Lord Bracknell
On fire
A partial solution to the problems faced by disabled supporters who park at Sussex University will be given a run tomorrow.
After a lot of discussion and some rather hasty planning work, the Club has agreed that a wheelchair accessible minibus shuttle service will be provided for supporters with disabilities who need to get from the Sussex University car park to the stadium, pre-match, and back again, post-match. The service will start tomorrow.
The minibus service will run from Car Park 5 (adjacent to the Sussex University Sportcentre and close to the Gardner Centre) to the Amex Coach Park (close to the lift). It will be available from about 12.30 until 2.30-ish and, post-match, immediately after the game until about 6.15pm. The vehicles will be capable of carrying up to four wheelchair users at a time, together with their carers/pushers. The minibuses will depart from the Gardner Centre Road (immediately opposite the car park entrance) and will run as frequently as can be arranged. There is no charge for the transport to users of the service - just present yourself to the driver of the waiting minibus.
I hope that the service will be well used (but not to the point at which a big queue builds up). This is very much a first stab at trying to arrange a practical solution and I would ask people to be tolerant of any teething problems. It is hoped that a similar service can be provided at every home game.
I am told that Car Park 5 has a number of disabled supporters with car park spaces allocated to them there. I guess that every disabled fan who is intending to use Car Park 5 has, until now, been expecting to have to make their own way across the A27 and the railway and up the slope to the stadium. The minibus shuttle service should make it a slightly easier journey for at least some supporters.
Fingers crossed that the service works well.
After a lot of discussion and some rather hasty planning work, the Club has agreed that a wheelchair accessible minibus shuttle service will be provided for supporters with disabilities who need to get from the Sussex University car park to the stadium, pre-match, and back again, post-match. The service will start tomorrow.
The minibus service will run from Car Park 5 (adjacent to the Sussex University Sportcentre and close to the Gardner Centre) to the Amex Coach Park (close to the lift). It will be available from about 12.30 until 2.30-ish and, post-match, immediately after the game until about 6.15pm. The vehicles will be capable of carrying up to four wheelchair users at a time, together with their carers/pushers. The minibuses will depart from the Gardner Centre Road (immediately opposite the car park entrance) and will run as frequently as can be arranged. There is no charge for the transport to users of the service - just present yourself to the driver of the waiting minibus.
I hope that the service will be well used (but not to the point at which a big queue builds up). This is very much a first stab at trying to arrange a practical solution and I would ask people to be tolerant of any teething problems. It is hoped that a similar service can be provided at every home game.
I am told that Car Park 5 has a number of disabled supporters with car park spaces allocated to them there. I guess that every disabled fan who is intending to use Car Park 5 has, until now, been expecting to have to make their own way across the A27 and the railway and up the slope to the stadium. The minibus shuttle service should make it a slightly easier journey for at least some supporters.
Fingers crossed that the service works well.
