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ALPHA TAXIS, LIVERPOOL PROVIDING ESSENTIALS TO CHARITIES FOR FREE
Liverpool taxi firm, Alpha Taxis, is sup- porting local char- ities during the out- break by providing essentials for free. The firm which re- cently launched a delivery service for those too vulnerable to leave their homes, is now working with local charities to help out even more. Collaborating with Home Bargains, Alpha Taxis pur- chased thousands of pounds worth of essentials at ware- house prices, in- cluding tinned food, hair and sanitary products, nappies and more. The products have now been delivered
contact-free deliv- ery option to collect and deliver food, chemist items and so on. They have also installed plastic screens in their cars as an extra precau- tion.”
Alpha Taxis is delivering essentials to charities
to local charities; Everton in the Com- munity, Liverpool FC Foundation, The Big Help Project and North Liverpool Foodbank. The Big Help Project thanked Alpha Taxis
on Facebook, and wrote: “Thank you so much to Alpha Taxis for all of your incredible support to Knowsley Food- bank. If you can’t leave the house, they have made a
SELBY DRIVER URGES SUPERMARKETS TO TAKE ON CABBIES
A North Yorkshire taxi driver is urging local supermarkets to take on him and his fellow workers who are “twiddling their thumbs” to help with the in- creased need for home deliveries. Ian Moore, who works in Selby, explained that he and other self- employed taxi drivers are desper- ately short of work at the minute could be used to help with a range of issues. He said: “We could help specifically with the elderly and vulnerable who are most in need of their shopping. “We’re all DBS checked, can take a
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A spokesperson for Alpha Taxis said: “We contacted local charity organisations to see what essen- tial items are need- ed at this time. “We compiled a list and then contacted Home Bargains who agreed we could purchase plenty of items at cost price to distribute via these charities. “We are extremely pleased that we could help.”
NHS SCOTLAND TO USE HCs FOR TRANSPORT
• Service will be required 24 hours.
Announcement from Glasgow Taxis: As of 7 April, we were aproached by Transport Scotland regarding providing the NHS with a Patient Transport Service. Full details have all still to be finalised but in essence this is what is involved. • The NHS will cre- ate Transport Hubs.
• Patients will be col- lected by a dedicated fleet of taxis and taken to and from assess- ment centres.
• These patients will probably be Covid- 19 victims.
• Coverage will be Glasgow and out- lying areas.
• Drivers will be given training and issued with PPE.
• Only cabs with a FULL partition will be used; cash slots will be sealed.
• All cabs will be deep cleaned by NHS after each journey.
• Drivers will gener- ally stay in their cab.
• Cabs will be dedi- cated to this work for around two months.
• A protocol is being developed between Transport Scotland and the NHS.
Ian Moore is urging supermarkets to take on taxi drivers for deliveries
couple of deliveries at a time and could be paid hourly like staff. Our insurance can be adapted to cover food deliver- ies and this would help with the back- log. We could pro- vide late-night cover for those working late, or early morn-
ing deliveries too.” Mr Moore added: “There must 60 or 70 taxi drivers in Selby alone doing nothing who could help.
He said that he was planning on ap- proaching super- markets in Selby in the coming days.
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