COVID-19: FIRMS STEP UP -
ALL THE TWOS, BRISTOL SHOP FOR THE ELDERLY AND VULNERABLE
Drivers at All The Twos in Bristol town centre are offering to take shopping orders over the phone and collect and deliver them for pensioners who may be self-isolating or scared to go out. Pensioners, the vul- nerable and families with children with special needs can make payment for their items over the phone. Or they can leave the money in an envelope on the doorstep if they
TELE TAXIS, DUNDEE MAN THE FRONT LINES TO HELP VULNERABLE
want to avoid con- tact with the drivers. Customers are charged a flat fare
for the journey - with drivers offering the shopping ser- vice for free.
ACTS OF KINDNESS ACROSS WALES AS PEOPLE ARE STUCK INDOORS
Following the recent floods in Wales - where community spirit was tested to the limits - people across cities, towns and villages have stepped up once more. Dragon Taxis New- port and Torfaen is offering free trips to transport food and supplies to those at risk. The business’ gener- al manager Jack Price said it would be lending its 400 drivers in the region to ferry supplies to elderly people who cannot get out of the house, as well as to those in care homes or in self-iso- lation who need anything. Over in Porth, Shaun Toms has been on more than 11 jobs already since adver- tising that he’d shop and run errands for
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A Dundee taxi firm is going out of its way to make sure elderly or vulnerable customers are not left isolated. Tele Taxis is volun- teering to pick up essential provisions, particularly pre- scriptions, for any- one unable to get out over the next few weeks or even months. A spokesman for the firm said: “We won’t be doing their shopping for them but if we feel that someone is gen- uinely in need we will gladly help by picking up essential supplies or getting prescriptions. We don’t want anyone
Drivers Eck Blackley (in car), Roland Mitchell, Rab Alexander and Alan Black
to feel they are alone in this difficult time.”
Chris Elder, taxi driv- er rep for Unite the Union, said he was aware of several taxi firms in the city offering to help and
praised them “pull- ing out the stops and going to such lengths” for those in need.
But he also warned it was a very difficult time for the city’s 1,200 taxi drivers.
LYNK, IRISH TAXI APP STARTS DELIVERIES TO HELP STEM CORONAVIRUS
Shaun Toms of Tomsy’s taxi in Porth Rhondda
the elderly who are self-isolating.
Shaun, who runs Tomsy’s Taxis, is doing the runs free of charge. “I’ve been going to the post office for parcels and my wife is a manager in Porth and anyone older who’s there, she’ll give me a ring and
I’ll collect them and take them home. “It’s
frightening
times for everybody, but even more for older people.” Shaun doesn’t want money, but a deter- mined neighbour got his way, putting £100 through the driver’s letterbox to put toward diesel.
Taxi booking app Lynk is introducing a new service for pick- ups and drop-offs to customers in an effort to maintain social distancing. Lynk plans to offer the service using the company’s nation- wide fleet of 2,000 taxi drivers, to retail- ers and other com- panies that provide a click-and-collect service. The compa- ny’s software will allow it to tie up with any company that offers an online delivery service. The service can be fully contactless so that drivers can pick up groceries and other goods from shops and bring the
Noel Ebbs, chief executive of Lynk
goods to customers without person-to- person contacts. “What it means is that the consumer at home doesn’t need to go to the store and there is no contact. Everything will be done on credit card,” said Noel Ebbs, chief
executive of Lynk. “The delivery guy will ring the door- bell, step back and the customer col- lects the groceries from their doorstep. There is no person- to-person contact and the two-metre distance will be maintained.”
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