Lagan Valley Rural Transport

Passionate about #ConnectingPeopleConnectingCommunities across the Lagan Valley region

[Lagan Valley Rural Transport @LaganValleyRT]

A busy but brilliant week celebrating #CommunityTransportWeek! 🚐💚
We’re proud to show we’re #MoreThanAMinibus — connecting people, reducing isolation & supporting independence across Lagan Valley.
#CTWeek2025 #LVRT
@deptinfra @CTAUK1

[Lagan Valley Rural Transport @LaganValleyRT]

Thanks @RobbieButlerMLA for calling in and supporting @CTAUK1 Community Transport Week

[Robbie Butler MLA @RobbieButlerMLA]

Great to meet Lagan Valley Rural Transport (LVRT) during #CommunityTransportWeek 🚐

This year’s theme #MoreThanAMinibus highlights how community transport connects people, tackles isolation & supports independence.

We discussed real stories, real barriers & local solutions to keep communities moving.

#LVRT #ConnectingCommunities #SocialImpact #LisburnAndCastlereagh @uuponline

[Robbie Butler MLA @RobbieButlerMLA]

Great to meet Lagan Valley Rural Transport (LVRT) during #CommunityTransportWeek 🚐

This year’s theme #MoreThanAMinibus highlights how community transport connects people, tackles isolation & supports independence.

We discussed real stories, real barriers & local solutions to keep communities moving.

#LVRT #ConnectingCommunities #SocialImpact #LisburnAndCastlereagh @uuponline

[Disability Action @disabilityni]

As we celebrate #CTWeek25, we like to thank our DATS team and fellow rural partners for their continued service in providing accessible transport across Northern Ireland. Since Last October, we've managed to make 79,496 trips in total!

@CTAUK1

[Lagan Valley Rural Transport @LaganValleyRT]

@deptinfra Thank you for all the support!

[Department for Infrastructure @deptinfra]

Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins kicks off Community Transport Week which celebrates those who provide this essential service for people facing mobility challenges or lacking access to traditional transport.

Watch the 📹⤵️ to find out more and how the Department supports this vital service.

#CTWeek25 @CTAUK1

[Lagan Valley Rural Transport @LaganValleyRT]

We’re proud to celebrate the difference community transport makes in people’s lives every day.

#CommunityTransportWeek #MoreThanAMinibus #RealStoriesRealBarriers #CommunityConnection #Inclusion #Independence #MoreThanAMinibus #CTWeek2025 #connectingpeopleconnectingcommunities

[Lagan Valley Rural Transport @LaganValleyRT]

Today we were delighted to welcome Cllr Claire Kemp, Chair of the Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council Regeneration and Growth Committee, to our offices — and on board one of our buses — to meet some of our Service Users as part of our Real Stories – Real Barriers series.

[Lagan Valley Rural Transport @LaganValleyRT]

With this year’s theme, “More than a Minibus,” Cllr Kemp heard directly from our service users about how community transport enables connection with family, friends, and the wider community.

[Lagan Valley Rural Transport @LaganValleyRT]

Thank you Emma for the visit and continued support.

[Emma Little-Pengelly BL @little_pengelly]

Great and informative visit to Lagan Valley Rural Transport yesterday afternoon to catch up with all their fantastic work and to discuss issues facing the sector. This is such a lifeline to those in rural areas without access to a car or public transport, but also their urban scheme for those registered with Disability Action (you can register if over 80 or registered blind or in receipt of PIP/DLA).

Please contact the organisation for further details or reach out to me or my office!

Thank you all for the warm welcome and I look forward to continuing to work with you on these vital services in the time ahead!
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[Sorcha Eastwood MP @SorchaEastwood]

Great to be at the Lisburn Downtown Centre World Mental Health Day Event in market square with brilliant music from Lisburn Ukes and I even got a go on a motorbike thanks to the amazing Mental Health Motorbike 🏍 😎 huge well done to Jill and the team for pulling together! 👏😊

[Sorcha Eastwood MP @SorchaEastwood]

October is positive ageing month!💃

It was wonderful to be at the Community Together Event with the SING group today in Maghaberry! 😀

SING stands for Senior Information Networking Group and it is a brilliant group that empowers and informs our older people and is a valuable resource.

