All over the country double decker buses and coaches are getting a second lease of life as organisations working with children and young people convert them to deliver support where and when it is needed. There are youth buses fitted with gaming equipment, therapy buses containing art studios, as well as vehicles delivering education and careers advice, sexual health services, mental health support, early education and play, and crime prevention. If there is a service for children and young people there is probably a bus delivering it.
Mobile provision is sometimes thought of as a way to extend services to rural areas that lack facilities but it can also mean targeting people who are less likely to visit a family centre, health hub or other official building. Essex’s SOS buses provide medical support and a safe haven on Friday and Saturday nights in the town centre, aiming to defuse trouble and reduce ambulance calls and A&E admissions. When the service was shut down over lockdown the organisation lent its buses to the NHS.
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