At the Thurncourt Ward meeting recently,there were several presentations during the meeting. One was Community Transport. This is a fleet of 6 minibuses with tail lifts for community groups to hire for the day or week with either the groups' own driver or a volunteer driver. Breakdown cover and insurance is included in the cost of the hire but not the fuel costs. If a group has a person willing to be a driver, there are courses available in drivers' assessment, they must be under 70 years of age and have D1 on their licence,also there is a course about securing wheelchairs whilst the vehicles are in motion.
A question was posed as to which members of the community could hire these vehicles.With these being 'specialised vehicles' it was stated elderly and disabled groups because they are considered disadvantaged,but a local group leader asked whether some children from a local group could be considered,the answer was no because of the criteria but he was offered an amount from the Ward Fund towards the cost of a coach trip for all his group.
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