Wednesday 30th March was the last scheduled run of the Handy Bus Club under the aegis of Suffolk ACRE and the Time For You Project. At this time there will be no service in April.
The service has not ended, in as much as those involved so far wish to carry on but we don’t yet have the resources to continue. We have secured our vehicles, drivers, passengers and seed money. We now need to recruit more trustees to form an association (or charity) and a larger cadre of volunteers to be the ‘conductors’ for what has proved to be a very useful service.
Ideally there is a local person who will volunteer to lead on this process. Besides the ranks of the newly retired (or redundant!) this is a great opportunity for a young person to enhance their CV. Naturally that volunteer would have support from several agencies.
Please see the prior posting for a discussion paper on how we can achieve our ambitions
If the Handy Bus has enough resources to serve Halesworth and Sibton/Peasenhall, it can easily include a service to Laxfield too. That applies to Yoxford and other communities nearby as well. The Handy Bus Club model is very adaptable to numerous localities.
Open meetings of the Handy Bus Club at Halesworth Library will continue on the 2nd Wednesday of the month (13th April) from 1-2 PM, RSVP is desired to avoid disappointment if there are extraordinary circumstances.
If you see a Handy Bus timetables posted somewhere, please be kind enough to remove it. For removal of doubt, they were always dated as ‘valid to’.
Please get in touch if you can support us in any way:
Nat Bocking
Community Development Researcher
Suffolk ACRE
BRIGHTSPACE
160 Hadleigh Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP2 0HH
Reception 01473 345300
Mobile 07787 258137
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