AccessBus provides vital services during the Covid-19 pandemic

West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s AccessBus, that usually provides door-to-door bus services to support people with limited mobility, has continued to help the community during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The buses are being used to deliver supplies to Incredible Edible in Todmorden to prepare meals for the elderlyThe buses are being used to deliver supplies to Incredible Edible in Todmorden to prepare meals for the elderly
The buses are being used to deliver supplies to Incredible Edible in Todmorden to prepare meals for the elderly

AccessBus has utilised its vehicles and drivers to provide an essential service across West Yorkshire and has been delivering shopping and meals to people who are shielding or unable to leave their homes, taking patients to clinics and delivering school lunches.

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In Calderdale AccessBuses are being used to ship supplies from the Real Junk Food Project in Wakefield to Incredible Edible, a group of volunteers in Todmorden preparing cooked meals and food parcels for the elderly and vulnerable in Cornholme.

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The Cornholme hub provides food to around 120 families every week and has saved several tons of food from landfill.

AccessBus is also supporting the Todmorden Market Traders’ Shopappy initiative by delivering groceries, which have been ordered using the app, to homes across Todmorden and Hebden Bridge.

All the drivers are supplied with PPE, observing social distancing regulations. Vehicles are sanitised before and after each route.

Dawn Newsome, chief executive of Armley Helping Hands, said: “We are very grateful for the support the AccessBus team have been providing to older people in the community through the pandemic.

“From helping deliver fish and chips to distributing emergency food parcels, their help has been invaluable in helping us meet the needs of our community.”