This Thursday! Hove Town Hall – drop-in times below…

Join in the discussion on our plans to make services fairer, easier to access and better for everyone…

NHS Brighton and Hove, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust and Brighton, and Hove City Council provide services for everyone in the city – and we all deserve to be treated with fairness and respect.

We’re making plans for the future to improve what we do: how we work with communities and respond better to what people need, how we employ the best staff who represent the diverse groups in the city, and how we work together with other organisations and community groups to make our services easier to access. These actions will form our equality schemes – and guide how we will improve and measure our success.

Tell us what you think of our plans and what we should include. You can either drop-in to one of our sessions -

This Thursday - 29th October: 10am – 1pm, 2pm – 5pm and 6pm – 8pm

Do you find it difficult to get to the shops?  Or do you know someone who could do with some help to get there?  Community Transport’s EASYLINK shopping bus service might just be the answer.

EASYLINK is a door-to-door minibus service that picks shoppers up from right outside their homes, takes them to a local supermarket or city centre shopping street and then returns them home when they have finished their shopping.  The service runs on Mondays to Fridays and can be pre-booked by a simple telephone call to the Community Transport office in Brighton (01273 677559).

The service is specially designed to meet the needs of older people and people with mobility difficulties.  All the buses are wheelchair accessible.  The drivers are willing to help passengers to their seats and make sure they are comfortable before driving off.

EASYLINK buses run in all parts of Brighton and Hove, from Saltdean to Portslade and from Patcham to the Seafront.  Shopping centres served include the Holmbush Centre in Shoreham, Sainsbury’s and the Co-op in Hove, ASDA at Hollingbury and the shops at Churchill Square, London Road and Brighton Marina.

Community Transport have recently increased the number of runs they do to out of town centres, such as Holmbush, Worthing, Eastbourne and Paradise Park, Newhaven.  

Details of all the journeys that run are to be found in a leaflet that is available from Community Transport, on 01273 677559 or on the Community Transport website, www.bhct.co.uk

The fares are very reasonable too – £3.50 return for most local journeys and a little more for the out of town trips.  Much cheaper than a taxi and good value for the personal help that some passengers need.  Brighton and Hove City Council have been supporting the service for many years.  

Why not join the happy band of regular EASYLINK shoppers?  Or if you don’t need the service yourself, suggest it to someone you know.