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North Argyll Volunteer Car Scheme (NAVCS) organises volunteers to give lifts to people who are unable to use public transport or to drive themselves, and who therefore have difficulty in accessing health care and social facilities.
The scheme has 48 drivers at the moment in the Seil/Luing/Kilmelford, Taynuilt/Kilchrenan/Dalavich and Dalmally/Bridge of Orchy areas with approximately 96 passengers who are taken to dentists, doctors, hospital, shopping, bank lawyers, lunch clubs, funerals or even just social visits. Many of the passengers cannot manage getting on to local buses or trains, and sometimes there is no bus or train service nearby.
Sometimes passengers can make their own way to the doctors by bus but then have a wait of 3 or 4 hours before they can get a bus back home. Often passengers could get on to a bus or train to Oban but could not manage back with their shopping. Several of the passengers would have to move in to Oban to sheltered accommodation, the car scheme helps them live a normal life and stay in their family home as long as possible.
This award would go towards the actual running of the car scheme, passengers are asked to make a donation of 30p per mile with a maximum donation of £7.50, our drivers are reimbursed at 35p per mile. As some of our journeys can be over 130 miles this can make quite a dent in the scheme’s finances.
VOTE FOR NAVCS by going to http://communityforce.rbs.co.uk/project/24

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