BUSINESS REPORT


MOBILITY CHARITY STILL RIDING HIGH 25 YEARS ON


A multi-award winning charity which has been honoured by the Queen is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Daventry Area Community


Transport (DACT) provides a one- stop shop for all things associated with a lack of transport or mobility. The charity and its team of 170


volunteers are a lifeline to thousands of vulnerable people living in Daventry and the surrounding 78 villages, many of whom would be completely isolated without DACT’s door-to- door services. The innovative organisation


runs a volunteer car scheme, a dial-a-ride scheme, the DACT Days Out project, DACT pitstop which services and repairs mobility equipment, and the DACT Mobility Shop. Assistant manager Phil Houston


said: “We could not carry out any of our services without the commitment of our dedicated volunteers. “This is an exciting year for us


all. We are celebrating our 25th anniversary and have recently


NEW DEPARTMENT AS ACORN GROWS


Acorn has launched a new health and safety (H&S) department to complement the existing asbestos services that it offers. The department is headed by


John Crockett (IMaPS, SIIRSM RSP, ACIOB), a H&S specialist who has been helping clients with everyday health and safety requirements for years. The services that Acorn now


Earl Spencer (left) at the mobility shop opening with DACT assistant manager Phil Houston, shop manager Beverley and chief executive Rob Kinning


completed building the extension to our DACT Mobility Shop. The extension allows us to sell a wider range of new and recycled mobility products and was officially opened by Earl Spencer in March. “We are always looking to the


future and part of our strategy is to become as financially self- reliant as possible due to the ever- diminishing statutory grants and


trust funding. Our Mobility Shop extension forms part of this strategy.” In 2017 the charity received The


Queens Award for Voluntary Service presented by Mr David E Laing MA RIBA, HM Lord- Lieutenant of Northamptonshire, who is also DACT’s honorary president.


Visit: www.dact.btck.co.uk


offer cover all elements of H&S including fire risk assessments, retained consultant, risk assessments and plans of work and also all elements of complying with CDM requirements as client, designer and principal contractor. John said: “It’s great to be able


to offer this service. I’m looking forward to working with the team to help our clients.” Director Ian Stone added: “H&S


is something our clients have been asking for help with for some time. It’s been a tough process finding someone that fits with our core values and Acorn’s overall ethos. “It’s really exciting to now be


able to help remove clients’ headaches from asbestos and health and safety.”


Visit: www.acorn-as.com


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