Smiley Bus Awards

The Morgan Foundation runs a programme to provide minibuses to eligible organisations.

The vehicles are supplied either as standard, or fully adapted for use by physically disabled passengers if required. Recipients are carefully consulted on their needs to ensure the correct adaptations are achieved and all buses are finished with the Morgan Foundation Smiley bus logo and the receiving organisation's name, logo and contact details.

 Recent Smiley Bus Awards

The Barnstondale Centre - Wirral - www.barnstondale.org
...providing children with transport to and from the Centre and to outdoor pursuits activities, whilst on recreational breaks and personal development courses

The Children's Adventure Farm Trust - Millington, Cheshire - www.childrensadventurefarm.org.uk
...a fully adapted bus for disabled children holidaying at the farm, enabling them to access all facilities both on and off site

Chrysalis Holidays - Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside - www.chrysalisholidays.co.uk
Chrysalis provide holidays throughout the year for adults with varying degrees of learning disability. They mainly take place on Anglesey with a variety of different themes from music to outdoor pursuits. As well as people having a good holiday, meeting new people and learning new skills, they also provide respite for carers. The mini bus provided by Morgan will enable Chrysalis to continue to provide a mostly door to door service for everyone.

CIL DE GWYNEDD - www.pwll.org.uk/cil
Established in 1998 CIL de Gwynedd provides services for disabled people from a large area of Gwynedd. CIL offers training and education for disabled people in information technology, basic life skills, art, music and sport. The centre also provides a safe and comfortable place for socialising and informal get-togethers. Members come from many rural and isolated communities and the provision of a Smiley Bus will ensure that a growing number of members can access services at Cil and its satellite centres across western Gwynedd.

Conwy Community Transport - Conwy
Conwy Community Transport is a daily provider of specialist transport and mobility services to vulnerable children and adults in Conwy. A personal door to door service with well-known trained volunteer drivers is provided, helping disabled, isolated children and older people to access services and facilities and to enjoy a better quality of life. The Morgan Foundation has provided half of the cost of two full adapted disabled minibuses to accommodate wheelchair users.

Dynamic - Wrexham - www.dynamicwrexham.com
This Wrexham based charity provides out of school activities for children and young people who suffer from a disability, learning difficulty or life-limiting illness. A wide variety of social and leisure activities, plus various forms of training are offered. Assistance was originally given to enable Dynamic to establish and develop its services. Support for core costs continues, with funding of over £85,000 having been committed to date, plus the provision a fully adapted minibus to transport the youngsters to their various activities.

Ellesmere Port and Neston Community Transport - www.epnct.co.uk
The addition of a fully accessible Smiley Bus to the Ellesmere Port and Neston Community Transport fleet has enabled this organisation to transport even more passengers and community groups who were previously unable to access the fleet’s conventional transport. EP&NCT provides a service to the whole community and brings members of registered groups to their regular meetings, including the Stroke Club, Aquadis, a swimming club for adults with learning difficulties and disabilities, as well as essential shopping trips, hospital and doctor’s appointments for the elderly and for people with limited mobility. Passengers like the cheerful interior colours and have christened the bus “Happy Bus”.

The Harris Club for the Disabled (Speke)
The Harris Club for the Disabled (Speke) provides accessible transport to convey members to and from their homes for all social events. It gives members, drawn from areas south of Liverpool City centre, the opportunity to enjoy socials, day outings, shopping and theatre visits, together with an annual holiday.

Save the Family - North Wales and Chester - www.savethefamily.uk.com
...for transporting previously homeless children and families to and from school, work and many other everyday activities