The Pompey Health Bus
The Pompey Health bus has 10 laptops as well as a screen and interactive voting system to deliver a wide variety of educational and health awareness activities.
The Pompey Health Bus is a joint project between Portsmouth Football Club, Portsmouth Primary Care Trust (PCT) and First Hants and Dorset. The bus will be used by the PCT to deliver a variety of activities to raise awareness of issues such as the importance of cancer screening, breast feeding, healthy eating and healthy lifestyles etc.
The bus will also be used by Pompey Study Centre to visit local schools to deliver the “Kick Start Health” programme to promote healthy eating and healthy lifestyles, with all activities linked to Pompey FC.
Portsmouth PCT works in partnership with Portsmouth City Council, other organisations including other NHS trusts, voluntary groups – and with the public – to achieve thier main aim, which is to improve the health of people in Portsmouth and ensure that everyone has appropriate access to high quality health care services.
The Pompey Learning Bus
The Pompey Learning has 8 laptops as well as a screen to deliver a wide variety of introductory and education programmes. This bus will also be used by First Hants and Dorset to deliver NVQ courses to their staff.
The Pompey Learning Bus is a joint project between Hampshire Learning, Portsmouth Football Club, and First Hants and Dorset. Hampshire Learning supports adult and family learning courses across Havant and Leigh Park at a wide range of venues including schools, children’s centres, community centres, through voluntary organisations and now aboard the Pompey Bus!. Much of the provision is funded by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and delivered through a network of providers.
One of the aims of Hampshire Learning is to develop and strengthen a network of adult and family learning providers across the county. Clearly there are many other providers of learning in Hampshire including further education colleges, many more voluntary and community organisations and private training organisations. In time it is hoped that other sectors, including health services, will work in partnership with Hampshire Learning to share knowledge about teaching, training and learning opportunities.
Bookings and availability
The Health bus is available for hire by local community groups and providers; to see if buses are currently available please view the Bus Diary attached.
Costs are minimal for partner organisations and for others they are as follows:
£120 per day for the bus
£16 per hour for driver (if just a drop off and pick up at the end of the day £48 will be charged)
£4 per hour for generator fuel & Servicing (recorded in log book on board)
£1 per mile travelled
Groups are also expected to leave the bus in the condition in which they find it; a cleaning surcharge of £50 will be added to your invoice if the bus is returned in an unacceptable condition.
