DIAL-A-COMMUNITY
BUS NEWS
2009
Press
Release;
February 2009
Dial-a-Community
Bus Congratulates Drivers on Presentation of IAM Certificates
Buchan
Community Safety Group gave Buchan Dial-a-Community Bus a grant
which enabled them to provide the Institute of Advanced Motorist’s
(IAM) Advanced Driver Training for several of the charity’s
drivers.
The
drivers recently completed their training and are now the proud
owners of IAM certificates. They gathered together to be congratulated
on their achievement by the IAM’s local examiner John
Turner and the Chair of the Buchan Community Safety Group Cllr
Anne Allan.
DACB
General Manager, Rachel Milne, said: “Dial-a-Community
Bus has an enormous responsibility and a duty of care for our
hundreds of clients being driven around Aberdeenshire every
week which we take very seriously.
We are
constantly looking at driver training and safety but we are
constrained by budgets, so this funding has proved very valuable
indeed. We really appreciate this donation from the Community
Safety group”.
She
went on to praise the DACB drivers;
“Although
Dial-a-Community Bus provided the vehicle the drivers undertook
the lessons and the test in their own time. They have all agreed
that it was time and effort well spent and that they all gained
some extra skills and insights. We’re really proud of
them and their achievements.”
Councillor
Anne Allan who chairs the Buchan Community Safety Group, said;
“The group were unanimous in the decision to help fund
such a worthy cause and we are pleased to share in the driver’s
successes”.
IAM
test examiner John Turner added, “I am also very glad
to have been involved in the success of the DACB drivers and
am sure it will be instrumental in maintaining the high standard
of driving I have seen from the drivers”.
Notes:
Buchan Dial-a-Community Bus (DACB) is a growing Community Transport
Charity in North East Aberdeenshire, focussing on reducing social
exclusion through the provision of high quality community transport
delivery and support services. It is a community owned Company
Limited by Guarantee and Scottish Charity which has been operating
for over 15 years.
Originally DACB operated as a weekly service utilising a borrowed
social work minibus, driven by off duty police officers.
Since
2000 they have evolved into a major transport provider in the
Buchan area and currently run 8 services locally including A2B
DRT services under SLA to Aberdeenshire Council, a door to door
shopping service, patient transport, evening youth transport,
library visits, community group use as well as shopmobility.
They provide approx. 28,000 passenger journeys using 6 minibuses
under S19 permits and a community car scheme.
For
more information call Dial-a-Community Bus office on 01771 619191.
