ECT in Cheshire provided local residents with a number of special Christmas shopping trips, including visits to Tweed Mill, Manchester Christmas Market and Bridgemere Garden Centre. As a thank you to local residents for their support, ECT in Cheshire provided these trips free of charge.
Ian Dibbert, General Manager of ECT in Cheshire, commented: “For many of us, Christmas is a time of celebration, and is spent enjoying traditional Christmas activities with friends and family. Often, this includes Christmas shopping! However, many older, disabled and vulnerable people are unable to access public transport, leaving them isolated and accentuating the feeling of loneliness they may already experience.
Offering special trips to local residents at Christmas time, and providing them with the opportunity to spend time with friends and family, is one way in which we can make a difference.”
Maureen Bayley (pictured above), aged 76, from Little Sutton who went on both trips, has been using ECT in Cheshire for the last eight years. Maureen commented: “I enjoyed both trips tremendously. It was a lovely opportunity to go out Christmas shopping with my friends and we even took a break and sampled some mulled wine! The drivers were so helpful, with impeccable manners and they ensured we had the best possible journey to both places.”
ECT in Cheshire’s Christmas trips followed on from their popular programme of Summer Day Trips to places of interest, both locally and further afield. Local residents enjoyed visiting a wide variety of places including Cholmondeley Castle Gardens, Llandudno, Tatton Park, Port Sunlight, Arley Hall & Gardens, Tweed Mill, Norton Priory & Museum, Liverpool and Ice Cream Farm & Candle Workshop. Due to the success of these trips, ECT in Cheshire is pleased to be offering another programme of Summer Day Trips in 2017 and will circulate details nearer the time.
