A service that provides transport to older and vulnerable passengers in the Cotswolds, including those in rural areas, is making more than 12,000 passenger journeys annually – and has now expanded further.
Cotswold Friends’ Community Transport Service takes people to healthcare and medical appointments, on practical journeys like shopping trips, and social trips like visits to see friends and family.
Over 1,700 members use the charity’s service, which covers the North Cotswolds and Cirencester, and it is now expanding into the Fairford and Lechlade area to provide transport for social and practical journeys.
Over 400 members currently use the service in Cirencester and its surrounding villages.
Cotswold Friends’ Community Transport service could not operate without the support of more than 90 volunteer drivers that use their own cars, and a dedicated team of volunteer bookings desk operators who take telephone and drop-in bookings.
The demand for the service, which is open to anyone who is not able to drive or finds public transport difficult to use, is growing rapidly and Cotswold Friends needs more drivers.
Cotswold Friends have launched their Community Transport Service in a new area, Fairford and Lechlade, and are currently on the lookout for volunteer drivers in that location.
The charity will be providing transport for practical and social journeys, working in partnership with Friends of Fairford & Lechlade Communities, who already provide medical trips such as GP and hospital visits.
Cotswold Friends’ Community Transport Service Bookings Desk is open Monday to Friday, 9.30am – 3.30pm, Tel: 01608 651115 or email transport@cotswoldfriends.org.
Could you spare a few hours a week to be a volunteer driver? Or do you know someone that might be interested in volunteering as a driver and getting paid up to 50p per mile? If so, get in touch with Cotswold Friends on 01608 697007 or email volunteering@cotswoldfriends.org.
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