DACT – Daventry Area Community Transport
DACT offer a Community Minibus Scheme of 7 fully accessible minibuses serving 185 affiliated community groups (children’s, youth, elderly, disabled, visually impaired, mentally ill, etc. 4,625 members)...
DACT offer a Community Minibus Scheme of 7 fully accessible minibuses serving 185 affiliated community groups (children’s, youth, elderly, disabled, visually impaired, mentally ill, etc. 4,625 members). 80% of our services are for the elderly & disabled. DACT Dial-a-Ride – Shopping Service Tuesdays & Fridays for elderly Daventry residents to the local Market. DACT Days Out – Excursions to places of interest for the Club’s members who are often elderly and lonely, providing social interaction.
Village Travel Clubs Essential door to door travel for rurally isolated passengers who have no public transport. MiDAS Minibus Driver Training – Volunteers nationally approved certificate valid for 4 years. Volunteer Car Scheme – taking qualifying passengers to medically related appointments. Shopmobility scheme – hiring powered scooters & wheelchairs & manual wheelchairs to those with temporary or permanent disabilities. DACT Pitstop – Service, Maintenance & repairs for mobility equipment, and re-cycling/refurbishment of pre-owned equipment for resale at keen prices. DACT Mobility Shop New & refurbished (ex- DACT Pitstop) mobility equipment of all kinds supplied which includes Scooters, Wheelchairs, Zimmers, Stairlifts. This service helps fund other DACT services that run at a deficit. All our services are delivered by 170 Volunteers which epitomises our strapline of “For the Community, by the Community”.