Island apprentices can now benefit from cheaper bus travel as part of a bid to encourage sustainable transport. Connect To Work – the project to promote work-based sustainable travel – has agreed a deal with Southern Vectis to enable apprentices to benefit from an 80 per cent discount on a 30-day, multi-day Key Card pass. Organisations taking part in the scheme include HTP Apprenticeship College, Isle of Wight College, SMART Recruitment and Training, Care Learning Centre and Job Centre Plus Isle of Wight.
The Connect to Work bus discount scheme, part funded with Southern Vectis and delivered by council partner SYSTRA, is part of a wider programme of sustainable transport interventions being delivered by the Isle of Wight Council and its partners over the next two years, using £1.35 million of funding secured competitively from the Department for Transport. The project gives access to a range of offers to both apprentices and jobseekers, including money off voucher towards cycle purchase/ maintenance, cycle repairs and checks and membership of the Liftshare car-sharing scheme.
