wmsnt News

Latest News

The latest news stories from Ring and Ride are listed below. Simply click on the title of each to read the full story.

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Fare Increase

 

With effect from Tuesday 3rd January 2012 the fare charged to Non-Registered passengers will increase as follows:

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New Booking Times

More than 70,000 Ring and Ride users across the West Midlands will find it easier to book their journeys when new phone times are introduced this weekend.

Users of the door-to-door transport service will be able to book their journeys closer to the time they want to travel as phone lines will be available throughout the day rather than at restricted times.

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Fighting Climate Change

A pioneering Green Transport Charter, the first of its kind in the UK, was launched in the West Midlands on Monday 6th September 2010 to help cut carbon emissions and fight climate change.

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Charity Bike Ride 2011

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Fares

With effect from 1st April 2011, all registered passengers will be required to pay a fare to travel on the RIng and Ride Service.

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Transport Minister visits wmsnt

On Wednesday 9th March, the Local and Regional Transport Minister, Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker visited wmsnt Head Office at Park Road in Aston, Birmingham.

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Driver and Non Driver of the Year 2010

On the 1st December 2010, West Midlands Special Needs Transport held its third Ring and Ride Driver and Non Driver of the Year Awards ceremony to mark the achievements of the Charity's employees' hard work and dedication.

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Ring & Go

Ring&Go provides a safe, friendly and easy way for young people with mobility difficulties to get out and about during school holidays to meet with friends, go to the park, have a pizza!

- Ring&Go picks you up from your door to where you want to go and takes you home again
- Available anytime including evenings and weekends
- Friends and family can travel with you

Now available throughout Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Sandwell just ring 0121 446 6172 for more information and book your trips!

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Change to ABF Facility

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Reliable Ford Transits

Following intensive trialling at the Wolverhampton depot last year, wmsnt has placed a large order for Ford Transit minibuses for both Ring and Ride and other accessible transport work.

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Younger Disabled People

wmsnt is putting together a promotions pack aimed specifically at younger people and their families/carers to highlight how the new service can benefit them.

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On Yer Bike!

wmsnt is now part of a Government backed scheme to encourage more people to cycle to work. The scheme allows employees to buy a new bike, via the Company, from their pre-tax wages.

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Cancelled Trips

Every month around 5,000 trips are cancelled by passengers. It is recognised that there is generally a good reason why someone has to cancel their journey and that it cannot be avoided. However....

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wmsnt Continues to Expand

Whilst wmsnt's main aim is to help individual people with limited mobility maintain their independence through its Ring and Ride service, the success of its Accessible Transport Services in both education, health and social care continues to expand.

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£36m for Ring and Ride

Centro, the West Midlands PTE, is to provide funding of £12million a year for the next three years to support the region's Ring and Ride service, operated by wmsnt Ltd.

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New Booking System

wmsnt is radically reforming its booking system to provide a better and more flexible service for its passengers. wmsnt is introducing a new computerised system to its Ring and Ride service, allowing more passegners with limited mobility to travel and allow last minute changes to bookings.

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Driver and Non-Driver of the Year 2009

When Ring and Ride users get on board Ray Pickering's mini bus they can sit back and relax, safe in the knowledge they are in good hands.

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Community Options

Birmingham City Council's Community Options Team have launched their new DVD promoting their travel training programme which enables adults with learning difficulties to use public transport independently. The event took place at the Council House on the 1st October and was opened by the Lord Mayor Cllr Michael Wilkes.

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wmsnt Awards 2009

Following the success of last year's competition, both the Driver and Non Driver of the Year 2009 competitions are running between the 1st May and 31st October 2009.

The aims of the competition are to acknowledge the valued work carried out by all staff throughout the year and to visibly reward Staff members for their efforts during the 6 month period over which the competition runs.

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NVQ Level 2 Passenger Vehicle Driving

Last year Birmingham Education Department requested that our Education Drivers on the Mayfield School contract undertake an NVQ Level 2 in Road Passenger Vehicle Driving as part of a pilot scheme.

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