All aboard
the new Moneyspinner Age Concern mini-bus.
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The keys to
a brand-new £35,000 minibus were handed over by 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio
Nottingham to Notts Age Concern today as a busload of smiling pensioners
looked on.
The bus, purchased
with donations from 麻豆官网首页入口 Nottingham's Moneyspinner Charity Appeal,
will be used by Notts Age Concern to transport pensioners around
the county.
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| 麻豆官网首页入口's Kate
Squire hands the keys to a happy Mick Tinkler. |
The money was
raised by an on-air auction last year, together with the proceeds
of a raffle and the Radio Nottingham Christmas pantomime at the
Arts Theatre.
Radio Nottingham
Editor Kate Squire presented the keys to Age Concern Chief Executive
Mick Tinkler in front the the 麻豆官网首页入口 East Midlands Broadcast Centre
in Nottingham.
The bus, packed
with 20 eager pensioners aged from 62 to 94 years old, headed off
to lunch and activities at Patchings Farm in Calverton. The location
was chosen by Radio Nottingham listeners in a special phone poll
on the Mid-morning Show.
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| The minibus
will take pensioners to all parts of the county. |
The donated
bus will be used to pick up older people who can't manage to get
to the Age Concern drop-in centres by themselves. It will also come
in handy for day trips and shopping.
Notts Age Concern
says the minibus will be based at the Cybil Levin Centre on Nuthall
Road in Cinderhill, where older people can take craft and IT courses,
or get haircuts, chiropody services and baths.
Age Concern
says special care is offered to people who are in the first stages
of Alzheimer's disease.
Mick Tinkler
says the bus will benefit people in all parts of the county, even
the frailest pensioners who find it difficult to get out and about.
See our earlier
story about the
Moneyspinner Appeal or visit our site.
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