Would you consider becoming a volunteer driver? Do you need help with travelling to appointments? Or do you need the occasional use of a car? The answer is here......

Community Car Clubs for Chew Valley

DragonFlyer Mobility, in conjunction with The Village Greenspace community office, are helping set up Community Car Clubs in the Chew Valley area and now have eight cars available for hourly or daily hire. If you are between 21 and 75, have no excluding health conditions and hold a current UK licence you will be covered under our group insurance once you join the scheme. Car clubs exist to help those who want to reduce their carbon footprint by getting rid of their car but still have an occasional need for a vehicle. Membership is flexible with a choice of membership fee and reduced hourly rate or no membership fee and a slightly higher hourly rate. Cars may be booked in advance for as little as a single hour or for a whole weekend. In all cases the costs are lower than keeping a car full time and allow flexibility of use within the time frame requested.

As part of the Car Club initiative we are offering the opportunity for the surgery to have use of one or more cars to help with patient transport needs. Ideally a group of patients may form their own car club to formulate the best use of cars, whether they are driven by volunteers on a rota basis or by individuals whose circumstances mean they need access to a car to help a relative to get to appointments. There will be more information in the next Chew Valley Gazette about the cars but if you are interested in finding out more about a car for your own use or have an interest in helping others with their transport needs, please contact: Lynette Cox 01275 333430 (Village Greenspace) or Denise Perrin 01275 333867.

Shuttle Bus

The free shuttle bus available to patients attending for appointments or as visitors at the BRI, St Michaels Hospital, Oncology, and Eye hospital, now have another collection/drop off point. The shuttle service has collection points around Bristol City Centre, and has now extended its service to include a collection/drop off at Cabot Circus Car Park on the Lower Ground Floor.

Parking is charged at £1 per hour and is a secured by design car park.

Transportation needs? Other useful numbers:

Bath and North East Somerset Council www.bathnes.gov.uk
Contact: Council Connect Address: Transportation - Floor 2, Riverside South, Temple Street, Keynsham, BS31 1LA
E-mail: councilconnect@bathnes.gov.uk
Telephone: 01225 39 40 41
Text SMS - 07997 806544
Fax: 01225 394335
Minicom: 01225 477309

Ring and Ride: Chew Valley Enquiries 01761 418097 to book a journey 01761 417504

Click here to download a copy of the Ring & Ride leaflet  (for those who cannot use public transport)

Winford Parish Council Volunteer Drivers ? Tel: 01275 472760 / 07902 334422

Dundry Parish Council Good Neighbour Scheme ? Tel: 01275 472670