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Can you drive? Cotswold Volunteers North Transport Service helps people needing transport to get to their medical appointments and family emergencies and to enjoy occasional social outings. ‘This can make such a difference to people’s mental and physical health. Just having something to look forward to, like a trip to the shops, can make a huge difference to someone who has no car and no access to public transport’, says Beth Johnson CEO of Cotswold Volunteers North. CVN Drivers come from all walks of life: they are retired people who find they have the time to take someone to visit a loved one in hospital; they are mums who, while their children are at school, will take someone to a doctor’s appointment; they are people who will, after work and at the weekends, be available to take lonely, isolated people to visit friends and family. Volunteers’ fuel costs are met by the clients and CVN help with insurance forms so that all drivers are fully insured at no extra cost to themselves. CVN need to recruit 50 new drivers across the North Cotswolds, plus 2 more volunteers to help run the front desk, which coordinates the driver bookings. Front desk operators are required to use a simple bespoke computer system for which training is given. New volunteers are offered introductory training and can be accompanied by experienced drivers / front desk operators. If you can help please contact Beth Johnson on 01608 651415 or beth@cotswoldvolunteers.com. If you have jJust a couple of hours a month free to help, you can make a big difference. If you live in the North Cotswolds and need help with transport, please call the CVN Transport Service on 01608 651115 Monday to Friday 9.30am – 1.30pm. Talk to us* about advertising your business 07789 175 002 *STOW TIMES, MORETON TIMES, BOURTON TIMES CHIPPING NORTON TIMES NCCR CHAIRMAN TO STEP DOWN North Cotswold Community Radio (NCCR) volunteers are digesting the news that longstanding Chairman and station founder Robb Eden is to resign his post with effect from the end of 2012. In a letter to committee members and volunteers, Mr Eden, of Moreton in Marsh, expresses concern over the difficulty in obtaining funding for the project, which he had hoped would have become self supporting in the time since its inception five years ago. Mr Eden also bemoans bureaucracy which “continues to dampen the enthusiasm of the numerous volunteers who have worked with us over the years”. Expounding on this point, Mr Eden continues “it has also become apparent to me that, for community radio to survive, that Parliament needs to deregulate the sector and allow local people to decide how their community stations should be run. North Cotswold Community Radio is a radio station for the whole of the North Cotswolds and both Parliament and Ofcom (the industry regulator) need to accept this.” Since its inception five years ago, NCCR has continually grown its worldwide audience to the point where it now has around 2,000 listeners a week. Several hundred volunteers, of all ages, have passed through it doors and gained valuable media and broadcasting experience, with several going on to gain employment with major organisations or completing related college and university qualifications. Conceding that the amount of time he has dedicated to ensuring the smooth running of the internet station (online at www.northcotswoldonline.com) has meant that his work has suffered, Mr Eden will now step back and allow his focus to return to his ‘day job’. At a recent committee meeting, members paid tribute to his tireless work for the station and were heartened when he agreed to continue his involvement in the newly created role of President, which would allow him to step back from the day-to-day running of the station while still being available to offer invaluable counsel. Mr Eden concludes “I will be happy to continue my relationship with the radio station and the community by becoming President of the organisation, if the committee so wishes. Most important that new members are encouraged to join the committee and that the radio station moves forward so that the foundations we have built are not lost.” For further information contact Richard Price (richardpprice@gmail.com) or Robb Eden on (robbeden@aol.com) 41
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