AS MANY of your regular readers will know, ValePlus has been fundraising over the past two years for a new minibus.

Our members use the bus regularly to access community facilities as part of their learning courses and leisure activities.

Our old bus had been with us for more than 10 years and needed replacing so a campaign of fund raising activities has been undertaken to raise the £25,000 needed to buy a new bus.

Going into the new year we were still £800 short of our target and we’d just been told that by the end of the month a price increase of £3,500 was being introduced to the cost.

But we were lucky enough to receive donations over and above our target and we took possession of a new bus at the end of January.

This was officially presented to us last week when we were able to invite many of those who contributed over the two years to an afternoon tea and to see Jane Hutt make the official handover.

On behalf of everyone at ValePlus, can I thank all those who helped us achieve this target. We are grateful to you all.

Steve Thomas

Director

ValePlus