Ruth Amos

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Ruth Amos
Born (1989-12-13) December 13, 1989
Residence Sheffield, England
Nationality British
Alma mater Eckington School
Occupation Owner, StairSteady Ltd
Website
www.stairsteady.net

Ruth Amos (born 1989) is a British entrepreneur and inventor of the StairSteady.

The StairSteady is an aid to enable people with limited mobility to use their stairs confidently and safely.[1] Amos designed it as part of a GCSE resistant materials project as a response to her teacher’s challenge to design an aid for people with limited mobility to use their stairs.[1] He was prompted to do this as his father had recently had a stroke.[2] Her product was launched in April 2008 at Naidex,[2] a national healthcare show, and StairSteady ltd started trading September 2008.

Amos won the 2006 Young Engineer of the Year award in Britain with her idea.[2] She was also picked as the youngest ever of Britain's "Heroines For Hard Times" 35 women under 35 by Management Today,[3][4][5] Derbyshire Young Achiever 2006,[6] she was the first ever Women of the Future "YoungStar" award winner,[7] and she was listed on the Yorkshire 42 under 42 in May 2010.[8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Claire Ellicott (14 November 2009). "Teenage girl on stairlift to millions after stumbling on handrail idea for a GCSE project". Daily Mail (London). Retrieved February 16, 2011. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Geoff Adams-Spink (1 May 2008). "Young engineer launches stair aid". BBC. Retrieved February 16, 2011. 
  3. ↑ Emma De Vita (June 28, 2009). "Young, gifted and in the hot seat". London: The Sunday Times. Retrieved February 16, 2011. 
  4. ↑ Tom Davies (3 June 2010). "Making It Happen: Ruth Amos". Greenbelt. Retrieved February 16, 2011. 
  5. ↑ "StairSteady gives a helping hand up stairs". Retrieved February 16, 2011. 
  6. ↑ Report of the Chief Executive (​ PDF), Derbyshire County Council, September 18, 2007, retrieved February 16, 2011 
  7. ↑ "Our Story". Retrieved February 16, 2011. 
  8. ↑ "The Sponsors & Winners". Insider Media. Retrieved February 16, 2011. 

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