£48,000 bus gift to Torquay school

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Friday, October 26, 2012
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YOUTH cricket and disability charity The Lord's Taverners visited a Torquay school to hand over the keys for a new £48,000 minibus.

Pupils at Combe Pafford School received the new wheelchair-accessible bus from Rosemary Longfield, chairman of the charity in Devon and Cornwall, who visited the school.

  1. MINIBUS:   Rosemary Longfield chairman of Devon and Cornwall The Lady Taverners, presents the key to the new minibus to pupils Charlotte Bullock, Emilee Ferguson, and Shan Allen-Howe at Combe Pafford School, Torquay

    MINIBUS: Rosemary Longfield chairman of Devon and Cornwall The Lady Taverners, presents the key to the new minibus to pupils Charlotte Bullock, Emilee Ferguson, and Shan Allen-Howe at Combe Pafford School, Torquay

Combe Pafford is a specialist business and enterprise school that caters for 170 pupils aged seven to 16 years with moderate learning difficulties, physical difficulties and autism.

The new 17-seat minibus will change the lives of the youngsters, enabling them to take advantage of the best possible opportunities and educational and life experiences on offer in the local area.

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The Lord's Taverners has vowed to donate more than £3million this year to help give young people, particularly those with special needs, a sporting chance.

The charity donates one minibus every 10 days to organisations such as Combe Pafford School and presented its landmark 1,000th minibus last month.

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