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Concessionary travel schemes
Other useful community transport contacts Bridgnorth Community Transport
Tel: 01746 768539 (Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 12.30pm). Email: bridgnorthcombus@btconnect.com Web: www.bridgnorthcombus.org.uk
Dial-a-Ride Bishop’s Castle
Tel: 01588 638350 (9.30am to 12.30pm. 24-hour notice needed before travel). Email: dial.a.ride@hotmail.co.uk Web: www.bc-dial-a-ride.org.uk
Dial-a-Ride Shrewsbury
Tel: 01743 450270 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 3.00pm). Email: manager@shrewsburydialaride.org.uk Web: www.shrewsbury-dialaride.co.uk
Ludlow, Clun Valley and Buzzard
Tel: 01584 700907 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 3.00pm). Email:
ludlowtraveller@shrewsburydialaride.org.uk
Oswestry Dial-a-Ride
Tel: 01691 671571 (Monday to Friday, 10.00am to 5.00pm. Leave a message outside these hours. 24-hour notice needed before travel). Email: info@qube-oca.org.uk Web: www.qube-oca.org.uk/transport
Ring and Ride Church Stretton
Tel: 01694 720025 (Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 1.00pm. Leave a message outside these hours). Email: information@mayfaircentre.org.uk Web: www.mayfaircentre.org.uk/events/ring-
and-ride
All Shropshire Mobility
All Shropshire Mobility started over 15 years ago and has built good working relationships with all major adaptation companies and provides a fully equipped demonstration workshop, enabling you to view and try out each product before purchase. There are also three equipped service vans available for mobile fitting. They can help if you need adaptations to a vehicle to enable you to drive, such as hand controls or pedal modifications.
For more information, call 01743 790879, email info@allshropshiremobility.co.uk or visit
www.allshropshiremobility.co.uk
Alpha Automatic School of Motoring
Driving tuition specialising in automatic disability and specific needs with an adapted vehicle for hand controls, left foot accelerator and infrared Lodgesons secondary controls. Tuition is available regardless of your requirements. For example, passing your driving test, confidence building sessions, rehabilitation or refresher training of experienced drivers.
Familiarisation tutorials are also offered, should you have adaptations fitted to your vehicle. For wheelchair users, there is help available to learn how to transfer yourself from your wheelchair to the car seat, in order to make you as independent as possible. The tuition vehicle is also fitted with a Digital Hearing Loop for people with hearing problems.
For more information, call 01743 240283, 07940 328203, email alphaautomatic@hotmail.co.uk or visit
www.alphaautomaticshrewsbury.co.uk
Shropshire Council residents of state pensionable age or over, and those with an eligible disability, can apply for free or reduced travel by applying for the concessionary travel scheme administrated by Shropshire Council. For any concessionary travel enquiries, call 0345 678 9088.
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