We know that older people do better when they are supported to live at home and events and information like this are key to making this happen! 🏡

The singing exercises we did were especially funny 😁 😂

Great to catch up with my friends at Lagan Valley Rural Transport Lisburn Council, South Eastern Trust and the Community Centre - well done to all of you for putting on a brilliant event!! 👏 👏 👏 😀

[Lagan Valley Rural Transport @LaganValleyRT]

@SorchaEastwood Thank you @SorchaEastwood for all your support!

[Robbie Butler MLA @RobbieButlerMLA]

🌟 #PositiveAgeingMonth 🌟

Lisburn City Library hosts a Positive Ageing Fair — with volunteering, sport, leisure & arts 🎨 plus activities to try!

👏 Thanks to @LibrariesNI & to @LaganValleyRT for helping tackle isolation, immobility & boosting community connections 🚍💜

#Lisburn #PositiveAgeing

[Lagan Valley Rural Transport @LaganValleyRT]

@RobbieButlerMLA @LibrariesNI Thank you @RobbieButlerMLA for calling in!

[Lagan Valley Rural Transport @LaganValleyRT]

Thank you @little_pengelly for calling in to kick off @CTAUK1 Community Transport Week and supporting our work

[Emma Little-Pengelly BL @little_pengelly]

Phew! That was some day! Just home after a busy but productive day!

🥓 Started the day speaking at the CBI Business Breakfast 2025!
🏫 Visit to Lauralhill Community College to catch up with Principal Stevenson
🚐 Over to the Maze area for our Lagan Valley Constituency Surgery
💑 Visit and catch up with Lagan Valley Rural Transport
🛒 Visit to Tesco in Lisburn to meet with the Team and the Community Champions!🚀

And finished the day at the celebratory dinner for LCCC Mayor Amanda at Down Royal! What a lovely, fun and inclusive event with so many from community organisations with a focus on Breast Cancer awareness and inclusion for those with special needs and disability 💜🩷💜

(And of course that fantastic Northern Ireland win!! #GAWA!!)

Tired but what a wonderfully fulfilling day (and a long list of things to action!! 💚💜

[Lagan Valley Rural Transport @LaganValleyRT]

@little_pengelly Thank you for taking time to visit us today to kick off #CTWeek25 #MorethanaMinibus sorry for adding to your list but we appreciate your support!

[Lagan Valley Rural Transport @LaganValleyRT]

go shopping, and feel truly valued.

A big thank you to our local MP, @SorchaEastwood for Lagan Valley for mentioning the work of Lagan Valley Rural Transport this morning on the @StephenNolan show when discussing care packages and living in rural areas.

[Lagan Valley Rural Transport @LaganValleyRT]

Lagan Valley Rural Transport fosters a sense of belonging by Connecting People and Connecting Communities.

Our door-to-door service helps ensure that people across our cities, towns, and villages can get to hospital appointments, visit loved ones,

[Lagan Valley Rural Transport @LaganValleyRT]

taking time for photos 📸 — and a warm welcome to the Lisburn Féile Team, who have just become our latest group member!

@disabilityni @deptinfra

[Lagan Valley Rural Transport @LaganValleyRT]

🎉 Today we had the privilege of transporting residents from Pond Park Nursing Home to the @lisburnfeile ‘Party in the Park’ — and safely back home again! 🌳🎶🍦

[Lagan Valley Rural Transport @LaganValleyRT]

Residents enjoyed a fantastic afternoon filled with live music, ice-cream, and, most importantly, quality time with their families who met them in beautiful Wallace Park.

A special thank you to TV legend @PaulClark_UTV , who was there accompanying his mother, for kindly