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Community transport
The Villager is a community transport
scheme for rural Medway.
It operates on a not-for-profit basis to provide a range of
transport services for Medway's villages, including minibus hire
for community groups and regular excursions to various
destinations. Its drivers are mainly volunteers, which helps to
keep prices as low as possible.
By operating with its own vehicles and volunteer drivers, a
community transport scheme can provide lots of new not-for-profit
bus services which existing bus companies are unable to provide.
These services can also be a lot more flexible than normal buses,
as the minibuses can divert from the main roads where required.
Community transport offers a great opportunity to meet the
transport needs of rural residents.
Services
The Villager offers two main services:
Information pack
If you would like a copy of The Villager information pack,
please use the contact details at the foot of the page.
Alternatively, you can download copies of the leaflets
below.
To use these files you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do
not have this on your computer, please use our advice page. When returning these forms, please
send them to the address at the foot of this page.
Out and About newsletter
The Villager produces a regular newsletter called Out and
About, with the latest news on the project and details of
services, including a schedule of forthcoming excursions.
To find out more about how The Villager can help you or to book
a place on one of the services, please call using the contact
details below.
The offices are open from 9.30am to 1pm, Monday to Friday with
answerphone service during busy times.
New services
The Villager is always looking for new services to provide that
might be useful for rural residents. These might include:
- direct services for individual villages - for example, to
nearby train stations or supermarkets in the centre of Medway;
- buses for particular needs groups, such as those with
disabilities;
- school services for students living in isolated areas;
- flexible route (dial-a-ride) services to various
destinations;
- evening services aimed at young people living in Medway's
villages.
There are no limits to what the Villager might be able to
achieve in the long term. If there are any new services which you
would like to see in your village, please get in touch.
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