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24.10.2019
RURAL COMMUNITIES: A Healthwatch focus on rural isolation and community transport around Bedale
From left, Ian Sandell, Sheila Sandell and Malcolm Bloor from Bedale Community Minibus
As part of our work looking into the issues facing rural communities, Healthwatch North Yorkshire spends a morning with the volunteers and passengers of Bedale Community Minibus – a service which offers a lifeline to l...
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Co-op presents money from Community Fund.
More than £26,000 has been handed over to help fund vital community services by the Co-op stores based in Bedale and Leeming Bar.
The money has been raised through Co-op members with one per cent of every £1 they spend going to local good causes. Team Leader Stuart King presented cheques for £8,295 to 1st Leeming Scout Group, £8,582 for Bedale Community Minibus and £9,157 to Bedale Community Library.
David Emison, c...
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BCM is now a CIO The Bedale Minibus Project is now a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) Charity No. 1158623 named the “Bedale Community Minibus” and operating from offices in Oak House, Bedale. 17/11/14
Hambleton Community Awards, Service to Disability.
The Hambleton Community Awards ceremony took place on Tuesday 27 March 2018 at the Forum, Northallerton.
Winners is each category were:
Service to Young People - Linda Gibbon, Thirsk Clock
Service to Older People - Bedale Community Meals on Wheels
Service to Disability - Bedale Community Minibus
Community Group of the Year - Huby & Sutton Community Shop
Community Event of the Year - Romanby WI Scarecrow Festival
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New bus service launch by Rishi Sunak
With the arrival of our new bus, Bedale Community Minibus is continuing to expand its services to the local community.
Rishi Sunak, our MP, was kind enough to inaugurate our new weekly service to The James Cook University Hospital.
From April 4th, BCM will be operating a weekly service on Thursday afternoons giving passengers approximately 2 hours to visit patients at the hospital. To reserve your seat on the bus and for full details, contact t...
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Bedale Community Minibus is now operating a weekly service to The James Cook University Hospital for local residents to visit their family members or friends who are patients in the hospital. The service currently operates on a Thursday afternoon and the fare is £7.50 return. Leaving Bedale at 1pm the service will enable passengers to visit their family or friends for approximately 2 hours. Leaving the hospital shortly after 4pm, the bus will return to Bedale at about 5pm. Seats on the bus...
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