Car Club and Lift Sharing

By sharing regular journeys with others, rather than travelling alone, you could cut your carbon footprint by over 10% a year!

Fownhope Car Club

Effectively a community car club open to all residents of Fownhope and neighbouring parishes, the Fownhope Car Club provides access to the hire of a car through a membership of the club.  It is similar to a car hire system, in that you need to book and pay per usage, but different in that the car belongs to all members of the club and is therefore cared for as though it is your own.  

And we are looking for members! 

The main advantages to becoming a member of the car club is cost saving, no maintenance, tax, servicing, insurance etc; and being part of a project that significantly benefits carbon reduction.  It has been proven that one car club car can remove up to 15 cars from the roads, and that members are much more careful about planning journeys which in turn reduces the levels of carbon emissions.  Have you found that you haven’t really missed using your car during lockdown? Or have two cars and one is regularly unused?  If so, car clubs are definitely worth a try, please get in touch to find out more:

Email: fownhopecarclub@gmail.com

Lift Sharing

Lift sharing was something we were keen to promote before the advent of social distancing and guidance has been issued to help commuters back to work who wish to continue:

  1. Try to share with the same person each time

  2. Maximise the distance between you by sitting on opposite sides of the car (ie driver seat and rear passenger side seat) and avoid contact

  3. Keep the windows open for good ventilation

  4. Clean door handles and other areas that people may touch between journeys using gloves and standard cleaning products

  5. Consider wearing a face covering. It is important to use face coverings properly and wash your hands before putting them on and after taking them off.

www.liftshare.com provides more useful information about lift sharing.

Do get in touch if you would like to join the working group or would like any further information on any of the above.