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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