Whats
happening at TRIP
Things
continue to be busy in the office with increasing
demand for all of our disabled transport and services
for the older person & rurally isolated.
January
2010 Snow in the area caused some journeys to be cancelled
but we were able to run trips on some days. The Wednesday
Dunkeswell trip caused some minor problems but at
least we got people out- for some people it was the
first time in two weeks!
Fashion
Show was a great success- a good time was had by all
on the 1st of December when over 100 people attended
the show held at the Macarnes Hall. Over £800
was raised towards our funds.
September
and October 2009- busiest months ever for Seaton Voluntary
Car Service!
November
2009: Extra donations received towards our fundraising
efforts towards updating our older Mercedes Ring &
Ride minibus- still have a way to go though...
Important
changes working well for the Ring & Ride:
From
February 2009 TRIP has used its own vehicles to provide
Ring & Ride services in our area. The benefits
are being felt with a substantial reduction in running
costs and vehicles that are more pleasant to drive.
They are also more readily available to local community
groups for their own use.
Seaton
Accessible vehicle getting busier. The new vehicle
is available to frail, elderly and disabled people
throughout the area covering Axminster, Colyton, Lyme
Regis, Seaton and the areas between. For more information
please look at the Seaton
Disabled Transport page.
For
pictures of recent outings
click here.
Feb
2009 Snow caused the Ring
& Ride bus to get caught up in traffic problems-
The
February 2009 snowstorms ended up giving a party of
people from Awliscombe some problems when they were
caught up in the road closures on the A38 when returning
from an evening trip to Plymouth. After sitting in
the queues for a while they were diverted via Teignmouth
and Dawlish and eventually reached home around 3.00am.
To the left is a picture of the bus outside Teignmouth
Tesco- who kindly let the passengers use their facilities.
April
2009: Our fund raising campaign to update our older
minibus received a major boost in April with a substantial
donation towards our £45000 target.
Sunday
19th April saw the weather co-operating for our trip
to Lanhydrock. Two minibuses arrived for 11.30 and
everyone enjoyed the beautiful gardens and house.
To see more pictures of the day out click
here
Skittles
Night on 25th April: over 30 people turned up to take
part in the evening. Highest scorer on the night was
Paul Gadd who won the event AND the play-off. Over
£150 was raised towards TRIP funds. Many thanks
to all the businesses in Honiton who helped us by
donating prizes for the draw.
June
24th 2009 saw even larger numbers than last year attend
our AGM, we had many of our volunteers attending as
well as representatives from Devon County Council,
Honiton Town Council, Help the Aged, Honiton Hospital
and members of the public.
Saturday
19th September saw the Bingo night take place- a reasonable
number of people enjoyed the evening and asked for
more to be arranged- see below for dates.
2
buses now scheduled for the trip to Bath Christmas
Market on 29th November.
In
September 2009 the Seaton Voluntary Car Service saw
its busiest month ever and demand continues to grow.
Honiton Voluntary Cars Service also is very busy with
general demand and coping with the seasonal rush for
flu jabs. Lyme Regis Volunteers are coping with demand
but have already provided more journeys in 2009 than
last year- numbers have almost doubled!
Forthcoming
Events:
New
Ring & Ride journey lists for local trips and
weekend passenger club journeys now available- Ring
the TRIP office to get your copy if not already received.
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