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We are raising funds for our Community Transport service, which helps hundreds of isolated disabled and older people every week to get out and about locally in Kent.
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Situation
For many disabled and older people in rural areas, a lack of transport services that are both accessible and affordable leads to their exclusion from local amenities and community life generally. Disabled people remain significantly less likely than non-disabled people to participate in cultural, leisure and sporting activities. In time this causes them to lose confidence which, in turn, results in a loss of independence and wellbeing. Often the end results are poverty and ill health.
Solution
We want to extend our Community Transport service to more remote and rural locations throughout Kent, reaching an even greater number of isolated disabled and older people. We will help these individuals to get to local day centres, hospital and medical appointments, and shopping trips, as well as outings with family and friends.