People living with cancer across the Isle of Wight have been given a travel boost – thanks to Southern Vectis’ Community Fund.
The local bus operator is providing heavily discounted travel for those attending Wessex Cancer Trust’s Isle of Wight cancer wellbeing centre in Newport.
Wessex Cancer Trust’s Isle of Wight cancer wellbeing centre offers practical and emotional support at a time when things might seem out of control for those living with the disease. The centre’s dedicated team is committed to offering free support for as long as people need it, away from a hospital environment.
Laura Garland, from the charity’s cancer wellbeing centre, said:
“We offer befriending, counselling, and therapies – like Reiki, massage and reflexology. These are all free of charge – and we approached Southern Vectis to see if they would help us provide travel to people from all over the Isle of Wight.
“Southern Vectis’ Community Fund has given us a real boost, allowing us to provide adhoc half-price day tickets to our clients, by way of a special code through the Southern Vectis app. I’d like to thank the company for its generosity.”
Family members can access the charity’s support services too, without the need for a doctor’s referral.
Richard Tyldsley, Southern Vectis general manager, said;
“Our Community Fund is designed to support charities, groups, schools and organisations across the Isle of Wight – and Wessex Cancer Trust’s Island Cancer Support Centre is an excellent example of this.
“Cancer affects people across the Isle of Wight from all walks of life at some point – including members of our own team. I couldn’t think of a more worthy recipient of our latest Community Fund allocation.”
The Community Fund is open to applicants all year round, with Southern Vectis’ funding and support donated during May and November.
For more information about Wessex Cancer Trust, visit wessexcancer.org.uk, whilst for information about Southern Vectis’ Community Fund, visit islandbuses.info
This is brilliant but the only thing I would say is could there be something to help the family of cancer patients, my daughter died nearly 5 years ago and I was the only person supporting her , I travelled back and forth from the island to Southampton General every day as we were also looking after her young son, we aren’t particularly well off but I couldn’t get help with anything at all ,.I was able to get slightly reduced red funnel tickets but it wasn’t a lot , it was still hundreds of pounds. Of course, I appreciate the patient is most important and Wessex do a brilliant job .