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<v Speaker 1>Hello, I'm ray Lee and this is the Gillingham Podcast

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<v Speaker 1>for anyone living in the Gillingham and Spa area. On Thursday,

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty sixth of February, the Gillingham Community Shuttle bus

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<v Speaker 1>service was launched. A crowd gathered outside Waitrose in Gillingham

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<v Speaker 1>for the ceremony. Thanks to speak was Counselor Belinda ride Out.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for all coming here today for the launch

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<v Speaker 2>over community Center bus. So as the Gillingham Community Transport

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<v Speaker 2>Group made.

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<v Speaker 3>Up of a cancer Barry Hawklan here wait they and

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<v Speaker 3>myself under Young Brandon of the Three Rivers Partnership, and

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<v Speaker 3>we are proud to stand here today along with your

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<v Speaker 3>wall to launch an initiative that's been quite a long

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<v Speaker 3>time in the making, but when we are here at

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<v Speaker 3>last to day correct So Sadly, the demise of the

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<v Speaker 3>Norcat left a community transport gap here in the North

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<v Speaker 3>norsrset which we are now proud to be able to

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<v Speaker 3>film the best of our ability. After consultation with the

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<v Speaker 3>residents of Gillingham and Milton on Star, we have worked

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<v Speaker 3>with a very obliging Tim and Carry a North community

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<v Speaker 3>transport for bring new green Swid. The super bus is

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<v Speaker 3>a service to operate alongside existing public transport networks and

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<v Speaker 3>our own Gillingham's Gillingson moluntary cast Link Speed and the

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<v Speaker 3>shot of us along the driver off Ye will be

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<v Speaker 3>a gilling Of every Thursday to offer three return services

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<v Speaker 3>into town for the residents are non Star, Peace, Martian

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<v Speaker 3>Wine including Comedy Lane.

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<v Speaker 2>Stops include the high Street.

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<v Speaker 3>Holding the Ball, the bus shelter, top of guardings laid

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<v Speaker 3>by Gillingham School, Rivers Meet, Leisure Center, bar and Soldiery

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<v Speaker 3>and Waitrose and plenty of time has been allowed for

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<v Speaker 3>presidents to be able to access services and facilities or

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<v Speaker 3>just to get together in cafes and socialize. There will

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<v Speaker 3>be two poundy trick products one hand with children and

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<v Speaker 3>dogs go free.

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<v Speaker 4>Section one six Developer funding from some of the large

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<v Speaker 4>larger developments of Gillingham and it's a successful application for

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<v Speaker 4>community transport funding from Dorset Council has enabled the scheme

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<v Speaker 4>to yellowhead and I think i'm eamly recurring for the.

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<v Speaker 2>Pass forward for the transport Flan.

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<v Speaker 3>And very greatful for the support of the three of

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<v Speaker 3>us partnership Gillingham Town Council, Dorst.

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<v Speaker 2>Council, North Dorset Transport Action Group.

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<v Speaker 4>Gillingham Carling giving Them, Medical Practice, Givingham Chamber of Commerce

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<v Speaker 4>and many local.

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<v Speaker 3>Businesses and individuals who have shown their support for the scheme.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a pilot scheme for six months.

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<v Speaker 3>If it's well used the band remains high, then we

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<v Speaker 3>will be look at it sending it to further days.

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<v Speaker 3>So the message really is please use the shutter bus

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<v Speaker 3>as it may well be a risk of losing it.

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<v Speaker 1>So anywhere then Phil Weakley, who can paign for the service.

