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Volunteer transport groups under threat

Charity transport schemes across Shropshire are reaching crisis point with rising fuel prices hitting the pockets of volunteer drivers.Charity transport schemes across Shropshire are reaching crisis point with rising fuel prices hitting the pockets of volunteer drivers. Bosses behind the organisations say hundreds of volunteers are effectively being forced to subsidise the service as petrol prices rocket above the amount they can reclaim for mileage. And the thousands of passengers using the schemes could see a rise in fares in order to combat the rise in fuel, now at more than £5 a gallon. Although some schemes are managed or subsidised by Shropshire County Council and Telford & Wrekin Council, many of the smaller community projects are run by volunteers in rural areas. Matt Johnson, county council passenger transport policy officer, said he was involved with co-ordinating more than 450 volunteers in the Voluntary Car Scheme. "We have two schemes, the VCS, which we manage in-house and on a contractual basis. We also have a large pool of volunteers in rural areas, usually sitting at a kitchen table with a diary." Read more in the Shropshire Star

North Shropshire|May 24, 2008
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