up FLOAT with the mission to help create a world where AT is accessible and affordable for all individuals.

Learn more about Alex
Get involved
Alex Lewis Float Foundation | Alex and team mate sat overlooking mountains

What is assistive technology?

Otherwise known as AT, the term assistive technology includes any item, piece of equipment, software program, or product system that is used to increase, maintain or improve the functional capabilities of persons with disabilities.

Our initiatives

Raising awareness and giving hope one challenge at a time.

Pig 2 Pig

Pig 2 Pig

A 30 day adventure covering 1000 miles with the aid of a hand cycle and an adapted rowing boat.

Break Out Assistive Technology Competition

Break Out Assistive Technology Competition

Pupils aged 11-18 compete to have their AT product ideas realised.

Disruptors

Disruptors

Individuals using AT who work with universities to develop end user led design ideas and projects.

Project Limitless

Project Limitless

Raising money to support children, ages 3 to 9, with upper limb difference.

FLOAT Ukraine

FLOAT Ukraine

The supply of revolutionary soft prosthetics to those who have lost arms in the conflict.

Wild Wheelchairs

Wild Wheelchairs

Hand cycling over Ethiopia’s Simien Mountains and supporting affordable wheelchair manufacturing.

An extraordinary life devoted to raising awareness and giving hope

Strep A Toxic Shock Syndrome gave Alex Lewis a less than 1% chance of survival. In November 2013 what he thought was a touch of man flu quickly deteriorated. It led to Septicaemia that ravaged his face and caused the loss of all his limbs.

He now devotes his extraordinary life to raising awareness of the prohibitive cost of AT and giving hope to those affected.

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