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County Council Cumbria County Council Application Form Interested in Volunteering as a Driver? Number of applicants:______Volunteers are required to drive the Names(s) including title: minibus. If you are interested in joining to the rota, and driving once every 6-8 ______weeks you will need: • Have a full driving licence. Date(s) of birth:______• If you passed your test after 1997 Community Address:______you also need Category D1 on your licence. Wheels ______• Be under 80 years of age. Cumbria County Council will provide Demand-responsive Postcode:______training to MiDAS (Minibus Driving accessible community Awareness Scheme) standard. transport for residents of Arnside, Telephone (including code): Volunteer mileage expenses will be and ______covered. Friday morning Milnthorpe Hub will kindly provide a free transport to Please list below any medical drink to the volunteer whilst waiting at conditions or mobility problems you Milnthorpe which Milnthorpe. have, for example, if you are partially also connects to sighted or use walking aids etc. For more information contact: Katy Wood Voluntary Transport Officer Cumbria County Council

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What is Community Wheels? This is so that we can advise the volunteer How much does it cost to It is a demand-responsive wheelchair driver who is travelling, where the pick-ups will register? accessible community transport service for be on the day and confirm pick-up times. There is no membership fee however communities that don’t have any scheduled a minimum of £5 is required to get a bus transport. It will provide Friday morning How much does it cost? smartcard. The £5 is added straight onto minibus transport to Milnthorpe, driven by 25p per mile per single or return trip. your smartcard as an opening balance which will be sent out in the post to you. local volunteers for residents of Arnside Carr Do I have to book every week? Bank and Storth. No. You can book your seat as a regular What happens once I To use the service, you will need to become booking for up to a month in advance. have my card? a member of Community Wheels. Fares will 01228 Can I turn up and travel? Phone to book your seat. Your 226430 be paid by smartcard. pick-up point and time will be If you are a member and a friend/neighbour confirmed. Cards are topped up at What time will transport be has already pre-booked a journey, you can just Arnside and Milnthorpe Post Offices. available? turn up and travel at the same time. Please be This will depend on where there is demand aware that the minibus has 14 seats and to Why do I have to become a and bookings have been made for the guarantee your seat, it is preferable to book. member to use Community service. Who can use the service? Wheels? Under the legislation that applies to transport Based on current community need, Community Wheels is for registered residents services, only members are able to use approximate times will be: and cannot be used by visitors to the area. this type of service. Such services are not Depart from Arnside at 10.30am, picking available to the “general public”. (Transport up at Carr Back and Storth, arriving at How do I become a Act 1985 sections 18 to 23A; Section 19 Milnthorpe at approximately 11am. member? i Permit Regulations and Community Bus By Post: Complete this application Regulations 2009) This allows approximately1 hour in form which is available from Arnside Milnthorpe or to connect with the 555 bus Library and Arnside Post Office. Can I use my NowCard? service leaving Milnthorpe at 11.05am, Return it by post to the address below. NoWcards can’t be used as this is not arriving at Kendal at approximately 11.30am, a scheduled bus service. Fares will be and return from Kendal using the buses 552 By phone: 01228 226430 charged at 25p per mile per single or return or 555 and 99 connections. On-line: www.cumbria.gov.uk/ trip and payable by smartcard. communitywheels The return from Milthorpe would be around For more information 12pm back to Arnside via Storth and Carr By post: The Rural Wheels Phone: 0333 240 69 65 (option 5) Bank. Service, Cumbria House, 07788 396194 Cumbria County Council, integrated.transport@ Please book by 12.00pm the day before you 117 Botchergate, Email: cumbria.gov.uk wish to travel. CA1 1RD /facebook.com/cumbriacc

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