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Milford Minibus coming soon...
Can you help?
As everyone is welcoming in the New Year,
Milford On Sea Charitable Trust are getting
ready to welcome a new and exciting
community asset to our village. After
significant sponsorship and support from
South Lawn Hotel together with some very
generous donations received from local
events and most recently, our wonderful
Parish Council, we are now able to purchase
a minibus which will be used to support
community projects, groups and individuals
throughout Milford On Sea and our
surrounding areas.
We are hoping that our minibus which will
be supplied and maintained by the Hyundai
Garage in Everton, will be ready to roll
within the next few weeks. We will then be
contacting relevant groups operating in and
around Milford On Sea to introduce the
project and offer them transport services.
We will also be concentrating our efforts on
trying to support individual people within
our community who may feel lonely or
isolated or, simply unable to attend events
in local villages because they are finding it
difficult to access suitable transport.
In addition to the plethora of events already
planned for 2020 in Milford On Sea, Everton,
Lymore, Downton and Keyhaven, we are
also hoping to provide opportunities for
people to visit our villages for shopping,
sightseeing, fresh air and coffee or ice-cream
in one of our delightful cafes, all in the
knowledge that they will be driven door to
door, by one of our volunteer drivers.
The minibus will be an 8-seater and
individuals will need to be able to access the
vehicle with minimal support. Charges have
not yet been finalised but rest assured that
we will safeguard that any costs to our users
will be the minimum required to cover the
upkeep of the vehicle in order that the
service can be maintained for the future.
This is a perfect opportunity for us to bring
more people into our villages to enjoy the
shops, pubs, cafes and other amenities. All
our villages have wonderful treasures to
explore and having available and accessible
transport will provide an opportunity for
local people to tell us what matters to them
and which amenities they would like to visit
and when.
The service will require a lot of volunteers to
make it work, so, if you are interested in
getting involved please do not hesitate to let
us know. We are particularly in need of
someone who has driving tuition
experience who may be able to support our
drivers on their first session driving the
Milford On Sea minibus and, we are also in
great need of finding a place to park this
wonderful community asset when not in
use. If you have a spare garage or barn and
would like to help us, please do get in touch.
As well as needing volunteers we also
welcome any ideas or thoughts that you may
have about the best way that we can utilise
this asset for the good of our community.
Contact Lisa via email:
milfordminibus@gmail.com
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