Praise For Retiring Charity Worker Who Helped Thousands Get Around

A retiring Market Harborough charity worker is being praised for helping thousands of people get around.

Sandy Handley has run the transport scheme at VASL for the past 29 years and during that time has arranged around 100,000 journeys, so members of the community could get to hospital, health and social appointments, via a team of volunteer drivers.

Sandy Handley with staff and volunteers at VASL

Sandy has recruited 300 drivers to be part of the scheme during her time in charge and Maureen O’Malley, Charity Manager, said: “It really is the end of an era now that Sandy is retiring, she really is going to be missed by all of the volunteers, clients and staff.

“Sandy has been so dedicated to her job and has gone above and beyond to help the people in her community.  We do wish her a very long and happy retirement”.

VASL will continue to run our vital Transport Scheme under new manager Lisa Jones, who takes over from Sandy.

Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer driver can contact ljones@vasl.org.uk

For more information about VASL and our projects and services go to www.vasl.org.uk