Estimated Price

£1,000

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Project Summary

The project is to provide free transport to cancer patient in the Irvine area to attend hospitals for treatment

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Project Description

Our charity was set up to provide free transport to the Irvine community who were diagnosed with cancer and requires treatment in any hospital within Ayrshire, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Once the patient has had treatment we will continue to support them with transport for non-cancer related treatment. We have around 40 volunteer staff within drivers and office. None of our staff are paid other than our drivers who are paid mileage expenses. For us to provide this service the charity must raise over £65000 per year which is all raised through donations, fund raising activities and through grant applications like this. All our drivers are paid a mileage allowance at 50p per mile which is calculated at 45p per mile plus an additional 5p per mile for extra passengers.

The £1000 would breakdown as 14 runs to Glasgow at 71 miles at 50p per mile = £1000This would allow us to take a maximum of 42 patients to appointments.

The £1000 if used for local hospitals within Ayrshire it would breakdown as 33 runs to local hospitals at 30 miles at 50p per mile = £1000. This would allow us to take a maximum of 99 patients to appointments.