Drivers from Quality Line, the bus division of Epsom Coaches Group have donated £1,500 to SSAFA’s Norton House in Headley, a home dedicated to helping injured service personal and their families.
Tag Archives: Charity
Cap in hand
First drivers wear a hat in Leeds for brain tumour charity First in Leeds is asking staff and passengers to Wear a Hat to help Brain Tumour Research (BTRS) raise awareness across Yorkshire about the prevalence of brain tumours and the need for vital research. First bus drivers in Leeds are setting an example by [...]
Santa Bus for air ambulance
Bus passengers taking the 701 Judds service between Peterborough and Whittlesey were pleasantly surprised to see Father Christmas behind the wheel of the regular Northern Counties-bodied Dennis Dart. The inside of the bus was decorated with a tree, tinsel and lights to carry the Christmas spirit through the Fens.
Long walk for Motor Neurone Charities
Stagecoach North East bus driver Steve Todd is set to walk over 100 miles to raise funds for two motor neurone disease charities. The 45-year-old former soldier from Middlesbrough, who works at the Stagecoach Stockton depot, is taking part in the walk in aid of children’s charity Zoe’s Place, a charity offering specialist respite and [...]
Peter Huntley goes ahead
Peter Huntley is to leave his position as managing director of Go North East at the end of the year, after nearly six years in the post. Peter, who will be leaving the North East and going to the North Pole on an expedition for charity, says he leaves the group in “great shape”, explaining: [...]
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Stagecoach staff run for Demelza Hospice
33 bus drivers and support staff from Stagecoach depots across Kent and East Sussex joined hundreds of runners at Maidstone’s Tote Park to raise money for the Demelza Children’s Hospice. The team members ran either the 10k track or the shorter 5k course. The runners travelled from their depots on board the specially liveried Demelza [...]
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Jumbulance Trust orders new Van Hool
The Jumbulance Trust, a registered charity dedicated to providing holidays and trips for seriously disabled and sick people, has recently placed an order with Van Hool for a new ‘Jumbulance.’ The purpose-built vehicle is based on Van Hool’s T915 Acron design and is broadly similar to the Trust’s existing Van Hool T917 Acron, only two [...]
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Coast to coast success for Volvo Executive Team
£11,000 raised in aid of a Teenage Cancer Trust appeal Last weekend saw the Volvo Bus Executive Group successfully complete a gruelling 137 mile, coast to coast challenge between Whitehaven and Tynemouth in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust’s Warwickshire Appeal. So far the challenge has raised an amazing £11,000 with further donations expected to help [...]
Stagecoach Sheffield drivers strip for charity
Funds to be raised from calendar sale in aid local children’s hospital Brave bus staff at Stagecoach in Sheffield are baring all in a charity calendar. 21 drivers – 19 men and two women – from Holbrook depot are shedding their inhibitions, and their uniforms, for the Children’s Hospital Charity. Driver Chris Brownhill came up [...]
