Arun keeps wheels turning of transport charities

COMMUNITY transport services across the Arun district have been given more than £17,000 of backing.
By The Newsroom
Published 21st Jan 2015, 12:07 BST
Peter Austin, project manager at ACCT outside its base in FordPeter Austin, project manager at ACCT outside its base in Ford
Peter Austin, project manager at ACCT outside its base in Ford

Sammy Community Transport and Arun Co-ordinated Community Transport will gain the continued support from Arun District Council.

The Ford-based Arun group will get £10,500 in the year from April. Sammy, based in North Bersted, is to receive £6,430.

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In addition, the West Sussex Mediation Service will get a same-again £3,500.

The decisions were made by Arun’s cabinet members on Monday.

They were told by Robin Wickham, the council’s leisure and voluntary sector manager the community transport services were essential.

“They provide a valuable community service and have done so for a number of years to vulnerable members of the community,” he said.

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