School is ‘delighted’ with new bus

REPRESENTATIVES of the Lord’s Taverners presented a Caerphilly school with a new minibus.

Trinity Fields School in Caerphilly was given the 16-seat wheelchair accessible minibus thanks to the fundraising efforts of Welsh mining and local community investment company, Miller Argent, which raised £17,000 towards the vehicle’s cost.

Headteacher at Trinity Fields School Ian Elliott MBE said: “On behalf of the pupils, staff and governors we are delighted to receive our new Lord’s Taverners minibus.

“We are very grateful to the Lord’s Taverners and to our sponsor Miller Argent for making our dream possible. We look forward to using the bus to support pupils’ learning. Our pupils love their bright new green bus and are all ready for their first ride in it!”

Trinity Fields is the only special school in Caerphilly and has capacity for 150 young people aged 3-19.

The school caters for pupils with a wide range of special educational needs (SEN) including profound and multiple learning difficulties, autistic spectrum disorder, severe learning difficulties, physical and medical needs, and multi-sensory impairments.

As well as being used for educational visits, the new minibus will also be used to transport pupils to swimming and other sporting activities, work experience plus the many facilities on offer in the local community.

Neil Brown, managing director of Miller Argent, said: “It is a privilege to be supporting the Trinity Fields School, and the fantastic work they do within the borough. We hope that this new minibus will help the school and significantly benefit its students.”

Ed Meggitt, chairman of the Lord’s Taverners Wales region, added: “At Lord’s Taverners we believe it is important that everyone should be able to enjoy sports and recreations and the new minibus will help the pupils do this. We are proud to support the staff and young pupils of Trinity Fields School and Resource Centre.”

Since 1976, the Lord’s Taverners has placed more than 1,150 accessible minibuses across schools in the UK.

To find out more about the charity, visit www.lordstaverners.org