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Compaid provides Brains Matter clients with a trip to Hastings Aquarium
We were honored to provide accessible and comfortable transport for clients of Brains Matter, a charity supporting adults in West Kent living with brain injuries, to have a lovely trip to Hastings Aquarium. We are delighted that everyone had a wonderful time exploring the sea life and afterwards, enjoying fish and chips and ice cream in the sun. Our reliable, affordable and accessible transport enables many vulnerable and disadvantaged people across kent with opportunities such as this, to enjoy days out with friends and family, and travel where they want to go stress free. If you or someone you know could benefit from the support we provide, click here for more information: https://www.compaid.org.uk/accessible-transport/
Compaid's Detling Shopper Bus now available in Bearsted Village
In collaboration with Bearsted Parish Council, our long running Detling Shopper bus service has now been extended to serve the residents of Bearsted. After their main bus routes were withdrawn in June 2022, the older residents of Bearsted village have been left without a service to help them travel to Maidstone town centre. Compaid met with Bearsted Parish Council’s Chair, David Hall, to find a solution. After a successful community grant application to Kent County Council submitted by David, funding was received to enable Compaid to extend the route of our Detling shopper bus to include Bearsted residents. The new route begins at Cross Keys bus stop in Bearsted, traveling up to Detling then back down to Grove Green Tesco and the new Eclipse Park Shopping Centre before ending at King Street Boots in Maidstone Town Centre. The service makes two return trips between 10.00am and 1.30pm Monday to Friday. We are happy to have worked with David Hall and the Bearsted Parish Council to address this issue and provide a new bus service that helps residents travel to the doctors, go shopping and be able to get out.
Compaid Clients Trip to Leeds Castle
With support from volunteers from Cripps and Compaid staff, our clients had the rare opportunity to get out and about to explore the sprawling grounds and rich history of Leeds Castle. Delighted that the rain stayed away for most of the day, we leisurely made our way through the Princess Alexandria Gardens and along the Cedar Lawn, ambling by the waterfall between them and marvelling at the approaching monument of Leeds Castle. Arriving at the spectacle of retained history, one group of clients enjoyed being immersed in the ‘Queens with Means’ experience, learning about the lives and history of the seven queens of Leeds Castle who ruled during Medieval and Tudor times alongside many great English Monarchs. At the same time, our second group of clients explored the Castle with its halls and vast rooms which eventually became the 1930s country home of Lady Baillie, who transformed the once royal castle into a venue for many lavish parties filled with music and dancing. At the end of the day, though tired from venturing across the vast grounds, smiles, laughter, and excited chatter filled our buses as we helped our clients back home. Through this fantastic day out many of our clients were able to enjoy what was a day to remember for many, their memories of the wonderful venue will be long-lasting as opportunities to visit national trusts, local attractions, or get out into their local community is extremely limited for many disabled and elderly people due to a lack of accessible & affordable transport. We would like to thank Cripps, Pemberton Greenish Accountants Ltd and Community Transport Association for helping to make this trip possible for so many of our clients.
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