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<v Speaker 5>For those that don't know, I mean, my name is Phil,

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<v Speaker 5>and I'm a local resident. I'm not a counselor, and

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<v Speaker 5>I'm also being lame with a campaigner. And following lockdown,

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<v Speaker 5>we and Gillingham lost our local bus service prost me

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<v Speaker 5>two years ago. Dought It Council asked for comments on

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<v Speaker 5>local transport before lockdown. Getting On had the number two

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<v Speaker 5>fifty two bus service which came in here and went

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<v Speaker 5>all the way around the town up all their states

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<v Speaker 5>and we lost that. So today we have the number

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<v Speaker 5>three bus that travels around the outskirts of the town,

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<v Speaker 5>mostly empty, and then continued to stirm it's no good

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<v Speaker 5>twenty getting on folks require them the original fifty two

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<v Speaker 5>route as before. As before lockdown probably been stopped off

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<v Speaker 5>be a reek. This to be reinstated with a regular

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<v Speaker 5>torrent table. This should alleviate the town parking problem and

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<v Speaker 5>to reduce carbon emission due to reduction cars travels to

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<v Speaker 5>the town. So on that basis, I wrote to the

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<v Speaker 5>town council about this service and was put in touch

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<v Speaker 5>with the Transport Fall which consisted of Counselor Belinda read

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<v Speaker 5>Out and very Ron Clement. This is when I discovered

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<v Speaker 5>that they were investigating a local shuttle service, especially for

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<v Speaker 5>Nordcat sorry especially as an rdcat has ceased to offer.

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<v Speaker 2>After a few.

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<v Speaker 5>Meetings, the finding it been identified and many notes support

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<v Speaker 5>in the project compiled by the team, and we're finally

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<v Speaker 5>here today. Thank you Belinda, Barry dort It, Council, three

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<v Speaker 5>Rivers and everybody else that thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Then Counselor Barry von Clements.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, I'm going to issue a phrase that the town

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<v Speaker 6>clerk goes pale. I'm going to wing it. I haven't

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<v Speaker 6>written anywhere. I just really Blinda and Philip basically said

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<v Speaker 6>it all. I would just like to say that how

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<v Speaker 6>fabulous it is to see community power in action.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the community that has worked.

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<v Speaker 6>It's the community that has achieved this, and it's up

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<v Speaker 6>to the community now to get behind the project, to

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<v Speaker 6>use it and to keep it going. So thank you everybody,

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<v Speaker 6>and also one last thank you to my fellow directors

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<v Speaker 6>of three RP who so kindly agreed to take this

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<v Speaker 6>project under their umbrella. There was no arm twisted much.

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<v Speaker 1>And finally the mayor Councilor Fleona Collen, who cut the

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<v Speaker 1>ribbon and launched the service.

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<v Speaker 2>Of a ribbon cutting.

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<v Speaker 7>I hope that this new service, along with you already

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<v Speaker 7>existing time loop, will go some way to help people

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<v Speaker 7>to prevent them from feeling isolated if they've given up driving.

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<v Speaker 7>I mean, I know from my own personal experience. My

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<v Speaker 7>mum has recently given up PERPA, so this to pick

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<v Speaker 7>up exactly where she lives, so that's really handy. I

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<v Speaker 7>hope that the two things together, will you know, would

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<v Speaker 7>really help people not to feel stuck.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, you ready on.

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<v Speaker 1>The bus then took its first clode of passengers and

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<v Speaker 1>made its way to the Three Rivers Leisure Center in

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<v Speaker 1>Harding's Lane for a reception, where I spoke to counselor

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<v Speaker 1>Belinda Ride out right, We're now at rivers, meet away

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<v Speaker 1>from the clatter at shopping trolleys. And I'm speaking to

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<v Speaker 1>Belinda ride Up about this new scheme. How did it

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<v Speaker 1>come about, Glinda?

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<v Speaker 8>It's been in my mind for a long time, the

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<v Speaker 8>true and I recognize there's a need.

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<v Speaker 2>For door to door transport.

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<v Speaker 8>It's fairly cheap for people, so I can get out

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<v Speaker 8>and socialize and get to the shops and access all

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<v Speaker 8>sorts of facilities in the town, which is difficult for

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<v Speaker 8>some people, especially if they've given up their car and

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<v Speaker 8>they find themselves isolated. So we've been looking for a

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<v Speaker 8>long time as a group the best way forward. We've

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<v Speaker 8>looked at different ideas. Then we thought, well we might

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<v Speaker 8>as well go to a setup.

