LLANWRTYD WELLS COMMUNITY TRANSPORT THE AREA THAT WE SERVE • THE AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 1700 SQUARE KILOMETRES • THE CORE CATCHMENT AREA HAS A POPULATION OF AROUND 1500 • THE LEAST DENSELY POPULATED COUNTY IN ENGLAND AND WALES, JUST 25 PEOPLE PER SQUARE KILOMETRE • THE PEOPLE OF POWYS ARE OUTNUMBER BY SHEEP BY ABOUT 100:1! • SMALLEST TOWN IN THE U.K. • HOME TO THE WORLD ALTERNATIVE GAMES • WORLD BOG SNORKELLING CHAMPIONSHIPS • MAN VERSUS HORSE MARATHON BACKGROUND OF THE ORGANISATION • FORMED IN 2002 BY MANAGING DIRECTOR DAVE BROWN • THE AIM WAS TO PROVIDE TRANSPORT TO PEOPLE OF LLANWRTYD AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES • PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS SCARCE WITH JUST 4 BUSES AND 5 TRAINS DURING THE DAY THROUGH THE WEEK, LESS AT THE WEEKEND • CURRENT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM COVERS LESS THAN 8% OF THE POPULATION • A&E AND OTHER PRIMARY CARE FACILITIES ARE VERY MANY MILES AWAY Devils Staircase View from Epynt mountain Abergwesyn Pass Cynghordy viaduct View up Irfon Valley LWCT MOVING FORWARD • RECOGNISING THE WHOLE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE ENCOMPASSED • NEEDING TO BE SELF SUSTAINING • GRANTS ARE DIFFICULT TO ACCESS DUE TO LOW POPULATION OF THE AREA • THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX – WHERE WAS THE GAP WE COULD FILL? • EVENT RECYCLING The recycling leads to…….. WHAT THE ORGANISATION PROVIDES NOW • REGULAR SHOPPING BUSES • A VOLUNTARY CAR SCHEME • TWICE WEEKLY COFFEE CLUBS • HIRE OF PREMISES FOR FUNCTIONS • COMMUNITY GARDEN • MONTHLY DAY TRIPS • EVENT RECYCLING CONTACT DETAILS WEBSITE: WWW.LLANWRTYDCOMMUNITYTRANSPORT.ORG.UK EMAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 01982552727 REMEMBER……. NO ONE OWES COMMUNITY TRANSPORT A LIVING, IT IS UP TO US TO EARN IT!.