THE EAST LEAKE COMMUNITY CARE ASSOCIATION

WE NEED ADDITIONAL VOUUNTEER CAR DRIVERS FOR OUR TRANSPORT SCHEME. See below for scheme details. We pay a milage rate to drivers for use of their car. Please let us know if you can help. Giving a couple of hours per month will really help people in need.

MINI BUS SERVICE WITHIN EAST LEAKE
East Leake Parish Council are supporting a local bus service operated by East Leake Community Care Association using the 16-seat Soar Valley Bus on Wednesdays. This service is now approaching its second anniversary having started in October 2008.

We will collect you from your door anywhere in East Leake (where there is bus access) and take you to the Village Centre and the
Co-op. The fare is 50p return (or single). Pick up times are from 9.35am on the first run and from 1135am on the second run. Users of this service will will have at least 60 minutes in the village.

This service is aimed at those with no other easy means of access to the village centre, but it would be available to all subject to demand and capacity. If you need this service please contact Community Care (Doris Elcock)

Contacts for those organising Community Care can be found through contacts at The Parish Office or The Health Centre, or see your copy of "Round Up". Round Up was republished in 2010 and has been delivered to all households in East Leake.

Chairman: Mrs Doris Elcock
Secretary: Mrs Rosemary Barrow
Treasurer: Mr Bob Bayley

This Association has been active in the village for nearly 30 years and during that time we have supported many people in various ways. A current list of our activities follows. Our focus has changed to some extent as the village has grown in size and the average age of the population has become older and we must continue to adapt to changing needs. We are always open to suggestions. Don’t hesitate to contact us.

The “Village Round-Up” has been published by the East Leake Community Care Association at regular intervals since 1979 and it is distributed to all households. If you are new to East Leake and do not have a copy, they can be obtained at the Parish office or the Library. We owe our thanks to the East Leake Parish Council and others for their financial support for this.

All our activities involve a large number of volunteers and we are grateful to them for their time and commitment. We are also grateful for those who have given us donations to enable us to carry on with our work; these include village organisations, Nottinghamshire County Council and individuals.

Recruiting new volunteers is essential if we are to continue with our activities and we specially need more drivers for the Transport Scheme. We offer a generous mileage allowance (not taxable) to those drivers and the service they provide is much appreciated by the users. DO YOU WANT TO BE A VOLUNTEER?