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<v Speaker 2>You're already running a.

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<v Speaker 8>Transport system, and so we thought about Doors of Community

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<v Speaker 8>Transport and we spoke to them and it seemed a

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<v Speaker 8>really good idea. So they've got the buses, they've got

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<v Speaker 8>the drivers, they know what they're doing, and so we

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<v Speaker 8>had a meeting with them and came up with a

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<v Speaker 8>with a plan which we've got here today for a

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<v Speaker 8>community transport bus.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's so who's the service.

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<v Speaker 8>For absolutely only one?

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<v Speaker 1>So how does it run? How does it work. You

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<v Speaker 1>have to you have to book your ride.

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<v Speaker 8>I understand you have to register a doors at community

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<v Speaker 8>Transport first. It's just a phone call basically to.

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<v Speaker 1>Register go light a form and.

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<v Speaker 8>Once you're registered you can just ring up and just

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<v Speaker 8>book your ride into.

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<v Speaker 2>Town and let's say door to door service, so you.

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<v Speaker 8>Will be taken into town and you'll be picked up

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<v Speaker 8>and taken home.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's two pounds for adults, a pound for children

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<v Speaker 1>and dogs don't get free, right, So we've got a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people coming on barking with it, right, And

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<v Speaker 1>how do they pay the charge? They pay the driver,

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<v Speaker 1>They pay the.

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<v Speaker 2>Driver on the day.

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<v Speaker 1>It's basically the stops that are on the the information sheet.

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<v Speaker 1>They're they're the only stop. They don't stop at normal

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<v Speaker 1>bus stops or anything like that, do they.

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<v Speaker 3>It's using the stops already in town that the public transport.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's that's sort of White Marsh, Milton and Star.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we pick up in those areas.

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<v Speaker 8>There's three areas we pick up you've just mentioned and

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<v Speaker 8>their zones A, B and C. And then there's one

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<v Speaker 8>trip out to Milton Nonstyllar first.

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<v Speaker 1>Then it's Peace.

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<v Speaker 8>Marshal Wike and they're brought into town and then they yeah,

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<v Speaker 8>they'll take them back. They'll drop them off at the

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<v Speaker 8>bus stopsite holding the wall in the high street, up

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<v Speaker 8>here the Barn Surgery, Waitrose and up here at rivers

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<v Speaker 8>Meet and then they'll come back around to those stops and.

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<v Speaker 1>Pick people up and take them back. So are there

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<v Speaker 1>plans to expand the service if it's well used.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, if there's a big demand then it is a

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<v Speaker 8>pilot scheme for six months, so five months, say July time,

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<v Speaker 8>we will look at it and see if it.

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<v Speaker 2>At leaves tweaking. Because it's not a register service.

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<v Speaker 8>The service can be tweaked and change going to demand,

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<v Speaker 8>So where.

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<v Speaker 1>Can people we'll get more information about the service.

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<v Speaker 8>We've got leaflets which we hope to get out to people.

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<v Speaker 2>We will leave some in the town hall. We should

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<v Speaker 2>be able to find them in your local surgery and online.

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<v Speaker 1>Available online and your there a website.

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<v Speaker 8>Something the Dorset Community Transport website. Yeah right, we'll be

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<v Speaker 8>on there the details brilliant. Well, thanks very much for

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<v Speaker 8>your time and you're welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>To register for the service, book a trip or if

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<v Speaker 1>you have any questions call zero one two five eight

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<v Speaker 1>two eight seven nine eight seven between nine thirty and

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<v Speaker 1>two thirty on weekdays, or email Dorset at ECT charity

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<v Speaker 1>dot co dot uk. For more information, go to www

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<v Speaker 1>dot Dorset dash CT dot co dot uk. If you're

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<v Speaker 1>a member of a group or organization that would like

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<v Speaker 1>to be featured on the Future Killingham Podcast, then you

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<v Speaker 1>can email me at Killingham Podcast at gmail dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening.