Wealdlink operates a weekly door-to-door
shopping services to Crowborough, Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne. The
service is for anyone who has difficulty accessing normal service
buses. The Crowborough shopping service picks you up from your from
home, takes you into Crowborough which offers easy access to
Waitrose, Morrisons, Lidl, Crowborough Post Office and a range of
banks. The Tunbridge Wells service stops in the centre of the town
where you can visit the specialist shops and big high street names.
The monthly Eastbourne service stops outside the Arndale Centre from
there it is a short walk to take in the sights on the
promenade.
Passengers are required to register as members to use this service,
this can be completed at the time of your first
booking. Full details of our WEALDLINK Shopping Services may be found
on our "Services" page by clicking here or
ring 01892 771332
.
Subject to availability our buses can be hired by community groups and societies. Does your group need a break? A trip to the theatre, special event etc? Our community trips service includes the driver and eligible groups are required to register as members at the time of booking. Our minibuses are not available for hire without driver, or for commercial work. Full details may be obtained from our office on 01892 771332 or email nwctp@4weald.co.uk
We have been delighted with the
response to date but the more volunteers we can sign up the more we
can expand our services. Do you enjoy driving, meeting and helping
people? Are you aged between 25 And 70? Do you have a few hours to
spare on an occasional or regular basis? Then please consider joining
us as a volunteer driver whether you can drive once a week or once a
month. All of our volunteers will testify this is gratifying work.
Volunteers drivers drive for our daily shopper services and the
Wealdlink community trips service. Trips will vary from short local
runs to longer excursions.
Full MiDAS training will be given and
our drivers must be happy to deal courteously and helpfully with all
passengers, particularly as many may be elderly, infirm, or have
physical or other disabilities. All out of pocket expenses will be
met.
Full details may obtained from our office on 01892 771332 or
email nwctp@4weald.co.uk
To operate our services requires a whole range of jobs including:
Passenger
Assistants:-
When available passenger
assistants are an invaluable help to our drivers. Travelling with the
bus they
can help locate each address, help the passengers on and off, deal with
fares
etc. All this reduces the time the driver would spend and generally
saves a
great deal of time for both the outgoing and return journeys.
Office
Staff:-
Everything to help our office run and
grow efficiently. Whatever your skills from just taking calls to
planning our
trips, from simple filing to meeting up with and dispatching our
drivers having
assisted to get the bus through its daily safety check, we could really
use
you. Full
details may obtained from our office on 01892
771332 or email nwctp@4weald.co.uk
NWCTP are delighted to welcome Erwin and Vicky as drivers and Jeanie and Madona as passenger assistants for our contract service. As and when we have vacancies for paid part time drivers and passenger assistants for our contract services they will be advertised here. Full training is given and our drivers and assistants must be happy to deal courteously and helpfully with all passengers, particularly as many may be elderly, infirm, or have physical or other disabilities. Full details may obtained from our office on 01892 771332 or email nwctp@4weald.co.uk
The Wealdlink service is provided by NWCTP Ltd. a not for profit
company, registered charity and approved provider of Community
Transport for the North Wealden Area.
Our aim is to provide accessible, safe and affordable transport for
those who are vulnerable or disadvantaged through lack of appropriate
transport, from all sections of the community across North Wealden and
beyond, in order to combat social exclusion and increase independence.
Our services are grant aided by member councils of the Wealdlink Forum:
Buxted, Danehill, Forest Row, Frant, Hartfield, Maresfield, Withyham
Parish
Councils, Crowborough Town Council, Wealden District Council and East
Sussex County
Council.

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