Let’s Chat: Connecting People across the West Midlands

As part of the Government’s Strategy to Tackle Loneliness, it offered opportunities for Local Authorities and charitable bodies to seek funding for one-year pilot transport initiatives to tackle issues of loneliness in their areas. Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), part of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), submitted proposals for a ‘Let’s Chat’ project, working with community transport operators to provide specific services across the West Midlands. TfWM’s proposal was shortlisted and subsequently approved and this provides the funding to deliver a pilot project. ‘Let’s Chat’ uses transport as a central focus and consists of going close to where people are and offering the oppor…

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